TOKYO -- The most damaging rainfall in three decades has killed more than 120 people and brought businesses and transport to a halt in western Japan, laying bare just how weak the nation's infrastruct... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers race to find survivors after Japan floods kill at least 114
KURASHIKI, Japan (Reuters) - Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rain unleashed floods and landslides that killed at least 114 people, wit... ( read original story ...)
Softbank’s Japan telecoms unit applies for Tokyo listing
TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday that its Japanese telecommunications unit, SoftBank Corp, had made a preliminary application to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The mo... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rebounds to 1-week high after U.S. jobs data; Nissan tumbles
TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rebounded to one-week highs on Monday as investors took heart from U.S. jobs growth, while Eisai extended its gains to its daily-limit high on op... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers race to find survivors after Japan floods kill at least 112
KURASHIKI, Japan (Reuters) - Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rain unleashed floods and landslides that killed at least 112 people, wit... ( read original story ...)
Rescuers dig through mud, rubble for survivors after Japan floods kill over 100
MIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides that killed more than 100 peop... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rebounds to 1-week high after U.S. jobs data; Eisai jumps
TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rebounded to one-week highs on Monday morning as investors took heart from U.S. jobs growth, while Eisai extended its gains to its daily-limit hi... ( read original story ...)
88 dead, over 50 missing as torrential rains hit west Japan
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The death toll from torrential rains in western Japan reached 88 late Sunday, with over 50 others still missing after massive flooding and landslides destroyed homes and displaced ten... ( read original story ...)
A Peculiar Practice in Japanese Bond Sales Hurts Investors and Banks
This phenomenon is fueled by pressure among brokerages to win underwriting deals, at a time when the Bank of Japan’s negative-rate policy is making it harder to price corporate notes. Underwriters don ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Yen Steady As Kuroda Sticks Firmly To His Monetary Guns
The contrast between a Bank of Japan still stuck with vast monetary easing, and a US Federal Reserve still committed to higher interest rates for as long as the data will permit, is extremely stark an... ( read original story ...)
Japan races to find survivors of floods that killed nearly 100
MIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed widespread floods and landslides that killed nearly 100, wit... ( read original story ...)
Japan Overall Bank Lending Climbs 2.2%
TOKYO (Alliance News) - Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.2% on year in June, the Bank of ... TOKYO (Alliance News) - Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.2% on year in June, the Bank of Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Global Economy Week Ahead: Japan and U.S. Inflation, Bank of Korea Meeting
In the week ahead, Japan and the U.S. will see readings on inflation, while the Bank of Korea makes an interest-rate decision after recent data reflected subdued price pressures in South Korea. WEDNES... ( read original story ...)
USD/JPY – Japanese yen ticks higher as inflation meets expectations
In Japan, the focus is on inflation data. The Services Producer Price Index edged up to 1.0%, matching the forecast. The Bank of Japan Core CPI, the bank’s preferred inflation index, dipped to 0.5%, s... ( read original story ...)
Pension ‘whale’ blows past Japanese equity investment target
"That computes to lifting the Nikkei Stock Average by about 1,000 points," said Masahiro Nishikawa, chief fiscal policy analyst at Nomura Securities. Although Japanese equities have topped the 25% goa... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s GPIF posts $50bn loss in Q1 as trade tensions hit stocks
Domestic equities suffered a negative return of 4.72 percent. Japan's Nikkei 225 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.7 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively, during the quarter after U.S. Pres... ( read original story ...)