Tokyo stocks advanced Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei ending at a one-month high, as investor sentiment was boosted by a jump in Ch ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s MS&AD to predict climate change impact on companies
TOKYO – Japan’s MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings will begin offering a service to analyze the risks climate change pose to companies, Nikkei has learned. The insurer will partner with U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Re-elected Tokyo Gov. Koike has full slate of issues to tackle
Yuriko Koike, 67, was re-elected as governor of Tokyo in a landslide victory on July 5. Her high name recognition and advantage as the incumbent appar ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares jump 1.5% as China rebound hopes boost shippers, steelmakers
Japanese shares rose on Monday as signs of an economic rebound in China boosted shippers and steelmakers, while investor concerns about a spike in U.S. COVID-19 cases were offset by prospects of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares open the week on positive note
Tokyo shares opened higher Monday while investors monitored with caution a continued rebound of global coronavirus infections. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 25.74 points or 0.12 percent to ... ( read original story ...)
Koike Scores Landslide Tokyo Win
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has scored a landslide victory in her re-election bid as the city tries to keep a fresh virus surge in check. Koike, the first woman to govern the 14 million strong city, ... ( read original story ...)
IDEMIA Ramps up Its Japanese Office and Moves It to Tokyo’s Shibuya District
IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, today opened its new Japanese head office in Shibuya District, Tokyo, home to the company’s five business units. It also houses a new experience center ... ( read original story ...)
Manila secures P23-B loan from Tokyo
The Philippines secured from the Japanese government on Wednesday a 50-billion yen (P23.5 billion) loan that will be used for budgetary support. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd and Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Crypto Long & Short: Crypto Markets Are Maturing, but Gen Z Is Rewriting How Markets Work
Now, I have no idea how old you are, nor do I want to make any assumptions. I will assume, though, that since you are reading this, you have an interest in markets and/or crypto assets. And since this ... ( read original story ...)
Sony factory in Japan makes a PlayStation 4 every 30 seconds, mostly with robots
An assembly line in a Sony factory in Kisarazu, Japan, which features a total of 32 robots, takes only 30 seconds to assemble a complete PlayStation 4 console. ( read original story ...)
Japan bets big on Mozambique liquefied natural gas
In partnership with the business sector, the Japanese government will invest some $14.4 billion (1.5 trillion yen) in liquefied natural gas development in Mozambique, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. ( read original story ...)
Uber is finally available in Tokyo as a taxi service
Uber is finally offering service in Tokyo, although you'll have to be content with taxis instead of ridesharing cars. ( read original story ...)
Japan lags the US and Europe in working from home
Nikkei examined data Google collected from its map app that shows how commutes changed as the pandemic took hold. When the Japanese government declared its state of emergency in April, there were ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s GPIF Posts Record Quarterly Loss of $165 Billion as Virus Hits Stocks
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world's largest pension fund, on Friday reported a record quarterly loss of 17.71 trillion yen ($164.74 billion) in January-March after global ... ( read original story ...)
France and Italy remove travel restrictions on Japan
TOKYO/LONDON -- France, Italy and a number of European countries have relaxed entry restrictions from Japan, Nikkei has learned. As of Saturday, the two fellow Group of Seven members along with ... ( read original story ...)
Amid Hong Kong tumult, is Tokyo’s financial moment finally here?
calculated by the U.K.-based Z/Yen Group to rank the competitiveness of finance hubs, Hong Kong came in at sixth place in March, down three notches from six months earlier. In contrast, Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)