Tag: finance

Rakuten, which operates one of Japan's most popular shopping websites, said it hoped to gain a new engine of growth, adding that having a mobile license would complement its e-commerce, streaming and fintech services such as online securities trading. ( read original story ...)

The data may help the Bank of Japan (BOJ) make the case that strengthening economic recovery will prompt firms to raise wages and allow it to edge away from crisis-mode stimulus, even before inflation hits the central bank's elusive 2 percent target. ( read original story ...)

The finance ministry earlier estimated next year's debt-servicing ... Debt-servicing costs account for roughly a quarter of the annual government budget. Japan has the industrial world's heaviest debt burden at more than twice the size of its economy. ( read original story ...)

"As part of the pledge made by Prime Minister Abe this morning, Japan will provide US$30 million to the GFF Trust Fund … ," said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Japan Taro Aso. He also announced that Japan was ready to contribute another ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Public Relations Office of Web Japan is pleased to announce that the website for spreading information on things Japanese has newly started posting articles in multiple languages. Web Japan was launched in 2004 with ... ( read original story ...)

The finance ministry will publish the trade data at 8:50 a.m. Tokyo time on Monday (2350 GMT Sunday). The poll also found that economists expect the Bank of Japan to keep its short-term policy interest rate at minus 0.1 percent and the 10-year government ... ( read original story ...)

LONDON -- Japan and the U.K. have agreed to expand the scope of their joint military drills amid rising tensions in Northeast Asia, with plans to conduct their first-ever army exercises together in Japan next year. Both countries' defense and foreign ... ( read original story ...)

Kuroda speech included new language on risks of more stimulus Changes are said to have been wrongly interpreted as exit hint A new dissenter on the Bank of Japan board calling for more stimulus has prompted the BOJ to adjust its communications to flag ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese trading platforms are expanding overseas in an effort ... urging investors to pay close attention to price fluctuations and potential risks. Nikkei Inc. group company QUICK holds an equity stake in bitFlyer. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — A quarterly business outlook survey by Japan’s central bank shows sentiment improved to its highest level in 11 years in a further upbeat signal for the economy. The Bank of Japan’s “tankan” index for large manufacturers, released Friday ... ( read original story ...)

That term is often used to describe the individual Japanese investor, traditionally a housewife who runs her family’s finances. And that’s who behind the surge in bitcoin, according to a Deutsche Bank AG note Thursday. “We think that retail investors ... ( read original story ...)

Gov. Yuriko Koike may be taking Tokyo’s “London of the East” dream a bit too literally, inking a four-year partnership agreement with the British capital. Predecessors dating back to Shintaro Ishihara (1999-2012) long coveted London’s energy, heft ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Financial Exchange, one of Japan’s leading financial exchanges, has announced that they will begin preparations for Bitcoin futures offerings at the beginning of 2018. The company boasts some high value trading partners like JP Morgan Chase and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- As Brexit looms and the world looks to Frankfurt as the financial center of Europe, Tokyo looks the other way, tapping the City of London as its partner in its quest to become a hub of international finance. Has Tokyo chosen the right city as its ... ( read original story ...)

He had been at Ashurst since 1998, but stepped down as head of the firm's Tokyo base this June after two years in the role. He was replaced by finance partner Dominic Gregory. His move marks the latest in a spate of departures from Ashurst. In November ... ( read original story ...)

A futures exchange in Tokyo is reportedly taking the first steps toward launching bitcoin-related products. Bloomberg News said earlier today that Tokyo Financial Exchange has formed a working group as part of an early effort to start listing futures ... ( read original story ...)