Tag: finance

In his eyes, that’s getting in the way of one of the key missions of Abenomics: to encourage Japanese people to move more of their $8.4 trillion in cash and bank deposits into the stock market. In an attempt to address this, Mori is starting a new tax ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan will ease up on regulations on hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles, making the refueling points less costly to set up and operate in hopes of helping the environmentally friendly cars catch on. By fiscal 2018, the Ministry of Economy ... ( read original story ...)

He was speaking on Tuesday at FIN/SUM, a conference in Tokyo jointly organized by NIKKEI and Japan's Financial Service Agency. According to a review of global fintech hubs released by Deloitte in April, Tokyo trails Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney in the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average fell in choppy trade early on Friday, moving away from two-year highs as rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea sapped risk appetite. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported North Korean ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday, boosted by gains on Wall Street and a weaker yen after the Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to raise interest rates one more time this year. The Nikkei was up 0.8 per cent at the end of morning ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Communication sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.18% to hit a new 52-week high. ( read original story ...)

Investing.com - Shares in Asia were mixed on Thursday with the market digesting the Fed views on rates and the latest Bank of Japan review. The Nikkei 225 rose 0.47%, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.09%. In Greater China, the Hang Seng index inched up ... ( read original story ...)

Nuko Numano is a cosplayer in Japan who regularly hosts livestreams for her fans, but only to a select few who own five of her shares priced at $38 apiece. That seems like a bargain, considering they were trading for as much as $585 in July. The 23-year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Thursday, helped by gains on Wall Street and a weaker yen after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to raise interest rates one more time this year. The Bank of Japan ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan kept its monetary stimulus unchanged Thursday, but a dovish new board member opposed the decision in his first meeting, an unexpected dissension on a board chosen entirely by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Still, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda ... ( read original story ...)

Citing a need for sustainability, the Bank of Japan last September shifted its monetary policy framework to yield curve control. A year later the BOJ remains on cruise control -- and virtually no one expects that to change anytime soon. Yet investors will ... ( read original story ...)

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings has recently struck up a partnership with Bao Viet Securities, as Japanese investors continue looking at the Vietnamese market with optimism and confidence. Tokai Tokyo and Bao Viet Securities will assist Japanese investors ... ( read original story ...)

In an initiative to enhance clinical development in Japan, PAREXEL International Corporation PRXL, a global biopharmaceutical services company and provider of clinical research and logistics has formed an alliance with Osaka International Cancer Institute ... ( read original story ...)

The rise in Japan's exports to the United States in August was the fastest since December 2014, finance ministry data showed. China-bound exports rose 25.8 percent year-on-year in August, faster than a 17.6 percent annual increase in July as Japan shipped ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average was nearly flat on Wednesday morning after scaling more than two-year highs on the previous day, while investors stayed cautious before the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting which ends later ... ( read original story ...)

says an international fund manager based in Tokyo. But with the bookbuilding process officially under way ahead of the shares’ pricing on September 27, sales efforts are frenetic. And once again, like its IPO two years ago, retail investors are the main ... ( read original story ...)