Also on the minus side were Suruga Bank and cosmetics-maker Shiseido Co. In index futures trading on the Osaka Exchange, the key September ... Mercari's top-of-range IPO set to make founder Shintaro Yamada a new Japanese billionaire Mercari Inc. priced ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: Japan and the world’s animal spirits start to soar
Mercari’s initial public offering (IPO) is set to raise up to $1.2bn after being priced ... In a Financial Times supplement on Japan’s heartland, Kansai – the region that is home to Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe cities – this week, Yutaka Teranishi ... ( read original story ...)
Awards Celebrate Dynamic Life Sciences Sector
This included grants (including H2020), equity investment and partnerships (with Bluebird Bio – Boston and the NIPRO Corporation – Osaka). Innovative Collaboration ... from world-leading investors in its IPO. NuCana’s previous Series B financing ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei drops as large caps, defensive stocks weigh; Sharp tumbles
TOKYO, June 25 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average dropped on Monday morning in choppy trade as sellers targeted large caps including Fast Retailing and SoftBank as well as defensive stocks, while miners rallied after oil prices jumped on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan to finance MRT rehab
Japan plans to extend official development assistance (ODA) loans to the Philippines with an additional P20.6 billion to fund two infrastructure projects, including upgrading the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 railway in Manila, as it strongly supports the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan tells banks to report suspicious transfers by JVs with North Korea: sources
A government official and a manager at a major Japanese bank said the Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday told Japanese banks and credit associations to report such transfers by the joint ventures. Reuters was unable to identify the firms suspected ... ( read original story ...)
Finance minister rapped for comparing Diet session extension to ‘injury time’
TOKYO -- Opposition parties have accused Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso of "profaning soccer" after he compared the extension of the current Diet session to injury time and warned legislators not to invite public criticism during the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan banks to report suspicious money transfers with N. Korea
A government official and a manager at a major Japanese bank said the Financial Services Agency (FSA) on Monday told Japanese banks and credit associations to report such transfers by the joint ventures. Reuters was unable to identify the firms suspected ... ( read original story ...)
‘SWIFT is Expensive’: Major Philippine Bank Taps IBM for Japan Blockchain Remittance
The Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), one of the Philippines’ top 10 banks by assets, has announced an upcoming remittance payments service from Japan using blockchain technology. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, RCBC first senior vice ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : eyes lowering FY 2018 inflation forecast
The Bank of Japan may lower its inflation forecast for the current fiscal year, acknowledging that price gains have undershot expectations despite an otherwise strengthening economy, sources with knowledge of the central bank's thinking said Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s interbank lending rate slides under zero
TOKYO -- A benchmark interbank rate has fallen below zero for the first time since its 1995 creation as the Bank of Japan stays the course on negative interest rates. The Tokyo interbank offered rate -- a yardstick of banks' lending rates -- with the ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Software Maintenance
Address : Futanako-shi, Tokyo 1-19 Bank of Japan Bunka Fuchu Branch Tel: +81-042 (351) 1291 Fax: +81-042 (368) 8844 Description : Tenders are invited for Software Maintenance. [Disclaimer: The above text is machine translated. For accurate information ... ( read original story ...)
Japan inflation stuck at 0.7% in May, way below target
Japanese inflation was stagnant in May, government data indicated Friday, and still far below target as the Bank of Japan shows little sign of winning its long battle against deflation. Prices in the world's third-largest economy rose by 0.7 percent year ... ( read original story ...)
Filipino Bank to Launch Japan Remittances Using IBM and Partners
IBM’s blockchain remittance pilot is forming the basis of a new service between the Philippines and Japan for the country’s overseas workers. Quoted by local news media outlet Business World, First Senior Vice-President Manny T. Narciso said the scheme ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s steady May inflation shows BOJ stimulus not moving price dial
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core consumer inflation held steady in May from the previous month, yet again highlighting the challenge facing the central bank as over five years of massive stimulus has failed to push prices close to its 2 percent goal. ( read original story ...)
Japan watchdog orders improvements at cryptocurrency exchanges
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s financial regulator said on Friday it has ordered cryptocurrency exchanges including bitFlyer, Inc., one of the country’s biggest, to make improvements to lax measures on money laundering. The Financial Services Agency (FSA ... ( read original story ...)