Tag: finance

In a meeting of a government advisory panel discussing Japan’s growth strategy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe instructed his ministers to come up with ways to smoothen regional bank consolidation that cou... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved legislation that would ratify a free trade agreement with the European Union, aiming to bring the pact into force Feb. 1. The sprawling agreement would ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rebounded on Tuesday morning tracking gains in Wall Street, while Apple suppliers fell on a report that the tech giant has cancelled plans to boost production f... ( read original story ...)

A year-old boutique firm that spun off from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Tokyo office has hired a corporate finance partner from Sidley Austin. The move leaves Sidley with two partners in Tokyo. A... ( read original story ...)

The company is planning an IPO for its domestic telecom operation, which may raise 3 trillion yen. It has the potential to be the largest such offering ever -- with about 30 percent of the equity to b... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the central bank was aware that prolonged ultra-loose monetary policy could squeeze financial institutions' margins and potentially destabilize th... ( read original story ...)

and 20% less expensive than that in Osaka (¥3,135). Nevertheless, Fukuoka City kindly offers meaningful financial benefit to foreign entrepreneurs. Amount and Facilities Successful applicants are enti... ( read original story ...)

Remixpoint operates BITPoint, one of 16 cryptocurrency exchanges licensed by Japan’s financial watchdog. Tokyo-based Hinomaru is a private company that operates a fleet of 362 limousines and 161 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group Corp (Tokyo ... Son will also want to assuage concerns over the firm's domestic telecoms business ahead of its mammoth IPO - potentially the world's biggest - ... ( read original story ...)

SoftBank’s domestic telecom IPO has the potential to be the largest such offering ever -- with about 30 percent of the equity to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 19, people with knowledge ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese restaurant chains face sluggish growth as the country's population declines and staff become harder to find. A Nikkei survey of 224 restaurant companies found that 19.6% intend to hire ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell on Monday morning as budding hopes of a resolution to the U.S.-China trade war faded, while shares of index-heavy Fast Retailing tumbled after dismal month... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei tabulated the earnings of 641 companies ... steel and real estate have brushed off trade tensions with strong earnings. In Japan, Sony was one of the corporations with robust earnings. ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s top diplomat says it’s up to South Korea to resolve forced labor claims looming over dozens of Japanese companies that are threatening to upend ties between the two neighbors. F... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is expected to win listing approval for its mobile unit from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Nov. 12 and the listing date is likely to be Dec. 19, De... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd on Tuesday ... said the service had got off to a good start but declined to provide financial details. Nintendo's shares hit a 10-year high in Januar... ( read original story ...)