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Traditional bank loans of any size require lengthy paperwork ... The company sought to introduce cross-border peer-to-peer lending with funds from Japan, but found the plan infeasible as investors didn’t want to take such a risk for a low return. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - A 23-year-old construction worker on Tokyo's Olympic Stadium killed himself due to overwork, his family's lawyer said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of cases that have sparked alarm in the workaholic nation. The employee, whose name has ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—The Nikkei Stock Average hit a two-decade closing high on Wednesday, a milestone for the nation’s long-suffering stock market, driven by stronger earnings, an improved economy and a better environment for shareholders. The Nikkei NIK, +0.28% ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—The Nikkei Stock Average hit a two-decade closing high on Wednesday, a milestone for the nation’s long-suffering stock market, driven by stronger earnings, an improved economy and a better environment for shareholders. The Nikkei rose 57.76 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark stock index closed at a more than two-decade high today, as the Japanese market sees a global equities rally with its US counterparts hitting fresh records. The Nikkei 225 rose 0.28%, or 57.76 points, to end at 20,881.27, its best finish ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday in choppy trade, edging closer to a 21-year high supported by buying in defensive stocks, while Kobe Steel extended its losses after confirming a media report that it fabricated ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday as a stronger yen and worries over a possible North Korea missile launch weighed on the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.11 percent or 22.43 points, to 20,668.28 in early trade while the broader ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei 225 Futures was first introduced on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 1986; on the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE ... India’s first billion-dollar insurance IPO opens today” on September 20, 2017. More interesting news about Lifenet Insurance ... ( read original story ...)

Two years later, it was launched on the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE ... but demand weaker than for IPO” on September 25, 2017. Also Seekingalpha.com published the news titled: “Walter Schloss’ Japan Shopping List For Deep-Value Stocks” on ... ( read original story ...)

The IPO size would be around 10% of the post issue paid-up capital of the company. Jointly owned by Japan’s Nippon Life and Reliance Capital, the firm is the asset manager to Reliance Mutual Fund. JM Financial, CLSA, Nomura and Axis Capital are the ... ( read original story ...)

Fujitsu is teaming up with Japan’s three largest banking groups – Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) – to conduct a joint field trial of a person-to-person money transfer service using a ... ( read original story ...)

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Reestimation Result of Hedonic Regression Model in the Corporate Goods Price Index and the Services Producer Price Index - Tablet Computers - The Bank of Japan reestimates the hedonic regression model of quality adjustment, applied to tablet computers1. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan reestimates the hedonic regression model of quality adjustment, applied to smartphones. The reestimation result as of September 2017 is shown in Appendix. The details of data for the estimation are as follows: ･The price data are ... ( read original story ...)

The 2018 growth estimate factors in the likelihood of the Bank of Japan tightening its record monetary easing policy, the IMF said. Japan's economy expanded in the April-June period, marking six straight quarters of gains in its longest winning streak for ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.63% to hit a new 52-week high. Advancing stocks ... ( read original story ...)