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HONG KONG — Share sales in Asia ex-Japan have picked up pace this year and are set to rise sharply in the coming months, with $10 billion listings from two Chinese firms expected to reinstate Hong Kong as the world's top IPO destination, bankers and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 29 Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday morning to hover near two-year highs after Wall Street rebounded, with tech shares, like Advantest Corp and Shin-Etsu Chemical, outperforming the overall market. The Nikkei gained 0.5 percent to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 29 Japan's Nikkei share average neared two-year highs on Thursday after Wall Street rebounded, with tech shares such as Advantest Corp and Shin-Etsu Chemical outperforming the overall market. The Nikkei gained 0.45 percent to 20,220.30, moving ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 28 Japan's Ministry of Finance floated a plan on Wednesday to increase the size of short-term Japanese government bond issue through so-called liquidity-enhancing auctions to ease their shortage, a senior ministry official said. The plan was ... ( read original story ...)

He became Minister of Finance for a brief period in 2009, but the LDP lost the power. In 2011, he switched his party to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) to become Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy and Minister of State for the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's national public broadcast company NHK could levy a new mandatory fee for programming streamed on smartphones and similar devices -- a move that would affect the growing number of households that do not own televisions. The proposal was ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese banks have sold off domestic government bonds to their lowest holding levels on record, scrambling for near-term profit as negative interest rates erode spreads in core lending operations. Holdings of Japanese government bonds were down ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 27 Japan's Nikkei share average edged up to hover near two-year highs on Tuesday morning as a weaker yen helped exporters rise, while financial stocks rebounded from Monday's declines. The Nikkei gained 0.4 percent to 20,233.23 in midmorning ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei was last up 0.3 per cent at 20,213.62 in subdued trading. A rise above 20,318.11, a peak scaled a week ago, would take the Nikkei to its highest since August 2015. “The fundamental mood is not bad, but it’s hard for investors ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei advanced 0.4 per cent to 20,235.79. A rise above 20,318.11, a peak scaled a week ago, would take the Nikkei to its highest since August 2015. A weaker yen, a boon to export-reliant Japan, usually underpins the Tokyo market as the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japanese economy may be growing, but wages are not keeping pace, with nominal pay rising just 0.5% on the year in April. While there is no shortage of books and reports explaining this stagnancy, some are expecting wages to start moving higher ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's benchmark Nikkei was last up 0.3 percent at 20,213.62 in subdued trading. A rise above 20,318.11, a peak scaled a week ago, would take the Nikkei to its highest since August 2015. “The fundamental mood is not bad, but it's hard for investors to ... ( read original story ...)

ART OSAKA (アート大阪) is an annual summer art fair and is ... Founded in 2013 and located in the commercial and financial district on the Macau Peninsula, BLANC ART’s mission is to promote wonderful and innovative artists from all around the ... ( read original story ...)

AEON, Japan’s largest retailer, also offers a slate of financial services including banking, credit and micro-finance to customers in Japan and 11 other Asian countries through its financial arm. Now, AEON Financial Service is building a blockchain ... ( read original story ...)

Despite all that lagging, however, the future trend for the Nikkei 225 might be the most promising. The reason? The BoJ’s monetary policy, and how it is trailing the performance of the Japanese economy. In a recent speech at the University of Oxford ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Foreign direct investment to Japan for fiscal 2016 topped 3 trillion yen ($26.9 billion) for the first time ever, thanks mainly to an increasing number of takeovers of domestic businesses by overseas investment funds. Japanese operations of ... ( read original story ...)