TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average surged to a six-day high on Tuesday, as a combination of a tech-led rally on Wall Street, gains in Asian markets and extended falls in the yen ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei edges up after 4 days of losses, weak U.S. data limits gains
TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Monday on bargain hunting following four sessions of losses, although gains were limited after much weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei bounces as investors buy on dips
Headline indices of the Japan share market closed higher for first time in straight five sessions on Monday, 11 March 2019, as investors chased for bottom fishing on recently battered stocks, although ... ( read original story ...)
Not just a Japanese disease: Mizuho’s woes afflict the world
The basic business model of your average bank is to bring in more money from lending than you have to pay out to depositors. By that metric at least, the Japanese banking system is broken. Last week M... ( read original story ...)
Japan spearheads pan-Asia alliance to tackle cybersecurity
Nikkei has learned. The move will involve members of the ASEAN Regional Forum, which includes Japan, the U.S., the E.U., Australia, India, China and Russia, as well as the 10 countries in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and ASEAN tap China for trans-Pacific cybersecurity regime
Nikkei has learned. The move will involve members of the ASEAN Regional Forum, which includes Japan, the U.S., the E.U., Australia, India, China and Russia, as well as the 10 countries in the ... ( read original story ...)
Tens of thousands displaced 8 years after 2011 Japan earthquake
FUKUSHIMA/TOKYO -- As memorial services for the thousands killed in the Great East Japan Earthquake are held across Japan Monday, more than 50,000 people remain displaced and the country is ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese automakers face their own Brexit with the past
What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." He was given the 2018 prize for excellence in opinion writing by the Society of Publishers in Asia for his Nikkei Asian Review work. ( read original story ...)
Japan to step up oversight of employers hiring foreign trainees
TOKYO -- Japan will strengthen monitoring of businesses that hire foreign workers under a government-administered technical training program, moving to crack down on illegal overtime hours and ... ( read original story ...)
Ahead of tax hike, Japan economists split on recession fears
TOKYO -- As Japanese economic data hints at a potential ... was one of two economists at the 14 private-sector institutions surveyed by Nikkei on Friday who said a recession had already begun. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Banks Will Finally Stop Using a Piece of 1800s Technology
Winning over Japan’s bureaucracy hasn’t been easy. It took MUFG two years to convince 450 local governments to begin processing tax payments electronically, said Takayuki Ogura, a director at the grou... ( read original story ...)
Asian stocks spooked as European Central Bank sounds growth alarm
Asian stocks shuddered lower on Friday after the European Central Bank slashed its growth forecasts and surprised ... while the dollar climbed on the yuan. Japan’s Nikkei dropped 1.6 per cent and Aust... ( read original story ...)
Japan has the biggest Central Bank Bubble
Japan's economy was a huge success story in the past, and today the country is wealthy, healthy, and the aging population continues to reap the benefits of such hard work and prosperity. However, in r... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei tumbles to 3-week low on worries about EU economic growth
TOKYO, March 8 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei dropped to three-week lows on Friday morning on fresh concern about the growth after the European Central Bank decided to delay its first post-crisis interest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is the No. 1 investor in US, Abe told Trump
TOKYO -- In an attempt to get U.S. President Donald Trump to ease up on Japan's trade surplus, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an elaborate presentation last year mapping out new American ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Nikkei extends losses on growth worries
S. jobs report on Friday will provide the next clues on the health of global growth after ECB President Mario Draghi delivered fresh stimulus as he downgraded the outlook for the region's economy. The ... ( read original story ...)