TOKYO Feb 13 Japan's Nikkei share average rose to more than two-week highs on Monday, helped by Wall Street breaking records, a weaker yen and relief that talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yielded no negative ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei Hits More Than 2-Week Highs on Weaker Yen
Japan's Nikkei share average rose to more than two-week highs on Monday, helped by Wall Street breaking records, a weaker yen and relief that talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yielded no negative surprises. ( read original story ...)
Japan's GDP grows but economists strike cautious note
TOKYO -- Japan's economy expanded at a steady pace in the three months ended in December, logging growth for the fourth straight quarter. Economists, however, are still cautious about the outlook for the world's third-largest economy. Japan's real gross ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Volvo unit readies new truck for developing economies
But it has now given UD free rein over its entire brand strategy from development to sales in Japan and developing countries. Volvo CEO Martin Lundstedt told The Nikkei that he trusts the quality and durability of Japanese products and that the people ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Economy Expands 1% on Exports, Business Spending
Japan’s economy continued on a moderate growth path during the final quarter of 2016, driven by rising exports and business investment. Key Points Gross domestic product expanded 1 percent on an annualized basis in the three months through December from ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs 1% growth in 2016 on exports, capital spending
Japan's economy expanded 1.0 percent in 2016 as a bump in exports and capital investment offset weak spending at home, data showed Monday, although it was unlikely to erase concerns about Tokyo's faltering war on deflation. The gross domestic product (GDP ... ( read original story ...)
Exports prop up Japan fourth quarter GDP growth, U.S. protectionist risks loom
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew for a fourth straight quarter in the final three months of last year as a weaker yen supported exports, but tepid private consumption and the risks of rising U.S. protectionism cast doubts over a sustainable recovery. ( read original story ...)
Japan's economy expands 0.2% in Q4: government
Japan's economy expanded 0.2 percent in the last quarter of 2016, government data showed Monday, as exports and company investments propped up growth. The figures marked the fourth straight quarter of expansion in the world's third largest economy and came ... ( read original story ...)
Finance ministry sold land for Nippon Kaigi school at fraction of market value
On February 8, the Toyonaka municipal government filed a lawsuit at the Osaka District Court seeking cancellation of the finance ministry’s decision to sell the nearly 9,000-square-meter parcel, which is being used for the elementary school Mizuho No ... ( read original story ...)
Japan killjoys wage war on Valentine's 'conspiracy'
As Japan prepares to celebrate Valentine's Day, a cranky group of Marxist protesters have called for an end to public displays of love, claiming it hurts their feelings. Members of 'Kakuhido', or the Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find ... ( read original story ...)
Selloff Spurs Bank of Japan to Buy $6 Billion in Bonds
TOKYO—Japan’s central bank boosted its government-bond purchases by more than $6 billion on Friday, sending a message to investors that it wants to buck a global tide of rising rates. The move was prompted by an unusually sharp bond selloff—which ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan intervenes to buy 10-year JGBs
A day of market gyrations and pressure for higher interest rates has forced the Bank of Japan to tip its hand by intervening to keep 10-year yields below 0.11 per cent. It is the first time the BoJ has turned last September’s “around zero per cent ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan lifts growth outlook
Japan's central bank has come up with a more optimistic assessment of growth prospects in the world's third-largest economy. It said a weaker national currency would boost Japanese exports and increase production. Ending its first policy meeting in the new ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan forecasts Trump-driven surge in economic growth
The Bank of Japan forecast an era of surging economic growth and kept monetary policy on hold on Tuesday following a Donald Trump-induced slide in the yen. Japan’s central bank predicted the economy would grow significantly faster than its long-run ... ( read original story ...)
New route testimony to safety record
OSAKA: AirAsia X Bhd will become one of the first Asean-based low-cost carriers to venture into the United States when it starts its connecting flight from Kuala Lumpur to Honolulu via Osaka, Japan, from June 28 this year. Flights D7001 and D7002 are ... ( read original story ...)
Panasonic: World's First*1 Organic CMOS Image Sensor with Electrically Controllable Near-Infrared Light Sensitivity
OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 9, 2017--Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed a new technology, electrical control of the near infrared (NIR) light sensitivity of the same pixel in an organic CMOS image sensor. The sensitivity of ... ( read original story ...)