Sterling slides to three-month lows on 'hard Brexit' fears

TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sterling wallowed at three-month lows in Asian trade on Monday after media reports that the British government is prepared to make a "hard" exit from the European Union rekindled investors' fears about the impact of the impending ... ( read original story ...)

Japan government to divest additional Japan Post stocks

TOKYO -- Japan's Ministry of Finance will sell part of its stake in Japan Post Holdings in the coming months. The maximum total value of the sale will be some 4 trillion yen ($35 billion) and could happen as early as this summer. The ministry will hold a ... ( read original story ...)

Indonesia, Japan discuss maritime security, railway project

BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia and Japan have agreed to step up maritime security and start discussions on a major railway project to link the Southeast Asian nation's capital and second-biggest city, the leaders of both countries said on Sunday. ( read original story ...)

Japan, Indonesia agree to boost maritime ties

which is majority owned by Japan's Inpex. Inpex had proposed a plan to develop the project offshore, but Indonesia said last year the project will be developed onshore instead. Nikkei staff writers Jun Suzuki and Bobby Nugroho in Bogor contributed to this ... ( read original story ...)

Does Japan's leader spend too much time in parliament?

A Nikkei survey found that over the past six years, Abe and his predecessors participated in parliament an average of over 90 days a year. Japan Akademeia, a research organization, reports that Britain's prime minister attended parliamentary sessions on 36 ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei slips as Trump trade fades, steelmakers lead losses

TOKYO, Jan 16 Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Monday as investors locked in gains, bracing for more detail on the Trump Administration's trade policies, with steelmakers and shippers leading the losses. The Nikkei average dropped 0.9 percent to ... ( read original story ...)

VND840 billion Hanoi rail consultancy contract agreed

The contract will last 74 months. Tran Van Luc, director of the management board for railway project, said the capital loan agreement for the project, signed between Vietnamese Government and Japan Bank for International Corporation (JBIC) is worth VND611 ... ( read original story ...)

Top Banking News

Assets of Philippine banks continued to post a double-digit growth in the first nine months amid external challenges arising from the impending rate hike in the US, the negative rates in Japan as well as the economic slowdown in China. Earnings of ... ( read original story ...)

Global stocks up on U.S. bank hopes, dollar and yields slip

Bank stocks led the charge in European trading ... MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS slipped 0.1 percent, after rising to its highest levels since late October in the previous session. It was up 1.8 percent for ... ( read original story ...)

Bank J. Safra Sarasin expands Asia team

... the firm from Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management, where he was director, Japan market. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a private banker, joining the firm from Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management, where he was director, Japan market. ( read original story ...)

Japan's Finatext launches Malaysian subsidiary

The Malaysian subsidiary is Finatext's second office outside of Japan, following the one it opened in Taiwan in 2016. The company has signed a strategic partnership with Malaysian investment bank Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad and will first kick off its ... ( read original story ...)