Trump Is Leaving Japan Empty-Handed on Trade

They shared an intimate dinner and repeatedly showered each other with praise. But for all the apparent chumminess between President Donald Trump and Japan’s Shinzo Abe, it hasn’t resulted in much concrete action to address Trump’s main complaint ... ( read original story ...)

IPO Market Stumbles in Denmark as $1 Billion Deal In Doubt

The world’s largest cleaning service provider had to pull its IPO in the last minute in March 2011 as stock markets plunged amid Japan’s nuclear disaster. ISS eventually listed three years later, and has performed well on the Danish exchange with the ... ( read original story ...)

Trump Complains of Unfair Trade With Japan, Defends TPP Pullout

President Donald Trump told a gathering of business leaders in Tokyo that Japan has an unfair advantage on trade and that he intends to fix that imbalance by making it easier to do business in the U.S. "For the last many decades, Japan has been winning. ( read original story ...)

Japan is firing its financial arrows at the wrong target

The yen is down 32%, corporate profits are thriving and the Nikkei Stock Average is breaking records again. Abe's fiscal dart fell way short of its target, thanks to counterproductive increases in Japan's sales tax in 2014 and 2015. The third and most ... ( read original story ...)

Cool Japan Fund’s big ambitions mostly fall flat

Ota acknowledged the Malaysian store's struggles and told The Nikkei that the fund is working to turn it around. The four-year-old Cool Japan Fund is the centerpiece of the government's "Cool Japan" strategy to promote cultural exports such as anime and food. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Abe rolls out red carpet for Trump

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is lavishing U.S. President Donald Trump with a welcome reserved for formal state guests during his visit to Japan, looking to use hospitality to highlight close ties with its powerful ally. Trump kicked off his visit ... ( read original story ...)

Five things to see at the Tokyo Motor Show

Tokyo (AFP) - From a car that wants to be your friend to another that burns off the fat: here are five hot vehicles on display at the Tokyo Motor Show. The biennial event opens for a media preview on Wednesday, before throwing its doors open to the public ... ( read original story ...)

Trump to Saudi Arabia: Bring Aramco IPO to America

When asked recently about the details of the IPO, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser told CNNMoney that no firm decisions have been made. "We looked at the different venues, which are New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo," he said. "We are taking time for the ... ( read original story ...)

Trump pitches NYSE for Saudi Aramco IPO listing

Mr Trump appears to have tweeted from aboard a plane on his way from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Tokyo, Japan. NY is vying with London, Tokyo and other locations to attract the much-anticipated listing, which could be the biggest in history. Saudi leaders have ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Can’t Get Enough of Ivanka Trump

In recent months there’s been a litany of news stories about how big Ivanka Trump is in Asia. “Why Japan loves Ivanka Trump,” The Independent wrote in January. “Donald, Who? Ivanka Trump Is the Star in Japan,” read a Toronto Star story in February. ( read original story ...)