TOKYO (Reuters) - Naomi Osaka has added American Jermaine Jenkins to her support team, the world number one said on Thursday. The Australian Open champion, who split with former coach Sascha Bajin ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Saw 7000 Crypto-Related Money Laundering Cases in 2018
Japan has seen a massive rise in the cryptocurrency-related money laundering cases as more than 7000 cases were reported to the police in 2018 alone. According to the National Police Agency’s revelati... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Reported Cases of Crypto-Related Money Laundering Increase 10-Fold in 2018
The news was reported on Feb. 28 by local English-language daily The Japan Times. In 2017, just 669 cases were reported over a nine month period through December 2017, after new rules taking ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei falls as U.S.-China trade hopes recede; factory woes deepen
TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell on Thursday as hopes for progress in U.S.-China trade deals receded and as data showed the biggest decline in Japanese factory output in a year, dragging ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan may resort to more quantitative easing if yen jumps
THE BANK OF Japan (BoJ) may resort to its least preferred tool to expand stimulus next time the yen jumps: more government bond purchases. That’s according to Takahide Kiuchi, a former BoJ policy boar... ( read original story ...)
Dissenter Urges Bank of Japan to Ramp Up Stimulus to Hit Price Goal Early
TAKAMATSU, Japan — Bank of Japan board member Goushi Kataoka said on Wednesday the central bank must ramp up monetary stimulus to achieve its inflation target and warned maintaining current policy set... ( read original story ...)
Qatar, China, Japan sought ‘extras’ after Barclays 2008 fundraising: court
LONDON (Reuters) - Qatari, Chinese and Japanese investors all sought “extras” from Barclays as the British bank raised billions of pounds at the height of the credit crisis in 2008 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Vows to Open Bilateral Banking Channel with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Mitsuo Saito, in a meeting with Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati, reassured that Tokyo will soon launch a bilateral banking ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan’s Kataoka calls for more stimulus to hit price goal early
TAKAMATSU, Japan (Reuters) - Bank of Japan board member Goushi Kataoka said on Wednesday the central bank must ramp up monetary stimulus to achieve its inflation target as maintaining the current ... ( read original story ...)
Starbucks Opens Four-Story Fully-Immersive Premium Coffee Experience in Tokyo
In the heart of the Nakameguro neighborhood, Starbucks Reserve™ Roastery Tokyo redefines retail to amplify Starbucks commitment to coffee innovation in Japan, its first market outside of North ... ( read original story ...)
Japan antitrust probe to target Amazon, Rakuten and beyond
Rakuten and Yahoo Japan, all suspected of forcing online vendors into shouldering an unfair burden in rewarding customers through loyalty programs, Nikkei has learned. The Fair Trade Commission is ... ( read original story ...)
Iran, Japan to resume banking ties: Envoy
Tehran, Feb 26, IRNA- Japan will resume bilateral banking relations with Iran as several Japanese refiners loaded Iranian oil in recent months before the US sanctions waiver window shuts down, the cou... ( read original story ...)
Nok Nok Labs Announces Successful Deployment of Biometric Authentication for Internet Banking Customers at MUFG Bank, Ltd with Hitachi Ltd
In fact, the total value of Japan's financial transactions is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2019-2022) of 4.8 percent resulting in the total amount of US$184,025m by 2022. With the NNL ... ( read original story ...)
Japan funds electricity, water rehabilitation projects across West Bank
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Japan’s Ambassador for Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to Palestine, Takeshi Okubo, signed grant contracts for three electricity and water rehabilitation projects ... ( read original story ...)
Managers reportedly hired for Toshiba Memory IPO, possibly Japan’s biggest in 2019
U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital has picked Nomura and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley to manage an initial public offering of Japan's Toshiba Memory, a deal that could happen as early as September ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei falls on profit booking
Headline indices of the Japan share market were lower after erasing initial gains on Tuesday, 26 February 2019, as investor elected to book profit amid caution over details of a China-U. S. trade deal ... ( read original story ...)