Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday, shrugging off falls in US shares last week, but investors appeared cautious with corporate earnings season under way in Japan and the US. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo-listed Brazilian ETF climbs after Bolsonaro election win
A Tokyo-listed Brazilian stock exchange traded fund surged as much as 14 per cent on Monday after far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro won the country’s presidential elections on Sunday. The Nomura NF ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance to Acquire ENGS Holdings, Inc.,
MUL is a prominent global leasing company headquartered in Tokyo and its principal shareholders include Mitsubishi Corporation, a leading Japanese trading and investment company, and Mitsubishi UFJ Fi... ( read original story ...)
High as a kite? Danish cannabis firm StenoCare shares surge on debut
StenoCare plans to use money raised in the IPO to launch its own production to serve local customers ... sources Bertens advances in Singapore after Osaka succumbs to injury Visit site ( read original story ...)
Nikkei average dives to seven-month low on Wall Street rout
In index futures trading on the Osaka Exchange, the key December contract on the Nikkei ... Toshiba Memory plans to hold IPO as soon as next autumn under new name Toshiba Memory Corp., the world's sec... ( read original story ...)
Japan weighs longer mortgage deduction as tax hike looms
TOKYO -- Japan is considering letting homeowners take a mortgage tax break for up to five more years from the current 10-year plan, Nikkei has learned, in a bid to keep homebuying demand steady ... ( read original story ...)
China-Japan drawing closer amid trade pressure from US
BEIJING — Shared trade friction with the U.S. appears to be drawing longtime Asian rivals China and Japan closer, with Chinese President Xi Jinping telling Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo inflation holds steady, offering little cheer for Japan’s central bank
Tokyo's core consumer price inflation was unchanged in October from the previous month, government data showed on Friday, offering little encouragement for Japan's central bank as it struggles to reac... ( read original story ...)
China-Japan sign three-year FX swap deal to strengthen financial stability, business activity
... signed a currency swap arrangement of up to $30 billion - the largest such bilateral deal concluded by Tokyo - to strengthen financial stability and spur business activity in both countries, the B... ( read original story ...)
CNN’s ‘True Tokyo’ explores the vibrant sporting culture in Japan’s capital ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games
HONG KONG, Oct. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Even before its successful bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo was always Japan's number one sporting hub. CNN's Coy Wire explores the competitive ... ( read original story ...)
Finance Ministry eyes cutting defense spending by 1 tril. yen
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Finance Ministry on Wednesday called for Japan cut 1 trillion yen ($8.9 billion) of defense spending over the next five years through more cost-effective procurement of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finance ministry calls for $9B military spending cut
Oct. 25 (UPI) --Japan's finance ministry is calling for a nearly $9 billion cut to the country's defense budget, amid ongoing increases in military spending under Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. T... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Financial Regulator Mulls Cap on Cryptocurrency Margin Trading
Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) is planning to put a cap on the leverage available for crypto margin trading to curb speculation and risk. According to a news report from Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe in China as 2 nations try to mend ties
He is scheduled to return to Japan on Saturday. A delegation of Japanese business leaders is accompanying Abe as Asia's two largest economies seek to deepen trade, investment and co-operation on infra... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Memory plans to move up IPO to as soon as next autumn
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Toshiba Memory Corp., the world's second-largest maker of NAND flash memory chips, plans to move up an initial public offering and go public as soon as next autumn, sources close ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Nikkei leads heavy losses in Asia stocks as global woes mount
A woman walks past an electronic board showing graphs of movements of Japan's Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo. Japanese stocks led a broad retreat across Asia early Thursday, highlighted b... ( read original story ...)