His Navy career helped him see the world and meet his wife. She was a Japanese secretary who frequently brought papers to a Yokohama office where Ackert was stationed. They were married in Scranton, Pa., and had a son when Ackert was 55. He wanted to spend ... ( read original story ...)
Pokemon Go event countdown: New Legendary Zapdos release LIVE, Moltres end news
"We will be incorporating all of our learnings into the Pokémon GO events planned for later this summer in Yokohama, Japan and across Europe." Niantic have been keeping fans busy over past two weeks with new Pokemon Go Legendary events. More simple than ... ( read original story ...)
South America OTR Tire Market By Vehicle Type, By Country, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2022
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd, Toyo Tire & Rubber Company, Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd., Triangle Tyre Co. Ltd, CEAT Limited, etc. "South America OTR Tire Market By Vehicle Type, By Company, By Demand Category Forecast ... ( read original story ...)
NKorea nukes, missiles top concerns in Japan defense review
The threat to Japan from North Korea has reached a "new stage" now that the country is capable of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile and its nuclear weapons program has advanced, a defense ministry report said Tuesday. North Korea was the main ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Display may seek outside investor for turnaround: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Display Inc is considering seeking funds from an outside investor to help finance an overhaul of its ailing smartphone screen-making business, including 3,500 job cuts, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday. The liquid ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Bank Lending Steady At 3.3% In July
Overall bank lending in Japan was up 3.3 percent on year, the Bank of Japan said on Tuesday - coming in at 516.253 trillion yen. That was in line with expectations and unchanged from the June reading. Excluding trusts, bank lending advanced an annual 3.4 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s political turmoil should make investors nervous
In addition, Japan’s domestic economic policy aside, the global economy is in good shape, with solid growth. We think these arguments are too optimistic. The Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) four years of extraordinary monetary easing have no doubt had positive ... ( read original story ...)
CFTC Fines Japanese Bank Over Spoofing
Law360, New York (August 7, 2017, 6:32 PM EDT) -- A Japanese bank that found one of its traders used phony trade orders to manipulate prices for eurodollar and U.S. Treasury notes and came clean with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission about the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan logs current accounts surplus for 36th straight month in June
Japan's current account surplus is one of the the broadest measure of its trade with the rest of the world. The data is keenly eyed by the Bank of Japan and the Finance Ministry ahead of new potential policy changes or monetary easing or tapering measures. ( read original story ...)
USD/JPY – Yen Quiet, Markets Eye Japanese Current Account
Japan’s economy has shown improvement ... At its recent policy meeting, the BoJ again extended its time-frame for reaching its inflation target of 2%. The bank is reluctant to scale back its asset-purchase program, which means that it will likely ... ( read original story ...)
Dollar steadies as investors await U.S inflation data
"Looking to the Fed futures market, there's less than a 50 percent chance of one more rate hike this year," said Bill Northey, chief investment officer at U.S. Bank Private Client ... Against its Japanese counterpart, the dollar edged up to 110.78 yen. ( read original story ...)
Yen is set for 100 if shorts get exposed by Fed, says Nomura
While most yen bears have cut back expectations of a Trump reflation trade, others are betting policy divergence between the Bank of Japan and its global peers will increase pressure on the currency. Goldman Sachs Asset Management has added to wagers for ... ( read original story ...)
High equity exposure pays off for Japan’s GPIF
Meanwhile, under the Bank of Japan’s continued quantitative easing programme, the fund has incurred losses on its domestic fixed income positions, generating a negative 0.01% return, compared to the domestic composite benchmark’s negative 0.03%. ( read original story ...)
Keith Greggor Explains Why He Sold Anchor Brewing Company
Japan’s Sapporo Holdings Ltd. announced last Thursday that it would acquire craft brewing pioneer Anchor Brewing Company for a provisional $85 million sum. It’s the second time in seven years that the 121-year-old San Francisco brewery will change ... ( read original story ...)
Airigami attends Tokyo Maker Faire
Make: Japan recently invited Rochester’s Airigami to attend Tokyo Maker Faire and build a giant balloon structure of its mascot, Makey. “We first built our replica of the Maker Faire mascot at the 2016 World Maker Faire in New York City last fall and ... ( read original story ...)
Olympic bronze medallist Hitchon believes she’ll peak in Tokyo
The former ballet dancer missed out on the Olympic final in 2012 but insists she will be patient in pursuit of more medals, believing she won't peak until the 2020 Games in Tokyo. "We'll go back to the drawing board and look to improve for next year," she ... ( read original story ...)