the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday. The Japanese automaker aims to produce about 4.6 million units in fiscal 2019, according to plans being communicated to its suppliers. The move is expected to ... ( read original story ...)
NIKKEI : No Japanese companies plan to ditch UK as Brexit looms – survey
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Japan inflation edges higher but BOJ still in a bind
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core inflation picked up slightly in March from a year earlier, but remained distant from the Bank of Japan's ambitious 2 percent target in a sign of rising pressure on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finance minister says no change of plan to raise sales tax
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday there was no change in the government's stance that it would go ahead with a planned sales tax hike in October, barring a big ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s inflation edges higher but its central bank is still in a bind
Japan's core inflation picked up slightly this year, but still remains well below the Bank of Japan's ambitious 2% target. Data released Friday showed a 0.8% increase in the country's core consumer ... ( read original story ...)
Japan inflation edges higher but Bank of Japan still in a bind
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core inflation picked up slightly in March from a year earlier, but remained distant from the Bank of Japan’s ambitious 2 percent target in a sign of rising pressure on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese bank’s US$61bil CLO binge reaches politicians’ radar
TOKYO: A Japanese agricultural bank’s US$61bil spending spree on bundled leveraged loans abroad has begun to attract the attention of the nation’s politicians. Government officials answered questions ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Fukui Bank Moves to IBM Cloud to Transform the Way it Does Business
IBM Cloud Migration Factory will help Fukui migrate critical technology more quickly and efficiently ARMONK, N.Y., April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM Services (NYSE: IBM) announced an agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Healthcare Misery, Pinterest IPO, Japan Marketplace, URI Earnings: Market Recon
Usually miserable. We used a common adage on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Blunt. To the point. "Short weeks are always long." On the Monday of a four day week, this was a warning. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei retreats from 4.5-month high; Canon slumps on profit warning
Japanese officials have said Tokyo would not accept auto export restrictions if the U.S. makes such demands. Japan's Nikkei retreated from a 4-1/2-month high on Thursday as defensive stocks fell and ... ( read original story ...)
China and Japan inch closer for insurance against Hurricane Trump
Meanwhile, Japan will roll out the red carpet for Trump ... Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He has spent seven years in China as a ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei retreats from 4-1/2-month high; Canon slumps on profit warning
TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei retreated from a 4-1/2-month high on Thursday as defensive stocks fell and Canon tumbled on a report that it will cut its earnings forecast. The Nikkei share ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Bank’s $61 Billion CLO Binge Reaches Politicians’ Radar
A Japanese agricultural bank’s $61 billion spending spree on bundled leveraged loans abroad has begun to attract the attention of the nation’s politicians. Government officials answered questions from ... ( read original story ...)
US opts for quick agreement with Japan on agriculture
... redistributing market share away from its strongest ally," U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty told Nikkei on Wednesday. "We seek terms of trade no less favorable than Japan's other ... ( read original story ...)
Big Tech to face antitrust law on user data in Japan
Facebook and Amazon.com will face stricter rules on handling personal information in Japan, which looks to use antitrust law to stop unfair trade-offs between privacy and free services, Nikkei has ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei hits 4-1/2-month high on carmakers, strong China data
TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose to a 4-1/2-month high on Wednesday as automakers soared on hopes of progress in Japan-U.S. trade talks, while companies with large exposure to China ... ( read original story ...)