"Some people say my rhetoric is very strong but look what has happened with very weak rhetoric in the last 25 years," said Trump, who stood with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a Monday news conference. Abe, who has taken a more hawkish view on North ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese logistics firm SG Holdings IPO to raise up to $1.1 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese logistics company SG Holdings Co said on Monday its initial public offering would raise up to 124.5 billion yen ($1.1 billion), valuing the company at about 500 billion yen. The company, its employee shareholding association and ... ( read original story ...)
IPO Market Stumbles in Denmark as $1 Billion Deal In Doubt
The world’s largest cleaning service provider had to pull its IPO in the last minute in March 2011 as stock markets plunged amid Japan’s nuclear disaster. ISS eventually listed three years later, and has performed well on the Danish exchange with the ... ( read original story ...)
Trump, in Japan, talks tough on the ‘menace’ of North Korea, trade
standing alongside Japanese Prime Minster and promising to work in solidarity with Japan to confront “the North Korean menace.” At an afternoon news conference with Abe here, Trump declared, “the era of strategic patience is over,” and promised to ... ( read original story ...)
Trump says stands with Japan against North Korean ‘menace’, working on trade
Abe, with whom Trump has bonded through multiple summits and phone calls, repeated at the same news conference that Japan backed Trump's stance that "all options" are on the table, saying it was time to exert maximum pressure on North Korea and the two ... ( read original story ...)
Trump lashes out at ‘unfair’ Japan trade ties
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Japan over trade and said he would push for a fairer economic relationship between the two countries. Speaking to business leaders in Tokyo on Monday he said Japan "has been winning" on trade in recent decades. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Trump expects large-scale military sale to Japan
Reporters were unable to hear the conversation. 10 a.m. President Donald Trump has raised the touchy issue of trade with Japanese business leaders. Trump says in remarks to business leaders in Tokyo that the U.S. and Japan will have “more trade than ... ( read original story ...)
Trump tells Japan to build more cars in the US ‘instead of shipping them over,’ but they already build millions of vehicles in the states
Trump said Japan's manufacturers should build more cars in the US "instead of shipping them over." Japanese car makers like Toyota, Honda, and Nissan already build millions of their best-selling vehicles in the US. The US president made similar comments ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Complains of Unfair Trade With Japan, Defends TPP Pullout
President Donald Trump told a gathering of business leaders in Tokyo that Japan has an unfair advantage on trade and that he intends to fix that imbalance by making it easier to do business in the U.S. "For the last many decades, Japan has been winning. ( read original story ...)
Two suspected thieves killed after police chase in Sapporo ends in fiery crash
HOKKAIDO (TR) – A police chase in Sapporo on Wednesday ended in a fiery crash that left two suspected male members of a gang of thieves dead and another seriously, reports TBS News (Nov. 2). At around 1:50 a.m., a vehicle carrying the three persons burst ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo teenager gets her wish in ‘maiko’ geisha debut in Nagoya
NAGOYA--Dressed in a kimono called “ohikizuri,” whose bottom is made so long that it drags on the floor, an 18-year-old girl from Tokyo is living her dream as a "maiko" apprentice geisha here. Under the name Makoto, Yuri Akaishi became the first maiko ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: US First Lady visits Tokyo school
He is scheduled to hold a news conference with Abe later Monday ... He spoke to reporters ahead of a summit meeting in Tokyo with President Donald Trump. Authorities say 26 people were killed and about 20 others wounded in the attack in Sutherland Springs. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Trump meets with Japanese Emperor Akihito
Reporters were unable to hear the conversation. 10 a.m. President Donald Trump has raised the touchy issue of trade with Japanese business leaders. Trump says in remarks to business leaders in Tokyo that the U.S. and Japan will have "more trade than ... ( read original story ...)
Japan October services PMI rises to more than two-year high as new orders accelerate
In another positive sign, the index for business sentiment rose to a fourth-month high of 55.5 from 53.3 in September. "The Japanese service sector made a strong start to the fourth quarter, with the headline business activity index hitting a 26-month high ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Trump says making ‘tremendous progress’ in Japan
Trump kicked off his first Asian tour on Sunday in Japan. He is scheduled to hold a news conference with Abe later Monday. Abe also said they had an "in-depth" discussion and he looked forward to continuing the conversation. 12:18 p.m. Japan's leader is ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ Kuroda: No Immediate Need to Tweak Pace of ETF Buying
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday he saw no immediate need to tweak the pace or the way it buys exchange-traded funds (ETF) under its massive stimulus program. "We may make some modification to the way we buy ... ( read original story ...)