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TOKYO • You can bank on this piggy bank to remind you to feed it with coins. Credited with the name BankNyan, it is one of the hits from the Tokyo Toy Show, which closed yesterday after a four-day run. The piggy bank has sensors to judge how much money ... ( read original story ...

The Bank of Japan decided to review the Benchmark Ratio (Note 1) used to calculate the Macro Add-on Balance in financial institutions' current account balances at the Bank, to which a zero interest rate is applied, as follows. Note 1: The Benchmark Ratio ... ( read original story ...)

This puts Japan one quarter away from technically being in recession, suggesting a failure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s reflationary policy, known as Abenomics, and of the Bank of Japan’s ultra-easy monetary policy. But the majority of economists do ... ( read original story ...)

“Business confidence, and subsequently capital spending, is at risk if this tension continues through the summer,” he said, adding that central bank meetings will be critical events this week. The S&P 500 futures ESc1 were down 0.17 percent. Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank recently announced the launch of a Bitcoin (BTC-USD) borrowing program. The program has been launched to attract new users and supplement the exchange of liquidity. According to a statement from the bank ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday morning, buoyed by optimism the U.S.-North Korea summit taking place in Singapore could pave the way for denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. The Nikkei rose 0.5 percent to 22,906.14 in midmorning trade ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday morning, buoyed by optimism the U.S.-North Korea summit taking place in Singapore could pave the way for denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. The Nikkei rose 0.5 percent to 22,906.14 in ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- As Japan prepares to legalize home-sharing businesses this week, some people who currently rent out their homes are, in fact, seeing the long-awaited deregulation as a sign to exit the market. A new law that allows home-sharing, called minpaku ... ( read original story ...)

according to a recent survey run by market research company Kantar on behalf of Nikkei Asian Review. The survey, carried out by Kantar's Lightspeed division, questioned 2,600 citizens across India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and Thailand. It found that ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore could set an important foundation of peace for Asia to pursue further growth, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ... which is hosted by Nikkei. Abe told the audience that he had received a telephone call ... ( read original story ...)

Note that Tokyo has two international airports ... Costs exclude ‘splurge’ option Barry Choi is a personal finance and budget travel expert at Moneywehave.com. He makes regular media appearances where he talks about all things related to money and ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese online marketplace Mercari priced its initial public offering at the top of the range to sell ¥130.5 billion (Dh4.4bn) worth of shares, a valuation that’s set to make its 40-year-old founder a billionaire. The firm plans to sell 43.5 million ... ( read original story ...)

Mercari Inc. priced its initial public offering at the top of the range to sell 130.5 billion yen ($1.2 billion) worth of shares, a valuation that’s set to make its 40-year-old founder a billionaire. The online marketplace plans to sell 43.5 million ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Flea market app operator Mercari Inc (4385.T) priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the top of an indicative range on Monday, in Japan’s biggest IPO so far this year that is raising up to 130.7 billion yen (0.89 billion pounds). ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Flea market app operator Mercari Inc (4385.T) priced its initial public offering (IPO) at the top of an indicative range on Monday, a regulatory filing showed, in Japan’s biggest IPO so far this year that is raising 130.7 billion yen ($ ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Some tourists on their way to Japan have begun looking for alternative lodgings now that their Airbnb bookings have been canceled. Last week, the home-sharing pioneer pulled the listings of its Japan hosts who have yet to complete a registration ... ( read original story ...)