Japan’s Financial Services Agency ordered brokerage SMBC Nikko Securities to suspend its block trading operations for three months from Friday as part of penalties in a market manipulation case.
Japan’s international reserves fall to 5-year-low
The reserves fell to $1.24 trillion, the lowest level since March 2017, the Finance Ministry data revealed. The reserves saw the largest decline on record following the Bank of Japan's first ...
Analysis-Japan’s Current Account Decay Underscores Yen’s Weakened Stature
The world's third-largest economy likely saw its current account surplus shrink to 122 billion yen ($84.15 million) in August, half July's level, according to a Reuters poll. "Export volumes are ...
Japan Aug household spending rises annually on reopening
A shopper wearing a protective mask pushes a shopping cart at Japan's supermarket group Aeon's shopping mall as the mall reopens amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chiba, ...
Japan regulator orders SMBC Nikko to halt block trading for 3 months
TOKYO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Japan's financial regulator on Friday ordered SMBC Nikko Securities to halt its block trade business for three months and to improve its compliance, as administrative ...
Japan finance chief to attend G-20 meet amid Russia’s war, inflation
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Friday he plans to visit Washington next week to attend a meeting with other Group of 20 financ ...
Japan’s Nikkei set to snap winning streak after tech selloff
Japan's Nikkei share average lost 0.59% and looked on course to snap a four-day winning streak. The index fell through the key 27,000 level when markets opened, but made a gradual recovery and was ...
Japan’s Nikkei hits two-week top amid jump in energy, chip shares
Japan's Nikkei index closed higher on Thursday, after touching a two-week peak during the session, as markets extended their rebound from multi-month lows, helped by energy and chip-related stocks.
Japan’s foreign reserves drop by record on market shakeout, FX intervention
Load Error The reserves stood at $1.238 trillion at the end of September, the lowest amount since the end of March 2017, according to the Ministry of Finance data. The data on Japan's foreign reserves ...
Japan Finance Minister: Japan committed to back restructuring in Sri Lanka debt crisis
Japan remains committed to back Sri Lanka debt restructuring if conditions are met, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday. Suzuki also told reporters financial leaders from the Group of 20 m ...
Japan’s foreign reserves drop by record after dollar-selling intervention
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign reserves fell by a record to $1.238 trillion at the end of September as a result of the government's dollar-selling intervention during the month to arrest a sharp ...
Japan forex reserves drop to $1.24 tril. in Sept. after intervention
Japan's foreign currency reserves fell to $1.24 trillion at the end of September from $1.29 trillion a month earlier, after its first intervention in 24 years last month to arrest the yen's sharp ...
Japan’s Finance Minister Suzuki: I refuse to comment on fx intervention transactions
JAPAN'S FINANCE MINISTER SUZUKI: THE DROP IN RESERVES WAS CAUSED BY FOREX INTERVENTION.
Japan’s Foreign Reserves Fell at End September
By Megumi Fujikawa Japan's foreign reserves declined by 4.2% to $1.238 trillion at the end of September after the country carried out its first ...
Crypto Price Check: Bitcoin Boosters Come Up With New Phrase
Bitcoin fans have come up with a new phrase for the cryptocurrency that suggests it doesn’t really matter what the coin’s price is in fiat currency.
‘Tide’ Turning? Why Bitcoin, Ethereum And Crypto Could Be Primed For A Huge October Price Boom
One closely-watched analyst has predicted the price of bitcoin and ethereum could be about to "outperform most major ...