TOKYO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday in choppy trade, edging closer to a 21-year high supported by buying in defensive stocks, while Kobe Steel extended its losses after confirming a media report that it fabricated ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open lower amid North Korea jitters
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday as a stronger yen and worries over a possible North Korea missile launch weighed on the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.11 percent or 22.43 points, to 20,668.28 in early trade while the broader ... ( read original story ...)
Lifenet Insurance Co (7157) Is Yet to See Trading Action on Oct 4
The Nikkei 225 Futures was first introduced on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 1986; on the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE ... India’s first billion-dollar insurance IPO opens today” on September 20, 2017. More interesting news about Lifenet Insurance ... ( read original story ...)
Imamura Securities Co Ltd (7175) Rise 0.17% on Oct 11
Two years later, it was launched on the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE ... but demand weaker than for IPO” on September 25, 2017. Also Seekingalpha.com published the news titled: “Walter Schloss’ Japan Shopping List For Deep-Value Stocks” on ... ( read original story ...)
Reliance Nippon Life IPO receives Sebi approval
The IPO size would be around 10% of the post issue paid-up capital of the company. Jointly owned by Japan’s Nippon Life and Reliance Capital, the firm is the asset manager to Reliance Mutual Fund. JM Financial, CLSA, Nomura and Axis Capital are the ... ( read original story ...)
Brief: Fujitsu trials blockchain money transfers with Japan’s three biggest banks
Fujitsu is teaming up with Japan’s three largest banking groups – Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) – to conduct a joint field trial of a person-to-person money transfer service using a ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Ups Optimism on Regional Economies
This is the kind of news coverage and analysis you can access exclusively as a WSJ Pro Member. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : Reestimation Result of Hedonic Regression Model (CGPI, SPPI, Tablet Computers)
Reestimation Result of Hedonic Regression Model in the Corporate Goods Price Index and the Services Producer Price Index - Tablet Computers - The Bank of Japan reestimates the hedonic regression model of quality adjustment, applied to tablet computers1. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : Reestimation Result of Hedonic Regression Model (CGPI, Smartphones)
The Bank of Japan reestimates the hedonic regression model of quality adjustment, applied to smartphones. The reestimation result as of September 2017 is shown in Appendix. The details of data for the estimation are as follows: ・The price data are ... ( read original story ...)
IMF raises Japan growth forecast for 2017 to 1.5 pct
The 2018 growth estimate factors in the likelihood of the Bank of Japan tightening its record monetary easing policy, the IMF said. Japan's economy expanded in the April-June period, marking six straight quarters of gains in its longest winning streak for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.63%
Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.63% to hit a new 52-week high. Advancing stocks ... ( read original story ...)
Political risk seeps into yen trade as Japan’s Abe faces popular upstart in October election
His rationale is concerns about who the next administration would pick to lead Japan’s central bank, given that Haruhiko Kuroda, who has overseen unprecedented “quantitative and qualitative easing,” comes to the end of his term in April. If Abe’s ... ( read original story ...)
Factbox: Japan main parties’ key election pledges ahead of October 22 vote
Boost Japan's productivity and cope with labour shortages through innovation in such areas as robots, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence. - Maintain the Bank of Japan's ultra-easy monetary policy as debate on withdrawing the stimulus is premature. ( read original story ...)
NBA, Japan’s Rakuten announce exclusive distribution deal
TOKYO — The National Basketball Association and Rakuten Inc. have announced a marketing partnership. The deal announced Tuesday makes the Japanese online giant the exclusive distributor in Japan of all live NBA games. The partnership, Rakuten’s first ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Futures Rise; Pfizer To Divide, Tesla Gets Price Hike
Shares ended Monday 133% above their January IPO price. IBD 50 peer Nvidia (NVDA ... Asian stock markets were all back up and running today, with the Tokyo Stock Exchange reopened and the Nikkei 225 jumping 0.6%. Markets in China also carved higher ... ( read original story ...)
Asia report: Most markets higher on near-full day of trading
In corporate news in Tokyo, Kobe Steel’s shares plunged 21.93% after the company ... 300m worth of stock as part of its second attempt at an initial public offering (IPO) aimed at financing its expansion into North America, despite its rival Blue Apron ... ( read original story ...)