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Yokohama, Japan sits more than 5,500 miles to the east of Berlin, but locals need only look to the district of Motomachi to feel as though they’ve been whisked away to Germany. There, in the same Toyota plant that produced the fabled Lexus LFA seven ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A pair of Asian fintech startups made big splashes ... The roughly 2.8 billion yen raised in the IPO will go toward advertising, investment in subsidiaries and other needs. Menmers of ZhongAn Online P & C Insurance pose for the photo session ... ( read original story ...)

15, 45 days earlier than last year, according to the Japan Tourism Agency. Meanwhile, renting cars is expected to become even more popular among tourists. To ensure better experiences, they will need better guidance -- and to drive safely. Nikkei staff ... ( read original story ...)

Both the Sushiro IPO and the merger, say bankers and other advisers involved in Japanese dealmaking, point to broader acceptance in the country about the use of private equity groups to restructure businesses and push consolidation in fragmented industries. ( read original story ...)

The Bain group also plans to institute a stock option program at the memory business so employees will have an opportunity to profit in any IPO, they said ... Apple Inc., Dell Inc., SK Hynix Inc. and Japan’s Hoya Corp., while Toshiba itself will maintain ... ( read original story ...)

That gentleman is also the leader of the Osaka branch of Nippon Kaigi - a reactionary ... as reported by the Japanese Finance Ministry. As the scandal unfolded, local officials became keener to talk, and soon Abe’s personal involvement in Moritomo ... ( read original story ...)

in particular the escalation of tensions between North Korea and the U.S. Japan led the way regionally in September, with the Nikkei NIK, -0.03% notching its best month of 2017, rising 3.6%. It ended slightly lower on Friday, held back by a rebound in ... ( read original story ...)

On Monday Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, called a snap general election. During the press conference in which he made the announcement, he said:- It is my mission as prime minister to exert strong leadership abilities at a time when Japan faces ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued operating licenses to 11 bitcoin exchanges, the regulator announced today. This follows an amendment to the payment services law, which stated that all cryptocurrency exchanges should register with ... ( read original story ...)

Macroeconomic data through the Asian session was on the heavier side this morning, with stats out of Japan including August’s household spending, retail sales, prelim industrial production and inflation numbers. While data out of Japan was mixed ... ( read original story ...)

The general consensus is that since the crisis of the late 1990s, Japan’s banking industry has done a commendable job in strengthening its collective balance sheet, improving asset quality, cutting costs and bolstering capital. Now all the industry needs ... ( read original story ...)

Scheduled dates of the auction at this moment are stated in the attachment. However, the Bank may increase the frequency as needed. Amount to be purchased The Bank will conduct purchases in a flexible manner, taking account of market conditions, aiming to ... ( read original story ...)

There was also some uneasiness about monetary policy after a summary of the Bank of Japan's recent meeting showed one board member wanted an expansion of stimulus as consumer prices remain distant from its 2% inflation target. Japan's core consumer price ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended almost flat Friday, weighed down by a halt in the yen's fall against the U.S. dollar, but expectations of a Bank of Japan market support operation pared some losses. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 6.83 points, or 0.03 ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Yen fell as BOJ members mulled over the need for further easing The Bank of Japan released opinions from its September rate decision meeting Japanese CPI figures reported their strongest yearly growth since April of 2005 Curious about trading ... ( read original story ...)

But that is still nowhere near the Bank of Japan's 2.0-percent target, despite years of record monetary easing by the Bank of Japan. Also Friday, household spending in August edged up 0.6 percent from a year earlier, slightly off market expectations of a 0 ... ( read original story ...)