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The yen is down 32%, corporate profits are thriving and the Nikkei Stock Average is breaking records again. Abe's fiscal dart fell way short of its target, thanks to counterproductive increases in Japan's sales tax in 2014 and 2015. The third and most ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan's traditional banking culture, advising a client to sell a firm was considered unseemly, even rude - implying that the business had failed. Yet more small business owners in rural areas are struggling to find successors because their children ... ( read original story ...)

Ota acknowledged the Malaysian store's struggles and told The Nikkei that the fund is working to turn it around. The four-year-old Cool Japan Fund is the centerpiece of the government's "Cool Japan" strategy to promote cultural exports such as anime and food. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is lavishing U.S. President Donald Trump with a welcome reserved for formal state guests during his visit to Japan, looking to use hospitality to highlight close ties with its powerful ally. Trump kicked off his visit ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - From a car that wants to be your friend to another that burns off the fat: here are five hot vehicles on display at the Tokyo Motor Show. The biennial event opens for a media preview on Wednesday, before throwing its doors open to the public ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Japan, the first leg of his Asian trip, on Sunday for a three-day visit in which he will look to put on show with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the strength of their countries' defense alliance in the ... ( read original story ...)

When asked recently about the details of the IPO, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser told CNNMoney that no firm decisions have been made. "We looked at the different venues, which are New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo," he said. "We are taking time for the ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Trump appears to have tweeted from aboard a plane on his way from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Tokyo, Japan. NY is vying with London, Tokyo and other locations to attract the much-anticipated listing, which could be the biggest in history. Saudi leaders have ... ( read original story ...)

In recent months there’s been a litany of news stories about how big Ivanka Trump is in Asia. “Why Japan loves Ivanka Trump,” The Independent wrote in January. “Donald, Who? Ivanka Trump Is the Star in Japan,” read a Toronto Star story in February. ( read original story ...)

Melco Resorts’ executives did not comment on the IPO process or rationale in Thursday’s conference ... Last month, Melco Resorts announced it had become an official partner of Osaka-Kansai Japan Expo 2025. A number of investment analysts covering ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is enjoying its longest run of growth in 11 years, unemployment is at 23-year lows and Prime Minister Abe’s big 22 October election win frees him to toss more stimulus at Asia’s No. 2 economy. But a 30% surge in the Nikkei 225 Stock Average over ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo and Hong Kong have been looked at for a partial listing of the state-run firm. A decision on which exchange would secure the offering has still not been made, fuelling market speculation that the IPO could be delayed beyond 2018 or even shelved ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average extended its strong rally to top a new 21-year peak on Thursday, ahead of a long weekend, with investors piling into miners and companies such as Honda Motor and Sony on robust earnings prospects. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average extended its strong rally to top a new 21-year peak on Thursday, ahead of a long weekend, with investors piling into miners and companies such as Honda Motor and Sony on robust earnings prospects. The Nikkei ended up 0.5 ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average extended its strong rally to top a new 21-year peak on Thursday morning, with the mining sector getting a boost while buyers continued to pile into companies such as Honda Motor and Sony on robust earnings prospects. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese shares continue their advance as profit upgrades draw investors' attention away from the prospect of more monetary and fiscal stimulus to surprisingly robust corporate earnings. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average soared 408 points ... ( read original story ...)