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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)