JAPAN’S financial regulator penalised the country’s largest property and casualty insurers for colluding to fix prices in contracts with corporate clients. Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)
Japan penalizes biggest property insurers for price fixing
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Japan slaps 4 insurers with improvement order over price collusion
Japan's financial watchdog on Tuesday ordered four major property insurers to improve their business operations after finding they co ... ( read original story ...)
Mt. Gox Creditors Report Receiving Compensation Payments via PayPal in Japanese Yen
Creditors of now-defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox have reported receiving fiat repayments for their trapped Bitcoin on the social media platform Reddit.
Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood Doubles Down On Yahoo Japan Operator After A Year-Long Hiatus
The renowned investor, Cathie Wood has recently dipped back into LY Corp., the Yahoo! Japan operator, after more than a year.
Softbank Likely Sells $310 Mn Worth Shares In IPO-Bound Firstcry
Japanese investment giant SoftBank has likely sold its stock worth $310 million in a second round sale in mother and child c ...
Japan’s Nikkei edges higher as shipper gains outweigh retailer losses
TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average edged higher on Tuesday as gains for shippers and chip stocks outweighed declines for retailers. Overall, though, the market fluctuated in very ...
Japan’s Nikkei treads water in thin trading; retailers sag
Japan's Nikkei share average was little changed on Tuesday as declines for retailers and auto shares were offset by gains for energy stocks. Overall, though, the market fluctuated in very narrow ...
Daihatsu Motor to suspend production in January, will compensate 423 companies
Japan’s transport ministry raided Daihatsu’s headquarters in Osaka last week following revelations that the carmaker manipulated the results of safety tests dating as far back as 1989.
25-yr-old man accused of killing woman at karaoke place in Nagoya
The man, identifying himself as Haruki Soga, 25, of unknown address or occupation, was arrested on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder. The allegation was upgraded to murder after the woman was ... ( read original story ...)
Daihatsu halts operations at main plant in Osaka amid data scandal
Japanese automaker Daihatsu Motor suspended operations at its main assembly plant in Osaka on Tuesday. This comes after irregularities were found in safety test data. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks slightly higher on solid tech stocks, US stocks hopes
Tokyo stocks were slightly higher Tuesday in muted trading, supported by technology stocks on hopes for solid U.S. stocks after the C ... ( read original story ...)
Over 40% of women, nearly 10% of men in Tokyo have been groping victims: survey
More than 40% of women and nearly 10% of men in the Japanese capital have been groped in public at least once, according to the results of a ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks flat in morning as gains locked in, tech issues bought
Tokyo stocks were flat amid thin trading Tuesday morning, as investors locked in gains from the previous day while some technology is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan issues business improvement order to four non-life insurers
Japan ordered four major non-life insurance companies to improve business practices in connection with anti-competitive activity that aimed to keep premiums high, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kishida Plans New Party Group to Help Rebuild Trust
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he’ll set up a new group within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party next month tasked with restoring trust after allegations over a widespread failure to ... ( read original story ...)