TOKYO: A Japanese agricultural bank’s US$61bil spending spree on bundled leveraged loans abroad has begun to attract the attention of the nation’s politicians. Government officials answered questions ... ( read original story ...)
Japan business lobby adopts year-round hiring in blow to tradition
TOKYO -- Japan's powerful Keidanren business lobby has agreed with universities to expand year-round hiring of new graduates, moving away from the spring recruitment that has been a fixture of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan exports hit by weak China demand, raising risk of economic contraction
The economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter driven by business and consumer spending. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda last week stuck to his optimism that ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Fukui Bank Moves to IBM Cloud to Transform the Way it Does Business
IBM Cloud Migration Factory will help Fukui migrate critical technology more quickly and efficiently ARMONK, N.Y., April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM Services (NYSE: IBM) announced an agreement ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka Getting Close with Rapper YBN Cordae, Not ‘Official’ Yet
Naomi Osaka is VERY close to being off the market ... 'cause the #1-ranked women's tennis player in the world is getting REAL close with rapper YBN Cordae!!! In fact, Cordae made a recent cameo on ... ( read original story ...)
YBN Cordae Is Cozying Up With Tennis Sensation Naomi Osaka
YBN Cordae shoots up the charts with tennis' current darling Naomi Osaka. Although they ain't market official, TMZ is reporting that YBN Cordae and the world tennis number one Naomi Osaka are cozying ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is literally giving away free houses. Want in?
Could it be that Japan is now ripe enough for you to consider a foreign investment property or even a downsize and ‘sea-change’? We’ve contacted RethinkTokyo to find out if it’s possible and we’ll ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s oldest prison to be reborn as luxury hotel
TOKYO -- Japan's oldest penitentiary will reopen as ... the site features Romanesque red-brick construction and archways. The property "is not only a former prison but has high value for embodying ... ( read original story ...)
FAUCHON Hospitality Expands Boutique Hotel Collection with Second Property To Open In Kyoto, Japan
FAUCHON Hospitality, which debuted its first hotel in Paris in September 2018, will open a second property in Kyoto, Japan. FAUCHON has been a well-known brand in Japan for the past 47 years, and ... ( read original story ...)
Healthcare Misery, Pinterest IPO, Japan Marketplace, URI Earnings: Market Recon
Usually miserable. We used a common adage on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Blunt. To the point. "Short weeks are always long." On the Monday of a four day week, this was a warning. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei retreats from 4.5-month high; Canon slumps on profit warning
Japanese officials have said Tokyo would not accept auto export restrictions if the U.S. makes such demands. Japan's Nikkei retreated from a 4-1/2-month high on Thursday as defensive stocks fell and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Suzuki in domestic recall of 2 million vehicles
Japanese small car manufacturer Suzuki announced Thursday it was recalling two million vehicles shipped domestically, citing improper inspections and a series of other faults including false fuel ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Prices, event timings released on website
There are less than 500 days to go until the opening ceremony. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be held from July 24 to August 9. Tokyo last hosted the Olympics in 1964. Tokyo 2020 organisers on Thursday ... ( read original story ...)
Expensive daily products at Osaka Prison prompt human rights concern from lawyers
OSAKA - Tissue paper and other daily products sold at Osaka Prison are so expensive that inmates mostly cannot purchase them, a situation amounting to a human rights violation, according to local ... ( read original story ...)
China and Japan inch closer for insurance against Hurricane Trump
Meanwhile, Japan will roll out the red carpet for Trump ... Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He has spent seven years in China as a ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei retreats from 4-1/2-month high; Canon slumps on profit warning
TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei retreated from a 4-1/2-month high on Thursday as defensive stocks fell and Canon tumbled on a report that it will cut its earnings forecast. The Nikkei share ... ( read original story ...)