Tokyo’s skyline to see 45 new towers by 2020

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 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 ...)