The Bank of Japan’s steady march toward raising interest rates for the first time since 2007 begs the question of who will win and who will lose after years of massive stimulus and ultra-low borrowing ...
‘Disappointed before’, but structural shifts make Japan ‘extremely interesting’: Bank of Singapore, Morgan Stanley CIOs
There are real positive fundamental differences between the Japan we know today versus Japan that we knew five to 10 years ago.” ...
Hokkaido ranch operator in abuse suit admits to paying disabled workers in snacks, juice
A ranch operator in northern Japan's Hokkaido admitted in court on March 12 that they had not paid intellectually disabled workers for deca ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks break 3-day losing streak on bargain-hunting
Tokyo stocks ended up Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak as investors picked up recently battered shares, while a rise in o ... ( read original story ...)
Japan high court says not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, media reports
A Japanese high court ruled that it was "unconstitutional" not to allow same-sex marriage in the country, in a first appeal court ruling on the matter, Japanese media reported on Thursday.Sapporo High ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s money markets gird for end of negative rates
Speculators betting on a historic monetary policy shift in Japan expect money markets will be upended by potential new deposit rules and are crowding into bets against short-dated bonds. Yields on one ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s service-sector firms offer biggest pay rise since 2013, union says
Japan's largest industrial union UA Zensen said on Thursday that an average pay rise offered by 231 firms reached the biggest on record since 2013. ( read original story ...)
Citi’s Top Tokyo Banker Predicts Deal Surge After Stagnation
Business sentiment is rising in Japan, and companies have excess cash that shareholders and the government want them to put to work, said Masuo Fukuda, head of investment banking at the US firm in ... ( read original story ...)
Alleged unlicensed taxi driver at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport arrested after fleeing police
A man has been arrested for allegedly running an unlicensed taxi, taking tourists to the Japanese capital's Haneda Airport, police here announced on March 12.According to the Metropolitan Police ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks mixed as tech weighs, oil prices lift energy shares
Tokyo stocks were mixed Thursday morning, as the market was pressured by weak chip-related shares tracking falls in their U.S. counte ... ( read original story ...)
A Tale of Two Chip Plants: Delayed in U.S., On Time in Japan
The plant, operated by TSMC subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, is set to start mass production this year on schedule.Across the Pacific in Phoenix, TSMC is also building a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s rate shift will hit zombie firms hardest: podcast
The central bank could end an era of negative borrowing costs as early as next week. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists argue that large companies are ready for the tightening, but ... ( read original story ...)
World’s Largest State Pension, Japan’s GPIF, Poised to Lift Ban on Lending Foreign Stocks
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund will announce as early as Friday that it will resume lending foreign stocks, according to people familiar with the matter, four years after its surprise ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s JIC to Start Tender Offer for JSR on March 19 After Chinese Approval – Bloomberg News
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese state-backed fund Japan Investment Corp (JIC) will start a tender offer for chip materials maker JSR Corp's shares on March 19 after it obtained Chinese regulators' approval ...
A $6 Billion Tender Offer Key to Japan’s Chip Ambitions Is Slated to Begin Next Week
A representative of JSR declined to comment. The privatization of JSR would give Japan more control over the world’s top supplier of photoresists used to make the most advanced semiconductors, helping ...
Asia Stocks Steady; Nikkei Bruised by BOJ Pivot Bets
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was last little changed and strayed not too far from a seven-month peak hit in the previous session, as traders shrugged off ...