TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on Friday morning as Wall Street gains raised risk appetite and lifted cyclical stocks, while Nintendo jumped after Tencent won approval to sell its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and South Korea trade higher as other Asian markets remain closed for Good Friday
The Nikkei 225 in Japan gained 0.57% in early trade as tech stocks rose. Several Asia Pacific markets, including Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia, were closed due to a public holiday. ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan Denies Nikkei Report on Global Car Output Cut of 15%
Output in Japan will remain basically unchanged at more than 900,000 units, while overseas production will fall by 20 percent to around 3.7 million vehicles, the Nikkei reported. The move may impact ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei buoyed by cyclical stocks; Nintendo jumps 16 per cent
By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei rose on Friday morning as Wall Street gains raised risk appetite and lifted cyclical stocks, while Nintendo jumped after Tencent won approval to sell its ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei hits 4-1/2-month high on Japan-U.S. trade optimism, upbeat China data
The news lifted shares of automakers facing the threat of higher U.S. tariffs on Japanese auto exports, traders said.REUTERS | April 17, 2019, 12:23 IST Toyota Motor Corp rose 2.0 percent, Honda ... ( read original story ...)
Nissan to cut global production by 15 percent: Nikkei
the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday. The Japanese automaker aims to produce about 4.6 million units in fiscal 2019, according to plans being communicated to its suppliers. The move is expected to ... ( read original story ...)
NIKKEI : No Japanese companies plan to ditch UK as Brexit looms – survey
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese businesses with links to Britain say they have no immediate plans to flee the country as its government seeks to hammer out terms of its exit from the European Union, a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan inflation edges higher but BOJ still in a bind
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core inflation picked up slightly in March from a year earlier, but remained distant from the Bank of Japan's ambitious 2 percent target in a sign of rising pressure on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finance minister says no change of plan to raise sales tax
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday there was no change in the government's stance that it would go ahead with a planned sales tax hike in October, barring a big ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s inflation edges higher but its central bank is still in a bind
Japan's core inflation picked up slightly this year, but still remains well below the Bank of Japan's ambitious 2% target. Data released Friday showed a 0.8% increase in the country's core consumer ... ( read original story ...)
Japan inflation edges higher but Bank of Japan still in a bind
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core inflation picked up slightly in March from a year earlier, but remained distant from the Bank of Japan’s ambitious 2 percent target in a sign of rising pressure on the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese bank’s US$61bil CLO binge reaches politicians’ radar
TOKYO: A Japanese agricultural bank’s US$61bil spending spree on bundled leveraged loans abroad has begun to attract the attention of the nation’s politicians. Government officials answered questions ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Fukui Bank Moves to IBM Cloud to Transform the Way it Does Business
IBM Cloud Migration Factory will help Fukui migrate critical technology more quickly and efficiently ARMONK, N.Y., April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM Services (NYSE: IBM) announced an agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Healthcare Misery, Pinterest IPO, Japan Marketplace, URI Earnings: Market Recon
Usually miserable. We used a common adage on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Blunt. To the point. "Short weeks are always long." On the Monday of a four day week, this was a warning. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei retreats from 4.5-month high; Canon slumps on profit warning
Japanese officials have said Tokyo would not accept auto export restrictions if the U.S. makes such demands. Japan's Nikkei retreated from a 4-1/2-month high on Thursday as defensive stocks fell and ... ( read original story ...)
China and Japan inch closer for insurance against Hurricane Trump
Meanwhile, Japan will roll out the red carpet for Trump ... Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He has spent seven years in China as a ... ( read original story ...)