Global Central Bank Chatter Rattles Bond Market

News reports that the Bank of Japan might consider changing its interest-rate targets helped push the yield on the 10-year Japanese government bond as high as 0.09% in Monday trading in Tokyo from 0.0... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Eyes Eco Gains Ahead of 2020 Olympics

With two years to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese capital is hoping to use the games as motivation to improve its environmental sustainability. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was prev... ( read original story ...)

2 Years From Olympics Tokyo Focuses on Environment

With two years to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese capital is hoping to use the games as motivation to improve its environmental sustainability. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was prev... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei plummets as dollar extends losses

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 tumbled 300.89 points, or 1.3%, to 22,396.39, as the dollar extended its losses against the Japanese currency. Against the yen, the dollar traded at 110.98 after dipping as lo... ( read original story ...)

Prospect of Policy Shift Rattles Japanese Markets

The yen and Japanese financial stocks jumped, while government bonds sold off, after Reuters reported that officials at the Bank of Japan, whose board meets next week, were debating how to make its st... ( read original story ...)

More Japanese banks partner with BIDV

The Bank for Investment and Cooperation of Vietnam (BIDV) and four banks of Japan’s Resona Group have signed a cooperation agreement on supporting Japanese firms in Vietnam. Accordingly, the BIDV will ... ( read original story ...)