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Adding to the positive tone in Tokyo was a report saying the leader is also considering a multi-billion-dollar stimulus for the stuttering economy. The prospect of more cash being pumped into financial markets weighed on the yen, providing a boost to ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks edged up Monday morning with exporters boosted by the weaker yen, as traders kept a close eye on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's expected announcement of a snap election. The bellwether Nikkei 225 index rose 0.58 percent, or 118.48 points ... ( read original story ...)

Bloomberg.com‘s news article titled: “JR Kyushu Shares Surge in Tokyo Debut After $4 Billion IPO” with publication date: October 25, 2016 was also an interesting one. Kyushu Financial Group Inc is a Japan firm principally engaged in banking businesses. ( read original story ...)

Leshi Investment Management is LeEco's finance arm with businesses in online payment ... turns to the complex task of sounding out partners in a potentially fragile... TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices stood little changed on Monday, keeping most of their ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso is expected to skip the Group of 20 finance leaders' meeting and IMF meeting from Oct. 12 due to an expected general election in Japan, the source also said. Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government maintained its moderately optimistic view on the economy, signalling that a recovery is broadening and gathering strength even as inflation remains anaemic. In its monthly economic report for September released on ... ( read original story ...)

WEIFANG, China, Sept. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2017 China-Japan-Korea Industry Expo, a platform to promote regional economic and trade cooperation, kicked off in Weifang city, east China's Shandong province on September 23. The three-day expo displays ... ( read original story ...)

The Markit/Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to a seasonally adjusted 52.6 in September from a final 52.2 in August. The index remained above the 50 threshold that separates expansion contraction from the 13th consecutive ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday ordered his cabinet to compile new economic stimulus measures in a package worth around 2 trillion yen ($17.80 billion) by the end of the year. Speaking at a meeting with his top advisory panel, Abe said the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore-headquartered, Southeast Asia-based Sea, formerly known as Garena, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange ... Indonesia-based GDP Venture, and Japan-based Mistletoe. Sea operates across Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the ... ( read original story ...)

He declined to comment on the IPO. Throwing around the kind of money needed to keep pace can be tricky for a smallish public company. Japan's Rakuten closed online marketplaces in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia last year because it was wary of ... ( read original story ...)

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) S & P Global Ratings warned of mounting risks to Japan's banking industry stemming from the impact of low interest rates and competition on earnings. The ratings company revised its view of risks in the industry to 'negative from ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Yen posted a string of losses against most major currencies this week, with a trough-to-peak move of approximately 200 pips in USD/JPY. The pair gapped-higher on the Sunday open for the second consecutive week and continued to run-higher. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese banking regulators are, at least in this sense, far less conservative than you think, and they are setting up a finical ecosystem in Japan that will lead to far more innovative finTech startups than we are seeing coming out of Europe of America. ( read original story ...)

Pedestrians walk past the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on September 13. With the Bank of Japan leaving its unprecedented monetary easing programme intact on Thursday, S&P said pressure on lending margins may intensify. S&P Global Ratings warned of ... ( read original story ...)

Basic Figures Flow of Funds for the Second Quarter of 2017 (Preliminary report) September 25, 2017 Research and Statistics Department Bank of Japan Contents Chart 1 Financial assets and liabilities by sector Chart 2-1 Financial surplus and deficit by ... ( read original story ...)