Japan bank Mizuho eyes cutting workforce by one-third: reports

Major Japanese bank Mizuho Financial Group is considering slashing its global workforce by about one-third over a decade, reports said, as it looks to replace clerical jobs with artificial intelligence and other technology. The lender is looking at ... ( read original story ...)

US and Japan should hammer out new trade rules, Pence aide says

As for security, Rose said the U.S. would continue to deploy its most advanced military assets in Japan. In an interview with The Nikkei following the forum, he said the U.S. would under no circumstances strike a deal recognizing North Korea as a nuclear ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Is in Kuroda Mode Even If He Leaves

Someone has to run the Bank of Japan. A robot can't do it (yet). Haruhiko Kuroda should be reappointed to continue as governor after his current term expires in April, and comfortingly, as of last week, he easily leads the field of contenders. Prime ... ( read original story ...)

Japan staging missile defense training in Hokkaido

TOKYO -- Japanese defense forces will conduct missile intercept training Tuesday in Hokkaido following North Korea's repeated firing of ballistic missiles through that airspace. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force will carry out the drill at the Erimo Sub ... ( read original story ...)

PALTEK CORPORATION (7587) Declined -0.68% on Oct 29

The Nikkei 225 Futures was first introduced on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 1986; on the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE ... “Japan’s Otsuka to raise $2.8 billion in record pharma IPO” on November 12, 2010, also Reuters.com published article ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan’s Kuroda likely on deck for another term

TOKYO -- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda looks favored to steer monetary policy for another five years after his current term runs out in April. This month's election victory by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party essentially ... ( read original story ...)

Banking on speed, Japan aim for new ‘heights’

BENGALURU: Basketball is not as popular in Japan as it is in China. It comes a distant third after baseball and football. But with the latter two are mainly male-dominated sport in Japan, women have taken a keen interest in basketball. To top that, there ... ( read original story ...)

A new Ursnif Banking Trojan campaign targets Japan

Crooks continues to target Japanese users, now the hackers leverage the Ursnif banking Trojan, aka Gozi, to hit the country. According to researchers at IBM X-Force group, cyber criminals are delivering the infamous malware via spam campaigns that began ... ( read original story ...)