Japan's new central bank governor Kazuo Ueda faces a bumpy road as slowing global growth clouds prospects for a sustained pickup in inflation and wages, a prerequisite for phasing out his ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei May Rise After U.S. Jobs Market Cooled
Japanese stocks may rise after data showed the U.S. labor market cooled slightly in March.
Asia markets set to rise as markets come back from long weekend
Asia-Pacific markets are set to rise on Monday as investors in Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia come back from a long weekend. In Australia, futures for the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.12% and stood at 7,248 ...
Japan logs 2.20 trillion yen current account surplus in February
Japan posted a current account surplus of 2.20 trillion yen ($16.6 billion) in February, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
New BoJ governor must end Japan’s easy money addiction
Kazuo Ueda faces the tough task of shifting gears to normalise monetary policy without hurting the economy too much.
Japan Has Y2.197 Trillion Current Account Surplus In February
Japan posted a current account surplus of 2.197 trillion yen in February, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday. That was shy of ...
Tokyo stocks open higher as U.S. economic slowdown concerns ease
Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday as concerns over a U.S. economic slowdown abated after data released late last week showed solid employment conditions. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to add $2.3 billion subsidy to Rapidus for Chitose chip plant – media
Japan's industry ministry is finalising a plan to provide state-backed chip maker Rapidus an additional 300 billion yen ($2.27 billion) in funding to build a semiconductor plant in the northern island ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s current account swings back to black on overseas investment
Japan's current account swung to a surplus in February, reflecting hefty returns on securities investments and easing some concerns about any weakening of the country's purchasing power, after the ... ( read original story ...)
Digital Wallets Are Increasingly Being Used by Consumers Visiting Japan: Report
Japan is also a popular destination “for Malaysian visitors ... Crowdfund Insider is the leading news and information website covering the emerging global industry of disruptive finance including ...
Pro-Winter Olympics incumbent Akimoto re-elected as Sapporo Mayor in boost for 2030 prospects
Katsuhiro Akimoto has been re-elected as Mayor of Sapporo in a much-needed boost for the Japanese city's hopes of staging the 2030 Winter Olympics ... ( read original story ...)
Woman stabbed to death at Nagoya station, man hit by passing train
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- An 18-year-old woman was found stabbed with a kitchen knife stuck in her chest in a platform waiting room at a station in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Saturday, police said. ( read original story ...)
Fans Think Kim Kardashian Had More Surgery After Debuting Swollen Lips In Tokyo
We are only four months into the new year, and we’ve already lost count of the amount of times Kim Kardashian has sparked plastic surgery speculation. The 42-year-old Skims founder has been compared ... ( read original story ...)
I’m an American who went shopping at a mall in Japan. Here are 13 things that surprised me.
The shopping malls I've visited in Japan have kids' bathrooms, fully stocked grocery stores, and incredible restaurants with food-serving robots. ( read original story ...)
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Ether has been climbing ahead of its planned ‘Shanghai’ tech upgrade. Here’s what the event could mean for crypto investors
Here's how the Shanghai upgrade is expected to affect Ethereum network participants and crypto traders buying or selling ETH.