Pedestrians walk past the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on September 13. With the Bank of Japan leaving its unprecedented monetary easing programme intact on Thursday, S&P said pressure on lending margins may intensify. S&P Global Ratings warned of ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan : Basic Figures of the Flow of Funds (2nd Quarter 2017)
Basic Figures Flow of Funds for the Second Quarter of 2017 (Preliminary report) September 25, 2017 Research and Statistics Department Bank of Japan Contents Chart 1 Financial assets and liabilities by sector Chart 2-1 Financial surplus and deficit by ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Yen Focused Elsewhere as Manufacturing Hits 4-Month High
Still, the Yen was unmoved by the data release. Signs of robust performance from the Japanese economy are nothing new this year. However, with the Bank of Japan still very publicly committed to keeping monetary policy ultra-loose until consumer price ... ( read original story ...)
Last Week in Numbers: Japan’s Exports at 4-Year High
The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged at 0.1%. After the two-day policy meeting, it also kept its yield target for 10-year government bonds at around 0%. It said that the optimistic view on the economy should accelerate inflation to its 2% target. ( read original story ...)
Wells Fargo CEO to testify before Senate banking panel on Oct. 3
Praxair Inc Cm (NYSE:PX) was reduced too. Axelsen claims men's singles crown at BWF Japan Open Datuk Lee Chong Wei (pic) is slated to meet newly-crowned world champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the Japan Open final. Moreover, Marin has taken a 2-0 lead ... ( read original story ...)
Baidu’s newest gadget translates speech in near real-time
The portable gadget, which weighs as much as a smartphone, was revealed Tuesday at the 16th Machine Translation Summit in Nagoya, Japan ... to an all-hands meeting at which the news would be announced. Alipay opens up its mini program to users for beta ... ( read original story ...)
Sumitomo Chemical to take stake in nucleic acid startup
Sumitomo Chemical already holds a roughly 1% interest in Bonac, but the new investment will make it the second-largest shareholder after Hayashi Kasei, the startup's Osaka-based parent. Sumitomo Chemical is looking to gain board representation and send ... ( read original story ...)
NEPA’s Most Wanted Fugitives, 9-24/2017
Wanted for: Theft of movable property, criminal conspiracy with multiple criminal ... Wanted for: Theft of a backpack from Osaka restaurant in downtown Scranton. Description: White man, 37 years old. Contact: Scranton police detectives, 570-348-4139. ( read original story ...)
Hot Property: Portillo’s Hot Dogs in Apple Valley
Pizza Hut and Osaka Seafood Steakhouse. Launch is seeking to change the Ryan property's zoning and to gain site plan approvals for the project. The requests went before the city's planning commission in August but were tabled because of some unaddressed ... ( read original story ...)
Wozniacki eyes top after retaining Tokyo title
TOKYO: Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki romped to a 6-0 ... flat and didn't have enough energy and Caroline was playing amazing tennis." Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news app for ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ruling party far ahead of opposition as election nears
TOKYO -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is supported by just 44% of voters as the country heads toward a lower house election expected late next month, but the opposition trails far behind, according to a Nikkei/TV Tokyo survey conducted Friday ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly 20% of Japan’s quake recovery funds still sit idle
TOKYO -- Almost $5 billion in funds earmarked for rebuilding Japan's disaster-stricken northeast remain unused, with projects entangled in local debates and nuts-and-bolts complications, a Nikkei study has found. The Nikkei compiled government survey data ... ( read original story ...)
Wozniacki whips Pavlyuchenkova to retain Tokyo title
TOKYO: Caroline Wozniacki ended her string of final failures ... until the final game when Wozniacki converted a break point for the victory. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. Download The Times of India news app for ... ( read original story ...)
New service in Japan helps tourists lose the luggage
TOKYO -- Foreign travelers trailing large suitcases at tourist spots are a familiar sight in Japan, but they could ease up if a planned joint new service by JTB, Panasonic and Yamato Holdings takes off. The January launch of the Luggage-Free Travel service ... ( read original story ...)
Can Japan claw back the ¥1.4 trillion it sent to North Korea?
It managed to avoid that fate when a small property firm in Japan called Green Forest acquired the site after allegedly receiving a large transfer of funds – around ¥1 billion (HK$63.97 million) – from Hong Kong-based Dongnam Shipping Agency. ( read original story ...)
Industrial property market booms, demand spurs investment
Investors from Japan and China have also been increasing their investments in IZs. Long Duc Investment Co Ltd, a company run by Sojitz Corporation, Daiwa House Industry, Kobelco Eco-Solutions and Donafoods, are planning to expand Long Duc IZ in Long Thanh ... ( read original story ...)