Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will make ... but will not participate in any new projects from April next year. Nikkei staff writer Eri Sugiura contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)
Mitsubishi Heavy to inject $2 billion into regional jet unit: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Tokyo:7011.T - News) is set to inject 220 billion yen ($2 billion) into its aircraft unit which has struggled to deliver its first passenger plane, natio... ( read original story ...)
Winter Art Exhibition Scheduled at Park Hotel Tokyo to Offer Guests Hospitality with Japanese Aesthetics of Season
TOKYO, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Park Hotel Tokyo announced on October 23 that it will hold an art exhibition titled "Mitsumasa Kadota - TELEPORT PAINTINGS - Art Exhibition" from December 3 ... ( read original story ...)
Defense minister halts Israel Aerospace IPO, citing security fears: report
State-owned IAI was considering offering a minority stake in the company, but Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman had ordered a halt to preparations for the IPO because officials ... Dollar firms above ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and China try new approach to friendship, 40 years on
TOKYO -- Forty years since signing a treaty of peace and friendship that promised mutual non-aggression, Japan and China are starting to explore a more nuanced diplomatic relationship that better ... ( read original story ...)
Japan rebukes Facebook for gathering data through ‘likes’
TOKYO -- A Japanese government body on Monday directed Facebook to be more transparent and strengthen guards on personal information, following European authorities in pushing back against the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and EU to establish LNG framework
TOKYO -- Japan and the EU are set to collaborate on developing a framework to promote the stable procurement of liquefied natural gas, in a bit to establish a more flexible market. LNG purchases ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Signals Financial System Able to Withstand Easing for Now
(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan said the financial system remains stable and growth in bank lending continues to support the economy, signaling it’s comfortable that lenders are coping with its recor... ( read original story ...)
BOJ warns Japan’s bank risk-taking hits near 30-year high
TOKYO (Reuters) - Risk-taking in Japan’s financial sector hit a near three-decade high in the April-September, a central bank gauge showed, in a sign years of ultra-easy monetary policy may be overhea... ( read original story ...)
Japanese consumers balk at ‘stealth price hikes’
Japanese consumers are sensitive to cost performance and quick to alert each other on social media about furtive attempts at shrinking product sizes. Of the 10 products in a Nikkei survey whose ... ( read original story ...)
Japan banking system stable, divergence seen in profitability: BOJ
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s financial system remains stable as a whole but there is a growing divergence between regional banks that are profitable and those that are suffering, the Bank of Japan said o... ( read original story ...)
Goldman Sachs changes Asia investment banking leadership: memo
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has named veteran banker Todd Leland as its investment banking head for Asia Pacific excluding Japan, according to an internal memo seen by ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Chocolate to Propose ‘New Japonism’ at World’s Largest Chocolate Fair in Paris
TOKYO, Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary Chocolate Co. Ltd., a Japanese confectionary manufacturer and seller founded in 1950, will run a booth to display its brand "Tokyo Chocolate" at "Salon du ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei on track to fall for third day; Kawasaki Heavy sinks
TOKYO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei ended the morning session lower on Monday, tracking global losses as concerns about trade, Saudi Arabia and the euro zone bruised market sentiment and as domes... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Biggest Bank CEO Joins Exodus From Saudi Forum
(Bloomberg) -- The chief executive of Japan’s biggest bank has pulled out of a Saudi Arabian investment conference, joining a growing list of withdrawals following the killing of a government critic a... ( read original story ...)
Trade war saps confidence of Japan’s business leaders
TOKYO -- While the majority of Japan's corporate leaders remain positive ... to impact business sentiment and capital investment, a Nikkei survey showed. Of the leaders of 144 companies that ... ( read original story ...)