Tag: finance

TOKYO -- Almost $5 billion in funds earmarked for rebuilding Japan's disaster-stricken northeast remain unused, with projects entangled in local debates and nuts-and-bolts complications, a Nikkei study has found. The Nikkei compiled government survey data ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Mistletoe fund of Taizo Son (the younger brother of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son), Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and US private equity firm General Atlantic LLC. The IPO is great news for all of them as large exits from Asia are rare. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Mistletoe fund of Taizo Son (the younger brother of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son), Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and US private equity firm General Atlantic LLC. The IPO is great news for all of them as large exits from Asia are rare. ( read original story ...)

Japan was again a standout, with equities building on this week’s two-year highs as the yen continued to retreat. Meanwhile, Australia underperformed as metal prices fell and utilities stocks slid. The Nikkei NIK, -0.25% was recently up 0.7% ... ( read original story ...)

The Finance Ministry has decided for the time being not to destroy ... unable to restore data on the negotiations over the sale of land at a sharp discount to Osaka-based Moritomo Gakuen in light of an investigation mounted by the Board of Audit and ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Will North Korea's next nuclear test involve a thermonuclear missile screaming over Japan? That's a question being asked after North Korea's foreign minister said his country may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean. ( read original story ...)

BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan talking only about sanctions on North Korea rather than dialogue will be seen as going against United Nations resolutions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart. Tensions have continued to rise since North ... ( read original story ...)

Because those hikes were framed as a way to promote health and wellness, they were mostly better received by the public than consumption tax increases, which cover just about everything sold in Japan -- including cigarettes. The Finance Ministry also sees ... ( read original story ...)

Takenaka points to Japan’s heavy dependence on cash as an example ... The fintech trend (a portmanteau of “finance” and “technology”) has made strides in countries such as China, where electronic payments through smartphones are becoming the ... ( read original story ...)

In a statement, the DoF said the Philippines-Japan High-Level Committee on Infrastructure and Economic Cooperation will meet in Tokyo on Monday, their third meeting after the meetings held also in Tokyo in March and in Manila in July. Finance Secretary ... ( read original story ...)

Other key markets in the Asia Pacific region in 2016 were Japan at $398 million, South Korea at $376 million, Singapore at $164 million, and India at $124 million. The alternative finance sector in the Asia-Pacific totalled $102.8 billion in 2015 ... ( read original story ...)

According to Japans Ministry of Finance data statistics showed that Japanese steel exports totaled 3.15 million tons in August of this year, increased by 6.3% compared with previous month, down by 9.5% compared with the same period of last year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The blockbuster stock market debut of PKSHA Technology here Friday raises the hope that it may spark a much-needed rush of investment into Japanese startups specializing in artificial intelligence technology. PKSHA -- whose early investors include ... ( read original story ...)

It cited people close to the deal. The insurer declined to comment on the pricing of the initial public offering (IPO). Japan's SoftBank Group Corp (>> SoftBank Group Corp) agreed to buy a total stake of just under 5 percent for about $550 million in ... ( read original story ...)

Just sign up with Valu and start selling shares. According to this story in Bloomberg, the Japanese start-up is enabling any individual or business, from “fisherman and YouTube celebrities to pastry chefs and social media mavens” to sell shares (called ... ( read original story ...)

The public debut, seen as a test of the market for financial technology offerings in Hong Kong, attracted cornerstone investors such as Japan’s SoftBank. The IPO is the world’s first “insurtech” public offering. Insurtech companies seek to use ... ( read original story ...)