Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to boost trade and investment with Argentina during a state visit Monday to the country with Latin America's third-biggest economy. Argentina currently lags behind its neighbors Brazil and Chile in doing business ... ( read original story ...)
7.4 magnitude quake off Japan's coast triggers small tsunamis, coastal evacuations
One woman suffered cuts to her head from falling dishes, Kyodo news agency reported, citing fire department officials. Japanese Minister for Disaster Management Jun Matsumoto told reporters about three hours after the quake that there had been no reports ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM says TPP would be "meaningless" without the US
Earlier Monday, Abe met with Argentine President Mauricio Macri and signed trade deals in the first visit by a Japanese premier to Argentina in 57 years. Abe was joined by business leaders and CEOs of major Japanese companies and banks, including ... ( read original story ...)
iRobot Acquires Japanese Distribution Business from Sales on Demand Corporation
BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- iRobot Corp. (IRBT), a leader in consumer home robotics products, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the iRobot-related distribution business of privately-held Sales On Demand ... ( read original story ...)
Financial Times in Talks on Acquisitions Year After Nikkei Deal
The Financial Times is in talks to buy companies that strengthen its digital subscription business as the newspaper capitalizes on greater financial support from its new owner, Japan’s Nikkei Inc., FT Chief Executive Officer John Ridding said. ( read original story ...)
Japan to form $900 mln investment fund with Russia – Nikkei
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Russian Direct Investment Fund will form an about 100 billion yen ($901 million) fund, and each will contribute roughly half of the total amount to launch the development projects in 2017, the report said. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan is in charge not the bond markets
… bond investors who sell their holdings in an effort to enforce fiscal discipline. Fewer buyers drive prices down — and drive yields up — in the fixed income market. That in turn makes it more expensive for the government to borrow and spend. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : Dep Governor Talks Bitcoin, Fintech, Mt. Gox and Blockchain
he Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, Hiroshi Nakaso, has revealed that there is no plan to issue digital currencies as a substitute for banknotes at the present time. Still, the official added the bank would make utmost efforts to understand and ... ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Japan's key bond yield falls amid caution over BOJ bond buying
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond ended lower Monday on buying after the Bank of Japan said it might carry out a fixed-rate buying operation. The yield on the No. 344, 0.1 percent issue, the main yardstick of long-term interest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Shinsei Bank to enter unsecured loan business in Vietnam
TOKYO -- Japan's Shinsei Bank is entering the unsecured loan business in Vietnam, attracted by the country's strong economic growth and young, expanding middle class. For the undertaking, Shinsei will invest in a unit of major local player Military ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Japan to form $900 mln investment fund with Russia – Nikkei
... with Russia - Nikkei * Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Russian Direct Investment Fund each to contribute roughly half to fund totalling around $902 million for launch in 2017 - Nikkei Source text - s.nikkei.com/2fV8pCe Next In Market News ( read original story ...)
Rising US dollar reduces pressure on Bank of Japan to act
Bank of Japan at the start of the year reacted by surprisingly lowering its interest rates on part of the bank reserves into negative territory. In its September meeting, the central bank changed its monetary policy strategy. According to the new strategy ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Post Bank cuts back its holdings in JGBs
Japan Post Bank (JPB), the banking unit of Japan Post Holdings, reported a decline in net interest income for the six months ended September 30, following its decision to trim its holdings in Japanese government bonds (JGBs). According to JPB’s latest ... ( read original story ...)
Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake, nuclear plant briefly disrupted
TOKYO (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, generating a tsunami that hit the same region devastated by a massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011. The earthquake, which was ... ( read original story ...)
7.3 magnitude quake off Japan's coast triggers small tsunamis
Tepco's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant caused Japan's worst nuclear disaster when it was knocked out by the 2011 tsunami. Tohoku Electric Power Co. said there was no damage to its Onagawa nuclear plant, while the Kyodo news agency reported there was no ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful earthquake strikes off Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, tsunami warning issued
A large earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan’s troubled Fukushima prefecture. Registered at a magnitude of 7.3 by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), a tsunami warning has been issued for Fukushima prefecture, with the JMA urging residents to ... ( read original story ...)