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MGM Osaka, Japan's first planned JPY1.27 trillion (US$8.89 billion/MOP71.5 billion) casino resort, is targeting an opening in autumn 2030. The developer has emphasised its commitment by waiving the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo saw over 90 percent of the stocks on the Prime Market declining at the opening, tracking the previous U.S. stock downturn and due to a stronger yen against the dollar. Market watchers here noted ... ( read original story ...)

Sakana AI is eyeing more strategic investors in Japan as a growing tussle between the U.S. and China prompts the country to expand its own AI ecosystem, Bloomberg News reported. The Tokyo-based AI ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has emerged as a standout in Asia's subdued $400 billion hedge fund sector, drawing fund launches while other regions suffer closures in an indicator that wild volatility in August has not ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to back the former top financial diplomat Masato Kanda as a candidate for the next president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Yomiuri newspaper reported on ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's Nikkei index shed more than three percent on Monday, after weaker than expected US jobs growth and speculation over a Fed rate cut caused global markets to slump. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo should seek stronger assurances from Washington about its commitment to Japan's nuclear defence, in order to deflect concerns that could fuel domestic calls for an independent ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will likely see another stimulus package under a new prime minister, with several candidates running in the ruling party's leadership race pledging fresh spending measures to boost growth and ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japan Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda, informed that continental showpiece to be co-hosted by the Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya will have no Olympic village. ( read original story ...)

Osaka University and Japanese electronics firm Fujitsu say they have established a new calculation method to accelerate the realization of practical quantum computing. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO’S Nikkei index shed more than three per cent on Monday, after weaker than expected US jobs growth and speculation over a Fed rate cut caused global markets to slump. Read more at The Business ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy grew at a slightly slower pace than initially reported in the second quarter, hurt by downward revisions in corporate and household spending that point to a bumpier second half for ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded in April-June at a slightly slower pace than initially reported, largely due to downward revisions in corporate and personal spending, government data showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded by 2.9% in the April-June period from the previous quarter, a slower pace than in the preliminary reading, government data showed on Monday. The revised figure for gross ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese stock futures fell as the yen’s advance weighed on the earnings outlook for exporters after disappointing US jobs data fueled concern about the health of the world’s largest economy. ( read original story ...)

Police in Nagoya have arrested a 57-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 82-year-old mother by hitting her on the head several times with a dumbbell. Police said Michiko Sasaki is accused of ... ( read original story ...)