Tokyo’s skyline is set to welcome 45 new skyscrapers by the time city hosts the Olympics in 2020, as a surge of buildings planned in the early years of Abenomics near completion. Japan’s capital will see nearly 50 percent more new high-rise space in ... ( read original story ...)
Four things to know about the Cloudera IPO
Osaka University and NTT Laboratories recently created the first ... is still in the early phases,” Mass wrote in an email. See also: MuleSoft’s post-IPO gains have created a scary valuation Hortonworks had a market capitalization of about $662 ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea's Netmarble eyes $4.4 billion war chest for acquisitions after IPO
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Netmarble Games Corp said on Tuesday it expects to have a war chest of some $4.4 billion (£3.5 billion) for acquisitions after an imminent IPO, and plans to roll out its new blockbuster game to Japan and China this year. ( read original story ...)
S.Korea's Netmarble eyes $4.4 bln war chest for acquisitions after IPO
South Korea'sNetmarble Games Corp said on Tuesday it expects to have a war chest of some $4.4 billion for acquisitions after an imminent IPO, and plans to roll out its new blockbuster game to Japan and China this year. While little known in the West ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei edges up as dollar, Wall Street climb
TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock index took its cue from a rebound in U.S. shares and a weaker yen on Tuesday, pulling away from its recent five-month lows. The Nikkei was up 0.2 percent at midday at 18,398.24. The dollar added 0.1 percent ... ( read original story ...)
Trump salvo threatens Japan's currency strategy
TOKYO -- Many at Japan's Ministry of Finance have been left perplexed by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent verbal intervention in the currency market. "It's annoying," said a senior ministry official in change of currency affairs on April 13 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bank on Hagino, Ikee for world swimming charge
Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino and schoolgirl sensation Rikako Ikee will head Japan's charge at this summer's world swimming championships when both are likely to face very different types of pressure. Hagino and Ikee were named among a team of 18 athletes ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Aso, U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to meet Thursday: Ministry of Finance
TOKYO Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin will hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the Group of 20 finance leaders' gathering in Washington D.C., Japan's Ministry of Finance said on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Famous brands in Japan go offbeat to boost name recognition
If there is one thing fashionistas wear or carry that this Italian luxury brand would never sell, it is uchiwa, a common Japanese fan traditionally made of paper and bamboo. Right? Wrong. Gucci does offer its own uchiwa, with its name splashed on one side. ( read original story ...)
Japan NIKKEI 225 Stock Market Index 1950-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar
BUZ INVESTORS Japan NIKKEI 225 The Nikkei 225 closed 91 points or 0.5% lower at 18336 on Friday April 14th, extending losses for the fourth session. It is the lowest close since December 5th amid a stronger yen and geopolitical tensions. Other Asian ... ( read original story ...)
Japan index investors go with the flow
The Bank of Japan is another big user of the passive approach, every year purchasing 6 trillion yen ($55.2 billion) of exchange-traded funds that track the Topix index of all first section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Nikkei Stock Average. ( read original story ...)
Japan's hotels seek out foreign staff as customer base grows
OSAKA -- One day in early March, a 28-year-old woman from Canada was in the lobby of the Rihga Royal Hotel conversing with a guest in fluent Japanese. Rachael Buell has been working for the hotel in Osaka since last year in the guest relations group ... ( read original story ...)
Foreigners streaming into Japan at record pace
TOKYO -- The net inflow of foreign residents into Japan was the largest ever during the last statistical year, as the government pushes policies to attract foreign workers to lessen the economic repercussions from a declining and graying population. ( read original story ...)
Japan looks to revive moribund TPP, sans US
TOKYO -- Japan is mobilizing the remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to resurrect the agreement without the United States, seeking a path forward for free trade in Asia with Tokyo as the senior partner. President Donald Trump ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's frugal households offer no respite for Bank of Japan, retailers
TOKYO (Reuters) - Naruhito Nogami, a 37-year-old systems engineer in Tokyo, drives to discount stores on weekends to bulk buy cheap groceries, even though he earns enough to make ends meet and the prospects for Japan's economic recovery are brighter. ( read original story ...)
Central Pacific Bank And TSUBASA Alliance Of Japan Enters Agreement For Business Development
HONOLULU, April 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Pacific Bank (CPB), primary subsidiary of Central Pacific Financial Corp (NYSE: CPF), and each member bank of the TSUBASA Alliance enhancing Financial System (TSUBASA) of Japan today signed memorandums of ... ( read original story ...)