TOKYO, Dec 27 Japan's Nikkei share average edged up on Tuesday morning in thin trade while Toshiba Corp plummeted on news that it was considering booking a goodwill impairment loss of several hundreds of billion yen. The Nikkei gained 0.2 percent to 19,443 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's current-account surplus undergoing seismic shift
TOKYO -- Japan has maintained a current-account surplus for many years, but its trade profile is undergoing a profound change as its goods trade has receded while revenue from intellectual property has grown. The country has an established reputation as an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan consumer prices, household spending slump in November
TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's core consumer prices marked the ninth straight month of annual declines in November, data showed on Tuesday, suggesting that the economy still lacks enough momentum to jump-start inflation toward the central bank's ambitious 2 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks up in thin holiday trade
Tokyo eked out a rise Tuesday morning and oil built on its winning streak but many financial markets remained closed for a long holiday weekend. Japanese stocks ended a three-day decline, although Toshiba plunged on a report it is likely to record a huge ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM in Hawaii for historic Pearl Harbor visit
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and memorials Monday ahead of a visit to the site of the 1941 bombing that plunged the United States into the Second World War. Abe landed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and then ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Hawaii for landmark Pearl Harbor visit
Media captionJapanese PM Shinzo Abe and director of the National Memorial of the Pacific, James Horton Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has visited several memorials in Hawaii, ahead of a visit to Pearl Harbor, the US naval base attacked by the Japanese in 1941. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Leader’s Pearl Harbor Visit, Called a First, Looks More Like a Fourth
Mr. Abe announced this month that he would visit Pearl Harbor. Japan’s Foreign Ministry, in news briefings, indicated at the time that he would be the first sitting Japanese prime minister to visit Pearl Harbor, the site of the surprise attack on a ... ( read original story ...)
Cultivating cool: Branding lessons for Canada from Japan
York University’s Schulich School of Business The Economist magazine recently singled Canada out as an example to the world. The magazine focused on our liberalism and tolerance, but can we be “cool” too? Japan has done it with its Cool Japan Fund. ( read original story ...)
Museum in old Osaka warehouse offers chance to view and buy vintage cars
KOBE – A red brick warehouse in Osaka that is nearly a century old has become a mecca for enthusiasts of vintage and classic cars in Japan, enabling visitors to get up close to pieces of motoring history. Glion Museum in the port of Osaka displays more ... ( read original story ...)
Japan consumer prices slump in November, look for 2017 rebound
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices marked the ninth straight month of annual declines and household spending slumped in November, data showed on Tuesday, suggesting that the economy still lacks enough momentum to jump-start inflation toward the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Abe departs for visit to Pearl Harbour
Abe's visit to the site, which was bombed by Japan in a surprise attack in December 1941 that drew the United States into World World II, was announced earlier this month. It follows a journey Obama made with him in May to the city of Hiroshima where a US ... ( read original story ...)
Stranded Sapporo passengers return to Hong Kong amid row over HK$300 compensation
The Hongkongers were among 6,000 travellers affected as 96cm of snow fell in Japan’s Hokkaido region at the weekend, shutting down New Chitose Airport, which serves the city of Sapporo. A backlog of flights left airlines scrambling to organise extra ... ( read original story ...)
Camden Property Trust (CPT) Shares Sold by BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd
BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd cut its position in shares of Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) by 12.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 111,793 shares of the real ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei weighed by autos in otherwise mixed Asian trade
Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -0.16% was down 0.1% and the Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.40% was 1% lower. Meanwhile, Korea’s Kospi SEU, +0.09% was up 0.01% and Taiwan’s stock exchange was 0.2% higher. Markets in Australia ... ( read original story ...)
Green Fine – Hostel
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Property inventory value reduced
and Parkview Tower and Osaka Complex projects in Hoàng Mai District. Meanwhile, HCM City had 1,330 transactions on its municipal property market in November, a month-on-month increase of 8.6 per cent. Successful transactions were focused on mid- and high ... ( read original story ...)