State-owned IAI was considering offering a minority stake in the company, but Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman had ordered a halt to preparations for the IPO because officials ... Dollar firms above ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and China try new approach to friendship, 40 years on
TOKYO -- Forty years since signing a treaty of peace and friendship that promised mutual non-aggression, Japan and China are starting to explore a more nuanced diplomatic relationship that better ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rebukes Facebook for gathering data through ‘likes’
TOKYO -- A Japanese government body on Monday directed Facebook to be more transparent and strengthen guards on personal information, following European authorities in pushing back against the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and EU to establish LNG framework
TOKYO -- Japan and the EU are set to collaborate on developing a framework to promote the stable procurement of liquefied natural gas, in a bit to establish a more flexible market. LNG purchases ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Signals Financial System Able to Withstand Easing for Now
(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan said the financial system remains stable and growth in bank lending continues to support the economy, signaling it’s comfortable that lenders are coping with its recor... ( read original story ...)
BOJ warns Japan’s bank risk-taking hits near 30-year high
TOKYO (Reuters) - Risk-taking in Japan’s financial sector hit a near three-decade high in the April-September, a central bank gauge showed, in a sign years of ultra-easy monetary policy may be overhea... ( read original story ...)
Japanese consumers balk at ‘stealth price hikes’
Japanese consumers are sensitive to cost performance and quick to alert each other on social media about furtive attempts at shrinking product sizes. Of the 10 products in a Nikkei survey whose ... ( read original story ...)