TOKYO — Japan’s Nikkei lost traction on Friday on downbeat earnings both at home and on Wall Street, erasing some of the previous day’s advance which had pushed the benchmark to a 2-1/2 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Inflation Exceeds Forecasts, Holds Steady in July
(Bloomberg) -- Tokyo’s key inflation gauge held steady in July, topping expectations for a decline after nationwide price gains fell to the lowest in two years last month. Consumer prices ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Banks Are Running Out of Room to Cope With Negative Rates
And with central banks around the world now in monetary easing mode, financial firms are growing concerned that the Bank of Japan may loosen policy further. “There is a limit to what banks can do to ... ( read original story ...)
Tencent enters Japan’s cloud, chasing Amazon and Microsoft
Tencent expects the Japan arm to sign up 100 companies within a year. Yan Wang, general manager of operations for Tencent Cloud International, told Nikkei that the unit projects the business to ... ( read original story ...)
One Year Out from 2020 Tokyo Games, NGOs Appeal to Tokyo Governor to End Ivory Trade
One year before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games, international and Japanese conservation organizations are appealing to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to ban the sale of ivory in the city. ... ( read original story ...)
US security adviser Bolton urges South Korea to mend ties with Japan
SEOUL -- U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton pushed South Korea Wednesday to tamp down its feud with Japan, encouraging Washington's two top allies in the region to work together amid ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsui Fudosan eyes Hakone hot springs for luxury hotel
TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsui Fudosan looks to open a luxury hotel in the hot springs resort town of Hakone in 2022, Nikkei has learned, part of a development push that would double the company's ... ( read original story ...)
Nike, OPEC, AB InBev, Facebook and Dow Futures – 5 Things You Must Know
Donald Trump said Monday that trade negotiations had "essentially" begun between the world's two biggest economies after he reached a deal to re-start talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the ... ( read original story ...)
Ownership of Grand Rapids-based ASV to switch hands in $70.7 million deal
An affiliate of Osaka, Japan-based Yanmar Holdings will pay ASV shareholders ... Shares of ASV briefly traded over $10 per share in December 2017 but they have been under the IPO price of $7 per share ... ( read original story ...)
The week in renminbi: Star opens for trading, financial regulators mull more open-up, China makes large purchase of US sorghum
Four companies started trading at 200% of their IPO prices. Anji Microelectronics ... agreements between Chinese president Xi Jinping and US president Donald Trump in Osaka. If you are new to ... ( read original story ...)
Altaba’s Dissolution
However, more than a year passed since Reuters reported its then-impending IPO in January last year. To borrow President Trump's pet phrase, 'we'll see what happens'. Amid record-breaking stock ... ( read original story ...)
The Finance 202: Trump’s tax returns won’t answer all of Democrats’ questions
But [Trump] and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to resume talks — and hold off any new tariffs on each other’s goods — at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan ... Budweiser readies for year’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s electorate sticks with stability
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition partner Komeito campaigned on a platform of stability in Japan's upper house election on July 21, while such opposition parties as the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Tech Warns Japan-South Korea Spat Could Cause Global Harm
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. technology companies urged Japan and South Korea to negotiate a resolution to a dispute that threatens to up-end the global supply chain that the world’s top electronics brands ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea asks Japan to cancel plan to remove the country from white list
Japan's planned revision of a law to take South Korea off its so-called white list comes amid a deepening row over compensation for wartime forced labor, and after Japan tightened curbs this month on ... ( read original story ...)
Inttelectual Property from Indonesia, CIAYO Corp Expands to Japan
With Makoto Tanaka from Volcano Inc., CIAYO Corp founded the joint venture Dragon Digital Japan, Inc. Through this partnership, CIAYO Corp hopes to bridge Indonesia's creative works to enter the ... ( read original story ...)