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TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to win a fresh mandate as Japan votes on Sunday in a snap election, according to opinion polls, with a divided opposition and heavy rain helping the incumbent. A Nikkei poll conducted Tuesday through Thursday ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Nikkei 225 average is on track for its longest winning streak ever, pushed along by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide victory in Japan's lower house election. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 248.36 points, or 1.15%, to 21,706 yen ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average made 21-year highs on Monday and was on course to rise for a record fifteenth straight session, lifted by a weaker yen after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition scored a resounding ... ( read original story ...)

The IPO opens on Oct. 23, the lead managers will price the deal on Oct. 26, and the shares will start trading on Nov. 3. Japanese firm Fast Retailing, which owns Uniqlo, will purchase 4.2% of the shares and US fashion retailer L Brands, which owns Victoria ... ( read original story ...)

London and New York exchanges are vying for a role in Aramco IPO, with Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Toronto also trying to attract the sale. The Financial Conduct Authority, the UK markets regulator, on Friday defended a proposal to change listing rules ... ( read original story ...)

Reliance Nippon Life IPO would open for subscription on 25 th October ... Nippon Life Insurance Company (“Nippon Life”) is one of the leading private life insurers in Japan with assets of approximately US$ 577.00 billion, as of March 31, 2017. ( read original story ...)

Shares of TOKYO FINANCE LTD. (BOM:531644) closed at 6.95 yesterday. TOKYO FINANCE LTD. currently has a total float of shares and on average sees shares exchange hands each day. The stock now has a 52-week low of 4.79 and high of 9.73. The potentials of the ... ( read original story ...)

The Auckland skyline is seen, as stocks in New Zealand logged their 14th day of gains Friday. Benchmarks in Japan and New Zealand on Friday narrowly notched their 14th straight day of gains, with the Nikkei’s winning streak the longest in nearly 57 years. ( read original story ...)

Artificial intelligence researchers in Japan say they've found a way to predict major policy shifts from the country's central bank by analyzing split-second changes in the facial expression of its governor, Haruhiko Kuroda. Julian Satterthwaite reports. ( read original story ...)

Topix, Nikkei 225 have touched the highest since at least 2007 Foreigners bought $5.8 billion of stocks at start of October Foreign investors are returning to Japanese stocks, adding momentum to a rally that’s already taken shares to decade highs. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Oct. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has been actively working to attract foreign companies to raise international competitiveness and bring about further growth for the capital city by promoting the creation of a ... ( read original story ...)

... a role in Aramco IPO, with Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Toronto also trying to attract the sale. "The IPO is on track," he said in London on the sidelines of the annual dinner of the Oil & Money conference. "We will announce the venue in due course." ( read original story ...)

S&P 500 futures were little changed at 2,557.60. ASIA'S DAY: Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 0.1 per cent to finish at 21,363.05 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was little changed at 5,890.50. South Korea's Kospi lost nearly 0.1 per cent to 2,482.91. ( read original story ...)

From Dana Lyons: A long-time line of resistance has turned to solid support for Japanese stocks. One of the objectives of Sun Tzu’s Art of War philosophies is to transform one’s enemy’s strength into weakness – and, thus, transform one’s own ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s securities watchdog is investigating Toshiba Corp’s accounting practices for the last business year to see if it properly handled the losses incurred by its U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse, the Nikkei business daily reported on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is the world's No. 1 importer of the fuel ... President Yuji Kakimi told The Nikkei. Kansai Electric Power also opened a Singapore hub this spring and is gathering information in order to start LNG trading operations. ( read original story ...)