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TOKYO -- Japan agreed to deepen cooperation with countries in the Mekong region, as Tokyo aims to maintain its influence in Southeast Asia with more and more countries falling under the sway of China. ( read original story ...)

Nobuyuki Hirano is the world’s most recognized and most respected Japanese banker – and the chief executive of MUFG is an articulate voice on the demographic challenges facing Japanese banking and soc... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Corporate Japan has seen a rapid increase in unrealized gains on their shareholdings as the stock market has rallied, with big banks' paper profits reaching a 22-year high. For banks ... ( read original story ...)

a midsized bank mired in a lending scandal, to stop making new loans for property investments for six months. The scandal has sent ripples through Japan’s banking industry where Suruga was a darling o... ( read original story ...)

Already, most exchanges in major markets like Japan and South Korea have obtained banking services by large financial institutions and commercial banks in their respective countries. If Bitfinex ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Foreigners who want to work in Japan will be able to take a new test of Japanese language proficiency as soon as next April, one with a greater emphasis on practical expressions used in ... ( read original story ...)

Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous Tsukiji market relocates to a new site. In small vehicles and the mark... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell to its lowest close in two-weeks on Friday, tracking weakness on Wall Street as rising U.S. Treasury yields have dimmed the allure of most stocks except fi... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Money raised from this year's initial public offerings in Japan reached 175.8 billion yen ($1.54 billion) at the end of September, increasing more than threefold on the year as big names ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- With both Russia and China expanding their presence in the Arctic, Japan looks to ensure it also has a voice in the development of the resource-rich but environmentally sensitive region. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) said on Friday it had ordered Suruga Bank, a midsized bank mired in a lending scandal, to stop making new loans for property investments for s... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s bullet trains feature some of the coolest train designs in the world, those sleek front cars maximizing their efficiency as they hurtle between the nation’s major cities. Each new ... ( read original story ...)

The rasp of tuna saws, the whirr of electric carts and the patter of the fishmongers — on Saturday they will all fall silent, as Tokyo’s legendary Tsukiji fish market closes for the final time. Frozen ... ( read original story ...)

The company raised $360 million last year from investors led by Japan’s SoftBank ... will hold 9 percent after the IPO. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. led the offering. ( read original story ...)

Japan-based financial services company Tokyo Century Corp., in partnership with Japanese multinational service and solution provider All Nippon Airways Trading Company (ANATC) have entered an agreemen... ( read original story ...)

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