Japan aims to catch gold smugglers at airports

TOKYO -- Seeking to curb a growing outbreak of gold smuggling, Japan's Ministry of Finance will install metal detector gates at the customs areas of airports with heavy international traffic, such as Narita and Haneda. Currently, travelers entering Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Japan commission supports nuclear power despite Fukushima

TOKYO — Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission has issued a report calling for nuclear energy to remain a key component of the country’s energy mix despite broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society. The annual report ... ( read original story ...)

Thai SMEs visit Japanese firms aimed at elderly market

... UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s largest financial group, to facilitate the trip to several ageing-related businesses. The project also gained support from the Thai Trade Centre in Osaka and the Osaka Prefectural Government. Pornsanong Tuchinda ... ( read original story ...)

Skkynet to Hold OPC UA Sandpit Event in Osaka

12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skkynet Cloud Systems, Inc. (“Skkynet” or “the Company”) (OTCQB: SKKY), a global leader in real-time cloud information systems, is pleased to announce OSP 2017―OPC UA Sandpit―will be held in Osaka, Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Digital Realty (DLR) Expands in Australia With New Facility

Specifically, the company has a meaningful presence in the Asia Pacific region, operating a network of data centers situated in Singapore, Hong Kong, Osaka, Melbourne and ... to be immediately accretive to financial metrics. (Read more: Digital Realty ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo 2020 rejects NGO claims over timber providers

LIMA (Reuters) - Organisers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Tuesday rejected allegations by 47 non-governmental organisations that they had used companies with suspect logging track records, saying all material purchased was strictly regulated. In an open ... ( read original story ...)

Japan aims to raise around $12bn in postal giant share sale

Last year state-owned Kyushu Railway made its trading debut after raising some 416 billion yen in an IPO. Tokyo sold shares in the struggling regional railway, better known as JR Kyushu, in hopes of attracting big-saving Japanese households as part of ... ( read original story ...)

JAPAN: Nikkei rips a +2.6% 2-day move on Down Yen

09/10 #Thailand For Thailand's retail giant Central Group, it is no longer all in t.. 09/10 #Thailand For Thailand's retail giant Central Group, it is no longer all in t.. 09/08 US CLOSE Dow +13.01 (+0.06%) Nasdaq -37.68(-0.59%) S&P -0.15% FTSE -0.26%. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Q2 GDP Revised Down: ETFs in Focus

Japan’s GDP growth in the second quarter was a lot lower than initially estimated. Per government data released Sep 8, 2017, Japan’s economy grew an annualized 2.5% in the quarter compared with preliminary estimates of a 4% expansion. Although the ... ( read original story ...)

Investigation shifts to ministry in Moritomo land scandal

OSAKA--Prosecutors have obtained a recording of a Finance Ministry official telling a school operator about efforts to reduce the sales price of state-owned land “closer to zero” as requested, sources said. The former director of the school operator ... ( read original story ...)