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Japan's financial regulator is mulling the creation of a regulatory framework for companies raising funds through initial coin offerings, a report indicates. According to Sankei Shimbun, the Financial Service Agency is considering the revision of relevant ... ( read original story ...)

The Financial Services Agency is laying the groundwork for a regulatory overhaul that could lead to a shake-up in Japan’s ¥1 quadrillion banking industry. The agency is examining how to change the legal framework so that all providers of financial ... ( read original story ...)

The IPO would likely take place in the week of March 19 ... asset management and wants to improve its distribution network and expand in countries such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. DWS had 3,800 staff managing €700-billion worldwide ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Osaka Gas sees no major impact on LNG procurement from the shutdown of ExxonMobil Corp's liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Papua New Guinea following a powerful earthquake in the country's remote highlands, company president Takehiro Honjo said ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's cosmetics exports jumped 39% to 371.5 billion yen ($3.48 billion) in 2017, marking a fifth straight record year, as inbound tourism creates new devotees who continue to use the products long after returning home. The Nikkei compiled the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- More Japanese women are staying in work after childbirth as government policy to keep young mothers in the workforce begins to pay off. A tight labor market due to the shrinking population and the ongoing economic recovery are also factors ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A rising yen threatens to depress annual profit growth at export-driven Japanese companies that close their books ... data compiled by The Nikkei shows. Sales are forecast to grow 5% to 51.19 trillion yen, down from the 11% rise last year. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Investors are piling into Japanese companies that serve international visitors ... Shiseido's shares have surged 19%, and Don Quijote's more than 6%, since Feb. 6, when the Nikkei Stock Average tumbled 1,071 points. The index itself has rallied ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan has secured the rights to develop an oil field in Abu Dhabi for an additional 40 years, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Monday. State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil and Inpex agreed to renew Japan's interests in the field ... ( read original story ...)

Of Tokyo's 33 sub-indexes, 31 gained, with defensive stocks like pharmaceuticals in the lead. TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average rose to near three-week highs on Monday, with most sectors advancing as investor confidence continued to improve after Wall ... ( read original story ...)

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has been hailed as the most tech-centric ever, but Tokyo now wants to beat that record in 2020. Masa Takaya, spokesperson for The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, told CNBC on "Squawk Box ... ( read original story ...)

Asian indexes were higher to start the week after a rally on Wall Street Friday with Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average leading. The Nikkei NIK, +0.82% was up 1% amid a modest drop for the yen from Friday’s Asian levels. Export and drug stocks were among ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan has a reputation as a difficult place for entrepreneurs to drum up money, yet startups have been striking big fundraising deals in recent years. As a major venture capital player, Jafco is in the thick of the action. The Nikkei spoke with ... ( read original story ...)

Japan produced more than 100 IPOs annually through the early ... Among startup-heavy indexes, the Nikkei Jasdaq Stock Average marked an all-time high on Jan. 26. Although the blue chip Nikkei Stock Average has sunk 4% year to date, the Nikkei Jasdaq ... ( read original story ...)

A critical report by the group could result in sanctions that could include shunning Japanese banks out of the global banking network. “Even a single financial institution with low-level anti-money laundering and terrorist-financing measures is enough to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Nikkei 225 has ridden the same roller-coaster ride that the rest of world markets have been on in the past several months: It saw gains of 25 percent between early September and late January, when the index topped 24,000 to establish its high ... ( read original story ...)