Dollar Maintains Climb on Fed Bets as Japan Futures Signal Gains

Osaka-traded Nikkei 225 Stock Average futures signaled gains of 0.3 percent amid the yen’s retreat, while shares in Wellington started the week with their first drop in three days. Ten-year New Zealand government notes tracked a decline in Treasuries as ... ( read original story ...)

Japan cabinet ministers visit controversial war shrine

Two Japanese cabinet ministers visited a controversial war shrine Wednesday, after a mass visit by lawmakers angered China and South Korea which see it as a painful reminder of Tokyo's past aggression. The ministers -- internal affairs chief Sanae Takaichi ... ( read original story ...)

The Demise Of The Japanese Financial System

The BoJ currently conducts a mass nationalization of private companies. Entire Japanese yield curve is artificially produced. Moves that the BoJ now conducts will sooner or later lead to devaluation of yen and a sizable fall against other major currencies. ( read original story ...)

Financial literacy key to boosting investment: BOJ survey

This is just one of the findings from a study done by the Central Council for Financial Services Information, a group within the Bank of Japan, that provides an in-depth look at the financial literacy of the Japanese people. The Financial Literacy Survey ... ( read original story ...)

Capsule hotels in Japan reach out to foreign tourists

New Japan Kanko Co, which claims to have inaugurated the first ... "But we need to attract younger people as new guests to continue our business." First Cabin Inc has designed its rooms along the line of the first class cabin of a passenger airline ... ( read original story ...)

Brazilian President seeks foreign investment, access to Japan’s markets

TOKYO Brazilian President Michel Temer told a top Japanese business lobby in Tokyo on Wednesday he would like to open up Brazil's markets and promote international investment there. Temer, making the first visit to Japan by a Brazilian head of state in 11 ...http://japanbizz.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=38&action=trash&_wpnonce=3778aa113e ( read original story ...)

Business tops Abe’s talks with Brazil’s Temer

Earlier Wednesday, Temer also met with officials from Keidanren, otherwise known as the Japan Business Federation, a powerful Japanese business lobby, to seek investments. Brazil’s once rapidly-growing economy took a hit amid slowing in other emerging ... ( read original story ...)

Why Japan has the best navy in Asia

Writing for The National Interest, Kyle Mizokami recently made a solid case for Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force (MSDF) as the best navy in all of Asia. While China fields a larger, ever modernizing navy with huge stores of cruise missiles and land ... ( read original story ...)