... firms saw no need to reduce Japan's trade surplus with the United States, the survey showed. The survey, conducted for Reuters by Nikkei Research, canvassed 505 big and midsize companies, of which ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei plunges on yen’s rise to end below 21,000
Also weighed on by selling stemming from a drop in the Nikkei futures price, both indexes expanded losses toward Tuesday’s closing. The dollar dropped against the yen after the Australian dollar ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese stocks slide, trade subdued as investors await Fed meeting
TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei dropped to a 1-1/2-week low in choppy trade on Tuesday but most investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of a U.S. central bank policy decision later in the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open higher on hopes of G20 trade breakthrough
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday, extending rallies on Wall Street following upbeat comments from the US and China on trade ahead of the G20 Summit. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 1.19 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Electron : Announcement on Organization Changes and Personnel Changes
Tokyo Electron Technology Solutions Ltd. Yoshikazu Nunokawa Executive Vice President and General Manager, Finance Division, Export & Logistics Control Division, IT Division, Internal Control Tatsuya ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and the limits of liquidity
If this theory were correct, it would clearly be relevant to Japan. Japan has effectively been in a liquidity trap, with policy rates very near zero, and now below it, since 1996, as shown in the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close lower amid lingering concern over trade
Tokyo shares fell on Tuesday as concerns over the US-China trade war continued to weigh on the market, as investors took to the sidelines ahead of results from the US Federal Reserve's meeting. The ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Nikkei index opens marginally lower
Tokyo's key Nikkei stocks index opened slightly lower on Tuesday, as investors took to the sidelines ahead of results from the US Federal Reserve's meeting this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to boost education support for non-native children
TOKYO -- Japan will provide more support for educating children of foreign nationals from early childhood through high school, including by increasing Japanese-language classes, under a plan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei edges up with eyes on trade
The Japan share market closed mixed on Monday, 17 June 2019, as risk sentiments were subdued amid simmering trade dispute between the United States and China as well as political tensions in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Customs ill-equipped to handle surge in cruise passengers
TOKYO -- With more cruise ships calling at the nation's ports, the influx of passengers has highlighted Japan Customs' acute manpower shortage. Last year, the number of cruise passengers coming ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese companies rediscover Dalian’s charms
DALIAN, China -- Japanese companies are again investing in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian, which has a reputation as being friendly to Japan. In recent years, the talk in Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s TPK withdraws from Japan Display bailout consortium
The Japanese maker said that it is now in talks ... for the worse in May when TPK Chairman Michael Chiang Chao-juei told Nikkei that there was some disagreement with JDI and that it would withdraw ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei tick up in sympathy with Hong Kong, outlook cloudy
Japan's Nikkei share average rose 0.11% to 21,140 but the broader Topix was down 0.24% at 1,543.06. The market got a brief boost after Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index opened sharply higher after the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower with eyes on trade, central banks
Tokyo stocks opened fractionally lower on Monday, tracking falls on Wall Street, with investors' eyes on the US-China trade war and key central bank meetings this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)
Japan awaits big wave of Southeast Asian tourists
TOKYO -- Amid Japan's inbound tourism boom, the number of Southeast Asians visiting the country is particularly conspicuous. Thai tourists to Japan topped 1 million in 2018, while their Vietnamese ... ( read original story ...)