Japan’s Banks Tap a Gold Mine

Japan's banks are in a difficult place. While the rest of the G-10 countries are moving toward higher borrowing costs, the Bank of Japan is spinning its wheels, with little sign of improved lending rates. A happy unintended consequence of that stasis ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Inc. Might Have to Pay Up

In its most recent minutes, the Bank of Japan used an Orwellian phrase to describe the trend: "securing the labor force." The unemployment rate is 2.8 percent and declining steadily as Japan goes through something of a growth streak. At the same time ... ( read original story ...)

Several Akhilesh projects under Yogi scanner

When Yadav was the chief minister, the then state irrigation and public works department minister, Shivpal Singh Yadav, and irrigation department principal secretary, Deepak Singhal, visited Japan to study riverfront developments in Tokyo and Osaka. ( read original story ...)

Kagoike arrest isn’t end of story

The special investigation squad of the Osaka District Public Prosecutor’s Office, which interrogated and arrested the Kagoikes, has received a criminal complaint filed by a group of some 240 lawyers and researchers against officials of the Finance ... ( read original story ...)

Saudi Aramco IPO Pits London Against New York

The IPO would give a welcome boost to London’s reputation as ... Still, Hong Kong’s exchange, like those in Tokyo and Singapore, is smaller than markets in New York or London. This raises the question of whether the Asian bourses could provide enough ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore exchange pitches for Saudi Aramco IPO

That choice pits the top global financial centers, London and New York, against each other, while Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and Toronto are also on the top contender list. The initial public offering (IPO) would make the company the largest publicly ... ( read original story ...)

London, New York vie for Saudi Aramco IPO

could take part in an Aramco IPO, people with knowledge of the matter said in March. Two of China’s state oil companies also may buy shares in Aramco, according to their senior executives. Tokyo and Singapore Exchanges in both Asian cities made ... ( read original story ...)

Blackstone takes on $1.1 Billion Property Portfolio

The Australian Financial Review said the bid was the second approach ... amassing 27 assets that were mostly located in central and greater Tokyo and some in regional cities such as Osaka and Fukuoka. Blackstone and Spring Investment will now enter ... ( read original story ...)