Prosecutors said the company and five others conspired to evade the public bidding process for test events, part of a widening investigation into corruption surrounding the Games. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s House approves record spending budget
Japan's House of Representatives passed a record $840 billion budget that will boost defense and childcare spending with the full support of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Japan OKs new budget incl. hefty arms cost to deter China
Japan’s lower house of parliament has approved a 114 trillion yen ($836 billion) budget for the next fiscal year ( read original story ...)
South Korea, US, Japan meet on supply-chain resilience
Officials from South Korea, the United States and Japan have held their first economic security dialogue, South Korea's presidential office said on Tuesday, amid efforts to strengthen the resilience of supply chains and develop technology. ( read original story ...)
SBI Sumishin Net Bank Plans IPO of More Than $440 Million
By Kosaku Narioka SBI Sumishin Net Bank Ltd. said Tuesday that it plans to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Standard Market on March 29.
ADNOC Gas raises world’s largest IPO to $2.5 billion
The United Arab Emirates’ main oil company has increased the size of an initial public offering of its gas business to $2.5 billion. The Middle East ADNOC Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. will now offer ...
Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.08%
Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Machinery sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.
Japan’s Nikkei drops early gains to end slightly higher
Japan's Nikkei share average shed most of its gains to end marginally higher on Tuesday as investors sold outperforming stocks to turn bargain hunters amid a lack of major triggers. The Nikkei index ...
Asia markets mostly rise as Hong Kong announces to lift mask mandate, Japan’s factory output falls
Asia-Pacific markets were mostly higher on Tuesday as investors digested key economic data across the region. The Hang Seng index fell 0.69% as Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee announced to drop ...
Japan’s top diplomat set to skip G-20 meeting, snubbing India
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is unlikely to attend a meeting of G-20 foreign ministers in India on Wednesday, instead prioritizing parliamentary business, according to a government ...
Explained: Why Japan’s foreign minister will likely skip key G20 meet and why India is unhappy
A Japanese official said Yoshimasa Hayashi is prioritising government business and that it is unclear if he will attend the QUAD meet on the summit sidelines. Indian officials have described the decis ...
Japan to promote gas, LNG, hydrogen investment during G7 presidency
Japan will stress the importance of investment in natural gas, liquefied natural gas as well as cleaner fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia during its presidency of the G7 this year, a senior energy ...
Japan yields decline as BOJ signals no immediate policy change
Japanese government bond yields fell on Tuesday on relief that incoming Bank of Japan leadership signaled no imminent changes in policy, while pent-up demand for longer tenors helped sentiment. A ...
‘Lost earnings’ of late hearing-impaired girl would have been 85% of avg.: Osaka court
The future income of a hearing-impaired girl who died in a traffic accident at age 11 would have been 85% of the average in Japan, the Osaka ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Dentsu and others charged in Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging probe
The Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal widened Tuesday with Japanese advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies charged by Tokyo district prosecutors. Executives or management-level officials at ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s lower house of parliament passes record budget
The lower house of Japan's parliament passed on Tuesday a record 114.4 trillion yen ($839.3 billion) budget for the next fiscal year that begins in April, a ruling party lawmaker said, a move that would further strain the industrial world's heaviest debt burden. ( read original story ...)