The Nikkei and the Dow may be joined at the hip when it comes to behavior. Still, the Nikkei is moving faster: Low-to-high for the Nikkei is 18 percent compared to a 13 percent return from the Dow for ... ( read original story ...)
BlackLine Furthers Global Expansion With Japan Subsidiary
Company establishes joint venture with Japan Cloud to help companies looking for solutions to automate critical accounting and finance processes LOS ANGELES and TOKYO, Oct. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and Mekong countries to boost economic cooperation
TOKYO -- Japan agreed to deepen cooperation with countries in the Mekong region, as Tokyo aims to maintain its influence in Southeast Asia with more and more countries falling under the sway of China. ( read original story ...)
MUFG’s Nobuyuki Hirano: Japanese banking’s greatest hope
Nobuyuki Hirano is the world’s most recognized and most respected Japanese banker – and the chief executive of MUFG is an articulate voice on the demographic challenges facing Japanese banking and soc... ( read original story ...)
Stock gains at Japan’s big banks hit 22-year high
TOKYO -- Corporate Japan has seen a rapid increase in unrealized gains on their shareholdings as the stock market has rallied, with big banks' paper profits reaching a 22-year high. For banks ... ( read original story ...)
Scandal-hit Suruga Bank ordered to halt new property loans for 6 months
a midsized bank mired in a lending scandal, to stop making new loans for property investments for six months. The scandal has sent ripples through Japan’s banking industry where Suruga was a darling o... ( read original story ...)
Major Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Obtains Banking Partner in HSBC, Will it Last?
Already, most exchanges in major markets like Japan and South Korea have obtained banking services by large financial institutions and commercial banks in their respective countries. If Bitfinex ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s new language test designed to ease labor immigration
TOKYO -- Foreigners who want to work in Japan will be able to take a new test of Japanese language proficiency as soon as next April, one with a greater emphasis on practical expressions used in ... ( read original story ...)
Sayonara Tsukiji! Relocation of Tokyo’s famed fish market begins
Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous Tsukiji market relocates to a new site. In small vehicles and the mark... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei drops to 2-week lows as U.S. bond yields soar, but bank stocks rise
TOKYO, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell to its lowest close in two-weeks on Friday, tracking weakness on Wall Street as rising U.S. Treasury yields have dimmed the allure of most stocks except fi... ( read original story ...)
Japanese IPO fundraising more than triples in 2018
TOKYO -- Money raised from this year's initial public offerings in Japan reached 175.8 billion yen ($1.54 billion) at the end of September, increasing more than threefold on the year as big names ... ( read original story ...)
Japan joins race to develop Arctic resources
TOKYO -- With both Russia and China expanding their presence in the Arctic, Japan looks to ensure it also has a voice in the development of the resource-rich but environmentally sensitive region. ( read original story ...)
Japan orders scandal-hit Suruga Bank to halt new property loans for 6 months
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) said on Friday it had ordered Suruga Bank, a midsized bank mired in a lending scandal, to stop making new loans for property investments for s... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s next-generation Shinkansen is its coolest bullet train yet
Japan’s bullet trains feature some of the coolest train designs in the world, those sleek front cars maximizing their efficiency as they hurtle between the nation’s major cities. Each new ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s legendary Tsukiji fish market closes
The rasp of tuna saws, the whirr of electric carts and the patter of the fishmongers — on Saturday they will all fall silent, as Tokyo’s legendary Tsukiji fish market closes for the final time. Frozen ... ( read original story ...)
SoftBank-Backed Guardant Soars in Trading Debut After U.S. IPO
The company raised $360 million last year from investors led by Japan’s SoftBank ... will hold 9 percent after the IPO. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. led the offering. ( read original story ...)