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Tokyo organisers have since slashed costs to around $13 billion but have otherwise largely failed to inspire confidence since the city beat Madrid and Istanbul in its bid to host the Games for a second time. Progress on the financial front comes after a ... ( read original story ...)

The two new members of the Bank of Japan’s policy board said on Tuesday that the central bank should continue efforts to achieve its 2 per cent inflation goal and it was premature to debate an exit from its massive monetary stimulus. Goushi Kataoka, a 44 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - Japan's Mizuho Financial Group said it would set up a subsidiary in Frankfurt, the latest Japanese bank to choose the German city as its new base in the European Union as Britain prepares to leave the bloc, termed Brexit. ( read original story ...)

Failure on that front has left the Bank of Japan shouldering the burden with unprecedented stimulus and still years away from meeting its 2-per-cent inflation target. “Abe needs to focus on economic policy to win support back,“ said Akihiko Noda ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s more than 100 regional banks are struggling as lending opportunities wane with the shrinking of their local populations – pain that has been exacerbated by a squeeze on lending margins from the Bank of Japan’s negative interest-rate policy. ( read original story ...)

Goshi Kataoka, senior economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., and Hitoshi Suzuki, a former Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ deputy president, are now members of the Bank of Japan’s Policy Board. As of Monday, they have replaced Takehiro Sato ... ( read original story ...)

Rivals SMFG and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) also have passporting rights through their banking units in the Netherlands. Mizuho shares were up 0.6 per cent, making them the top performer in Japan’s financial sector, which was up by one-third on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The two new members of the Bank of Japan's policy board said on Tuesday that the central bank should continue efforts to achieve its 2 percent inflation goal and it was premature to debate an exit from its massive monetary stimulus. ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan on July 20, 2017 kept its benchmark interest rate steady at -0.1%, while cutting its inflation forecast for the fiscal year-ended March 2018 and March 2019. The Bank of Japan's decision led to a decline in the yen. Moreover, it kept its ... ( read original story ...)

The Chinese mainland indexes edged slightly higher while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index hit fresh two year highs. Japan's Nikkei slid 0.6% as investors worried about the effects of a stronger yen. Australian shares retreated 1% before bouncing back slightly ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- For months, Japan's long-term interest rates have stayed near the floor, with the Bank of Japan buying the vast majority of government bonds as part of its ultra-aggressive monetary easing program. The central bank's extraordinary campaign to ... ( read original story ...)

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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation headquarters, in Doshomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-City, Osaka, Japan ... Until the sale, the stock had appreciated 230 percent from its IPO. The deal has received unanimous approval by NeuroDerm’s Board of Directors ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese yen weakened against other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday, after the Bank of Japan downgraded its outlook for inflation. The bank will purchase government bonds so that the yield of 10-year JGBs will remain around zero %. ( read original story ...)

Eric Peters, president of Wells Federal Bank’s Mankato market, is well aware of the changes and competition that continue to reshape the area’s banking industry. Wells Federal, with offices in nine communities, is in the midst of a merger with Citizens ... ( read original story ...)

Japan, and the European Union, but to do so, it must make key reforms in its financial industry or else lay the foundation for economic disaster. More specifically, there must be reforms in China’s commercial and shadow banking sectors. If these reforms ... ( read original story ...)