Tag: finance

TOKYO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange's (TSE ... while Ichigo Green is trading 0.5 percent above the IPO price as of Friday. Many investors like solar projects because they offer stable long-term returns and benefit from government subsidies ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is unfavorable terrain for populists ... That sounds like a leader who could be popular, if not a populist. Shotaro Tani, is a Nikkei staff writer in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

The Finance Ministry has argued that it reduced the price of the plot in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, because of the large amount of waste that had to be removed from the land. It shared photos of the site with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE/TOKYO — Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (MSI) is acquiring Singapore’s First Capital Insurance for $1.6 billion from Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings, in the biggest takeover by a Japanese insurer in populous Southeast Asia – a key ... ( read original story ...)

It remains to be seen if the Bank of Japan’s move will pay off, but results elsewhere have been encouraging The Bank of Japan’s unprecedented cut of interest rate down to negative territory aims at ending Japan’s chronic deflationary pressure. ( read original story ...)

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond finished lower Wednesday as investors bought the debt after a Bank of Japan bond-buying operation saw solid demand. The yield on the No. 347, 0.1 percent issue, the main barometer of long-term ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average posted modest gains on Wednesday, snapping five straight days of losses that marked its longest losing streak since April 2016. The market was helped by a rebound in Wall Street shares overnight ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp is prioritizing talks with Western Digital to sell its memory chip business, as negotiations with a previously preferred bidder have stalled, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday. Shares in the conglomerate ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rebounded on Wednesday morning after Wall Street gained as U.S. lawmakers' comments on tax reform and the debt ceiling boosted investor appetite. The Nikkei rose 0.7 percent to 19,509.48 in midmorning ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- China's two biggest bicycle-sharing startups are en route to Japan, with Mobike kicking off service Wednesday in the northern city of Sapporo while rival Ofo readies to roll in Tokyo and Osaka next month. Chinese internet powerhouses have backed ... ( read original story ...)

Aug 16 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Investment Corp: * Says its stock will begin trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Sept. 14, 2017, under the symbol "3481" * The company will offer a total of 198,000 shares, with total offering price of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Wary of allowing the country's industry fall behind, the Japanese government is set to fund the development of semiconductors for artificial intelligence and other new technologies. The country's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry sees it as ... ( read original story ...)

Smaller gauge lags behind Topix by most since October 2015 The Bank of Japan’s reduction of the amount it invests in the Nikkei 225 Stock Average is leaving the blue-chip gauge lagging behind the broader Topix index by the most in nearly two years. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan continues to pump extraordinary levels of liquidity into the Japanese financial system, highlighted by last week's $2 billion foray into equity ETFs. The trading strategy in the face of such an onslaught is surprisingly simple: trade in ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnam’s Finance Ministry and Daiwa Corporation of Japan co-hosted a conference in Tokyo on August 21 to promote financial investment in Vietnam with the attendance of more than 200 Japanese firms. Speaking at the event, Vietnamese ... ( read original story ...)

An increasing number of regional banks in Japan are introducing automated teller machines mounted on vehicles to cater mainly to elderly people living in remote areas with no bank-run ATMs. Shimane Shinkin Bank in Shimane Prefecture plans to introduce an ... ( read original story ...)