Japanese companies hold off on floating bonds

TOKYO -- Major Japanese enterprises including the NTT group and Ricoh have decided to postpone bond issuances, gauging the yields they are willing to offer as too low for investors amid a flight to safety. NTT Finance, which handles fund procurement for ... ( read original story ...)

Japan, India reinforce bulwark against China

GANDHINAGAR, India -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi reaffirmed the bilateral security and infrastructure collaboration aimed at countering China's territorial encroachment during their meeting here Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 Domestic Sponsorship Already Hits Record

There are just over 2000 days until the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and already domestic sponsorship for the event has reached a record $2.8 billion. Stock photo via https://pixabay.com/en/packs-pile-money-finance-currency-163497 ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese banks to end same-day personal loans

TOKYO -- Banks in Japan will tighten screening of personal-loan applications starting in January amid growing criticism that easy credit has contributed to a jump in personal bankruptcies and people struggling under heavy debt. In Japan, banks issue loan ... ( read original story ...)

Finmin signs MoU with Japan for bullet train training centre

NEW DELHI: The finance ministry today signed an agreement with Japan to set up a training institute for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project along with others pacts, envisaging a total loan commitment of about Rs 6,000 crore. The training institute will ... ( read original story ...)

Stock markets vie to host Saudi’s Aramco IPO

Among Aramco’s suitors include the New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Toronto stock exchanges. The IPO could raise as much as $100 billion, a large chunk of the $132.5 billion raised globally from IPOs in 2016, according to consultancy EY. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s smaller airports welcome Southeast Asia

The western Japanese city is known for the Atomic Bomb Dome and the ... A Hiroshima official told the Nikkei Asian Review that it had approached Southeast Asian airlines with the hope that the city would host more tourists, in addition to requests from ... ( read original story ...)

Japan aims to catch gold smugglers at airports

TOKYO -- Seeking to curb a growing outbreak of gold smuggling, Japan's Ministry of Finance will install metal detector gates at the customs areas of airports with heavy international traffic, such as Narita and Haneda. Currently, travelers entering Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Japan commission supports nuclear power despite Fukushima

TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission has issued a report calling for nuclear energy to remain a key component of the country’s energy mix despite broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society. The annual report ... ( read original story ...)