Japan's central bank and the private sector must prepare for positive interest rates and a normalisation of monetary policy, an influential business leader said on Thursday, acknowledging that it could take a year to achieve. ( read original story ...)
Japan lobby head urges BOJ to normalise policy to live with interest rates
An outspoken leader of a Japanese business lobby said on Thursday the central bank should unwind its easing programmes to live with interest rates although it may take a year to exit monetary stimulus. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo wards continue battle to stamp out vermin problem
Ward governments in Tokyo are ramping up the war to stop the invasion of rats throughout the city, which can pose health and hygiene risks and threaten the capital's clean image. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo remains third in global power index despite downturn
Despite the stagnation of its economy, Tokyo managed to remain in third place behind London and New York in the Global Power City Index (GPCI) report released on Thursday, narrowly avoiding being overtaken by Paris. ( read original story ...)
Jasmy Coin price prediction: Here’s why Japan’s Bitcoin is soaring
The JasmyCoin price continued its bullish trend as investors cheered the latest Bitcoin breakout. The coin jumped to a high of $0.0044 on Thursday, the highest point since June of this year. It has ...
WeWork investor SoftBank reports $6.2 billion loss
TOKYO (AP) — SoftBank Group Corp. racked up a huge loss in ... Goto gave as an example of a hopeful development the recent IPO on Nasdaq of British semiconductor and software design company Arm which SoftBank acquired in 2016. The listing did not ...
SoftBank books $5.2 bln quarterly loss as investments and weak yen bite
TOKYO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T ... The downbeat results came even as the group managed to pull off the long-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) of chip designer Arm, although the proceeds from that did not count as earnings as ...
Japan’s Softbank logs qtrly loss as Arm IPO offers little support
Softbank (OTC:SFTBY) clocked a net loss of 789 billion yen in the three months to September 30, compared to a profit of 3.034 trillion yen a year ago, the Japanese tech giant said ... did not record a gain on the Arm IPO, given that it has still retained ...
Japanese senior vice finance minister apologizes for tax delinquency
A Japanese senior vice finance minister, who took up the role in a Cabinet reshuffle in September, on Thursday apologized after a mag ...
Japan’s SoftBank hit with $6.2B quarterly loss as WeWork, other tech investments go sour
Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. racked up a huge loss in the July-September quarter as its technology investments, most notably office-sharing company WeWork, went sour. Tokyo-based ...
Japan’s State Minister of Finance admits repeated tax delinquency
Japan's State Minister of Finance Kanda Kenji has admitted that a company he owns had repeatedly failed to pay taxes. The revelation came in an Upper House committee meeting following a report from a ...
Finance minister says Kishida’s tax cut plan will deepen debt
Although Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan will return surplus tax revenues to the people, his plan to cut income taxes will require an additional issuance of government bonds, Finance Minister ...
Japan Current Account Surplus Hits Record in Support for Economy
Japan’s current-account surplus hit a record high in the first half of this fiscal year, marking a potentially positive development for the country’s economic recovery and weakened currency. Most Read ...
Troubled 2025 Osaka Expo could see further cost increases
Amid numerous challenges, Osaka officials hope no further discussions on increasing the budget of the troubled event will be needed. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ever-faithful dog turns 100
In the hurly-burly outside one of Tokyo's main train stations stands a statue of a dog whose true story of loyalty has made him a beloved mascot for generations.Hachiko, whose birth centenary is this week, ( read original story ...)
Profits Slip at Japan’s Sony, Hit by Lengthy Hollywood Strike
Sony has reported that its profit in the July-September quarter slipped 29% from a year earlier, as damage from a strike in the movie sector offset boosts from a favorable exchange rate ( read original story ...)