Tokyo prosecutors indicted Nissan Motor along with its ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn, domestic media reported on Monday, shifting the focus of the financial misconduct scandal to the Japanese automaker ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s SoftBank prices IPO, to raise $23.5 billion with overallotment
the filing to the finance ministry showed on Monday. The shares begin trading on Dec. 19. The IPO price and overallotment came just days after Japan's third-largest mobile phone network provider by su... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei dragged down by Wall St sell-off, Japan Q3 GDP contraction
TOKYO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei fell on Monday, tracking a sharp sell-off on Wall Street on renewed Sino-U.S. trade tensions and a deeper-than-expected contraction in the Japanese economy in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-India ‘Space Dialogue’ to include surveillance sharing
TOKYO -- Japan and India are moving to share satellite data and surveillance technologies, acknowledging the strategic importance of monitoring outer space and the world's oceans. The Japan-India ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s military sees record spending, aims to buy more US arms: Nikkei
In this file photo taken on October 14, 2018 F-35 fighter aircrafts from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force can be seen. TOKYO: Japan's military looks to raise spending over the next five years in respo... ( read original story ...)
Japanese government faces obstacles in ousting fund chief
But because of the way the Japan Investment Corp. has been set up, it could take months to eject President Masaaki Tanaka, all the while undermining the original goals of the quasi-sovereign ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s military sees record spending, aims to buy more U.S. arms: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's military looks to raise spending over the next five years in response to security challenges and to narrow Japan's trade surplus with the United States by buying U.S. equipme... ( read original story ...)
Japan faces risk of falling back into deflation, BOJ’s Wakatabe warns
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe said on Wednesday the country could slide back into deflation if the economy comes under downward pressure again, highlighting risks such as the fallout ... ( read original story ...)
Japan looks to sell air-defense radar to Philippines
TOKYO -- Japan is considering selling air defense radar technology to the Philippines in what would be its first export of defense equipment since ending a nearly 50-year ban in 2014. Tokyo is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan targets record defense spending in new 5-year plan
TOKYO -- Japan looks to expand its defense spending to a record 27 trillion yen ($240 billion) over five years through fiscal 2023 as it contends with both security challenges and trade tensions ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Realty Lands Multi-Megawatt Cloud Deployment To Launch Second Facility In Osaka
The new facility is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in mid-2019, further expanding the Digital Osaka connected campus. The four-story facility will be reinforced with seismic iso... ( read original story ...)
Takeda’s Long Battle for $62 Billion Shire Deal Gets Victory
The group’s members are primarily concerned with the financial risk of the added debt ... a former Takeda employee, said in Osaka. "I do think fundamentally the company needs to internationalize." U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Realty Inks Multi-Megawatt Deal for 2nd Osaka Facility
Additionally, the latest facility will have connectivity through dark fiber to the previous and subsequent phases of the Digital Osaka connected campus, thereby, enabling assembling of critical ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda shareholders give nod for $59 billion Shire acquisition
OSAKA (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical ... “We are definitely against this because the financial risks are too great and the expected benefits are quite limited,” said Kazuhisa Takeda ... ( read original story ...)
Takeda Announces Execution of Loan Agreement in Connection with Proposed Acquisition of Shire plc
OSAKA, Japan — NOT FOR RELEASE ... competitiveness of Japanese industries,” said Costa Saroukos, Chief Financial Officer of Takeda. “This marks the completion of the intended refinancing ... ( read original story ...)
2025 Osaka World Expo promotional items, not meant for sale, now being sold online
OSAKA – Promotional items not meant for sale that were created ... after he was arrested last week for alleged financial miscon... ( read original story ...)