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OSAKA (TR) – Kyoto Prefectural Police have raided two properties connected with an organized crime group over the disappearance of the head of a Kyoto-based consumer finance company four years ago, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Nov. 11). According to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Nov. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Park Hotel Tokyo announced on November 13 that it will co-host an art fair titled "ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO 2018" (AiPHT 2018) from March 9 to 11, 2018, a preview for invitees and press will be held on March 8, 2018 with ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan plans to place two land-based batteries of high-altitude ballistic missile interceptors -- one each in northern Akita Prefecture and western Yamaguchi Prefecture -- to add a new nationwide layer of defense, though the target operational date ... ( read original story ...)

Small caps were under a bit less pressure than the general premarket session, with Russell 2000 futures off 0.3%. In Japan, Tokyo's market flashed a possible warning signal, rising nearly 2% in morning trade, then crashing to a 1.7% loss before paring ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has seen a surge in gold smuggling cases since the consumption tax was raised from five percent to eight percent in 2014 TOKYO (TR) – Japan’s Ministry of Finance is seeking to apply stricter penalties to smugglers of gold amid a recent surge in ... ( read original story ...)

In a little over an hour, what had been another solid rally in Japanese stocks turned into some rather sharp clear-air turbulence, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average plunging about 3.6 percent from the afternoon-session high to its low for the day. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that he was not aware that a final agreement had been reached among the 11 remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) because of some lingering issues involving Mexico and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that he was ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga declined to comment on how Japan would be involved in letting the United States return to the TPP, saying that a final agreement ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) (8306.T) on Wednesday sued New York’s banking regulator to stop its effort to continue to supervise Japan’s largest lender after it switched its state branches to federal oversight this ... ( read original story ...)

“But as their bodies got bigger, their fat ratios also increased.” The Bank of Japan said last month that the nation’s lenders may have too many employees and branches, and the overcapacity is contributing to a drop in earnings power that may hurt ... ( read original story ...)

He said an investment from Japanese tech giant SoftBank -- a deal which has taken longer than expected to seal -- remains in the works and is unrelated to the IPO plans. "It hasn't happened yet, but it will," he said. SoftBank, which has amassed a $100 ... ( read original story ...)

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says major investors from Saudi Arabia and Japan are not pushing for an IPO. He says co-founder Travis Kalanick and the board are backing an IPO. Major investors from Saudi Arabia and Japan are not pushing Uber to go public ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s Topix index climbed past its 2007 peak on Thursday to touch its highest level since 1991. The equity index rose as much as 0.4 per cent in early trade to 1,824.55, edging just past its pre-financial crisis peak to an altitude not seen since ... ( read original story ...)

However, analysts said investors had decided the rally was running a little too hot -- Tokyo has piled on more than 20 percent since early September -- and turned sellers in the afternoon. The index closed down 0.2 percent, having fallen as much as 1.7 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ aims to buy roughly 40% of Indonesia's Bank Danamon with an eye toward a future majority stake, extending its Southeast Asian dealmaking push into the region's most populous country. The Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo resumed its surge on Thursday, leading a broad Asia rally following another record close on Wall Street, while investors are keeping tabs on a key meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Global traders have been emboldened in recent weeks by a ... ( read original story ...)