Tag: nikkei

Current rules block mergers between smaller banks outside of Japan's major cities if the newly formed bank will account for a dominant share of lending in the local community. An advisory panel ... ( read original story ...)

... Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday they asked a Tokyo court that he stand trial for alleged financial wrongdoing separately from Nissan because the company is helping prosecutors. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on the first day of the new fiscal year on Monday as hopes for U.S.-Sino trade talk hopes and factory activity surveys lifted China-related stocks, ... ( read original story ...)

After months of anticipation, Japan on Monday unveiled the name of ... in central Tokyo show both the new era name and the Nikkei 225 stock index. (Photo by Yoichi Iwata) ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- MUFG Bank, one of Japan's largest lenders, plans to take on just 530 new graduates in 2020, 45% less than this year, joining peers that are cutting back drastically on new hires in a ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese margin traders’ long positions in the lira versus the yen totaled at 317,283 as of March 28, according to data from the Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. That’s higher than the 288,563 ... ( read original story ...)

The TMG—in collaboration with the national government, private sector and others—is advancing initiatives to revitalize the financial sector in order to win back Tokyo’s position as the top global ... ( read original story ...)

The owner of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges has agreed to buy the Tokyo Commodity Exchange as part of an effort to consolidate financial trading and boost Japan’s status as a financial centre. ... ( read original story ...)

Participants from diverse backgrounds and the financial sector gathered on 5 and 6 March in Tokyo for two related events on the dialogue between Earth System science and the financial sector. Called ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Japan named its next imperial era Reiwa, or roughly “auspicious calm,” as the nation prepared for a once-in-a-generation transition in the world’s oldest continuous monarchy ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Rakuten said on Monday ... Rakuten become Lyft’s largest shareholder with a 13 percent stake ahead of its IPO. Lyft shares closed 9 percent higher at $78.29 in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan still uses the Imperial calendar -- often ... When the global recession of 2008 hammered the economy, the Nikkei 225 Index dropped to 7,054 yen in March 2009, more than 80% off its historic ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan’s manufacturing sector continued to contract in March although the pace of deterioration eased from February, according to a survey. The Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on the first day of the new fiscal year on Monday on U.S.-Sino trade talk hopes and as brisk Chinese manufacturing surveys lifted China-related stocks, ... ( read original story ...)

Business confidence at big Japanese manufacturers worsened in March from three months ago, the Bank of Japan's closely watched "tankan" survey showed on Monday. This underscored concerns that slumping ... ( read original story ...)

Sentiment dropped to 12 in March from 19 in December, according to a quarterly Tankan survey released by the Bank of Japan, an indication of dented confidence among Japan’s biggest exporters. That was ... ( read original story ...)