The Japanese capital is blanketed with snow on Friday as an icy low pressure system hits the country's central Honshu island. No more heavy snow is forecast for the weekend - Japan's weather agency ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen and bond bears delighted by government’s BOJ surprise picks
By Harry Robertson and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese markets reacted with shock on Friday to news that the government had picked academic Kazuo Ueda to be the next central bank governor, but investors quickly snapped up the yen and sold bonds on expectations he will end years of super-easy monetary policy. Whether, when ...
2 Powerful Quakes Link Turkey, Japan and Syria in Suffering
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Analysis: Kuroda’s shock therapy leaves Bank of Japan with mixed legacy
Haruhiko Kuroda leaves a mixed legacy after 10 years running the Bank of Japan (BOJ), achieving prices rises after decades of deflation and anaemic growth but without engineering durable expansion fuelled by domestic demand. ( read original story ...)
Yen climbs on news of likely next Bank of Japan governor
The yen climbed on Friday as investors responded to news of the likely appointment of academic Kazuo Ueda as the next Bank of Japan governor. The Japanese currency climbed 0.5 per cent to 130.9 to the dollar, as markets judged Ueda as likely to mark a ... ( read original story ...)
DoubleDragon taps Sapporo airport builder for Hotel101 project in Japan
DoubleDragon Corp., the listed property developer of tycoons Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong, tapped the contractor that built the Chitose International Airport near Saporro, Hokkaido for ... ( read original story ...)
Heavy Snow Warning Issued For Tokyo
Tokyo, Feb 10 (IANS) A heavy snow warning was issued for Tokyo on Friday by the weather agency here, with the inclement weather disrupting transportation services. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen and bond bears delighted by government’s BOJ picks
Japanese markets reacted with shock on Friday to news that the government had picked academic Kazuo Ueda to be the next central bank governor, but investors quickly snapped up the yen and sold bonds on expectations he will end years of super-easy monetary policy. ( read original story ...)
The mystery of the shapeshifting crypto-VC profit
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Cryptocurrencies news every morning. Keeping track of crypto is hard. This appears to be true for amateurs mislaying their Bitcoin wallet keys, Bahamas-based billionaires with $8bn ...
Japan govt set to appoint academic Ueda as next BOJ governor – Nikkei
Tokyo (Reuters) -Japan's government is likely to appoint Kazuo Ueda, an academic and a former member of the central bank's policy board, as the Bank of Japan's next ...
Analysis-Japan’s Debt Time Bomb to Complicate BOJ Exit Path
Japan's ticking debt time bomb will likely complicate the next central bank governor's task of steering a smooth exit from ultra-loose monetary settings, with rising long-term interest rates already ...
Yen strengthens on reports Ueda picked as Bank of Japan chief
Japan's government plans to nominate economics professor Kazuo Ueda as Bank of Japan governor, reports said Friday, an unexpected pick that sent the yen rallying against the dollar.Reports in Japanese ...
UPDATE 1-Japan’s 10-year bond yield hits BOJ’s policy limit on new governor report
Japan's 10-year government bond yield hit the top end of the Bank of Japan's policy band after a report said the Japanese government was set to appoint an economist as the central bank's next governor ...
Japanese yen climbs on reports that economist will become next BOJ head
The Japanese yen surged by nearly 0.8% against the dollar on Friday, after a report in the Nikkei financial newspaper reported an academic was to be appointed for the top job at the Bank of Japan. In ...
Japan expected to name Kazuo Ueda as next central bank head
Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida has chosen as the next ... had at some point taught many who are now senior bureaucrats at both the BoJ and the finance ministry. Ueda, he added, had been an ...
From part-time job to BMW: Acquaintance recalls Japan robbery suspect’s shady past
On a snowy night in Sapporo's Susukino entertainment district in Japan's northernmost prefecture some 17 years ago, a young man called out to pedestri ... ( read original story ...)