On equity markets, Tokyo slipped as the yen hardened against the dollar while ... Saudi Arabia seems intent on playing its role as the world’s swing producer ahead of the Aramco IPO, impending sanctions on Venezuela by the US will almost certainly ... ( read original story ...)
Oil surges as dollar claws back losses
"Inventories are showing massive drawdowns, Saudi Arabia seems intent on playing its role as the world’s swing producer ahead of the Aramco IPO, impending sanctions ... senior economist at Nomura Securities in Tokyo. "The economy itself is stronger ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.17%
Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Steel and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low. Declining ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.17%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Steel and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low. Falling stocks ... ( read original story ...)
REPORT: Japan’s biggest bank chooses Amsterdam ahead of Frankfurt for post-Brexit EU hub
LONDON – Japan's biggest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has chosen the Dutch capital Amsterdam as the location of its post-Brexit EU headquarters, according to a report from the Financial Times on Sunday. Citing "two people briefed on the ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Moritomo Gakuen chief arrested over subsidy fraud
OSAKA--Prosecutors arrested the former head of private school ... found that the school operator purchased state-owned land in Toyonaka from the Kinki Local Finance Bureau of the Finance Ministry in June 2016 for just 14 percent of its appraised value. ( read original story ...)
Kagoikes arrested over alleged subsidy fraud involving Moritomo Gakuen schools plugged by Abe’s wife
OSAKA – Prosecutors on Monday arrested the former chief of ... after holding negotiations with the Finance Ministry’s local bureau in the area. Abe’s wife resigned her honorary post at the school after the deal came to light, but the possibility ... ( read original story ...)
Finance : REPORT: Japan’s biggest bank chooses Amsterdam ahead of Frankfurt for post-Brexit EU hub
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has already shifted its main EU HQ for corporate and retail banking to Amsterdam. LONDON – Japan's biggest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has chosen the Dutch capital Amsterdam as the location of its post-Brexit EU ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese woman died from tick-borne illness despite no tick bite, officials say
A woman in Japan who died from a tick-borne illness after being bitten by a stray cat is believed to be the first case of a human being infected with the disease without being directly bitten by a tick. The woman died 10 days after being bitten by a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Backs Trump with ‘Further Action’ on North Korea, Pressure on China
Japan’s prime minister said he “fully agreed” with Donald ... dream of doing any harm to [North Korea],” the statement said, according to state-run news agency KCNA. “If the U.S. fails to come to its own senses and continues to resort to military ... ( read original story ...)
Strawberry extract is secret of popsicles that do not melt
The company began marketing the popsicles in April, also retailing them at outlets in Osaka and Tokyo. The company’s president ... The discovery of strawberry polyphenol’s unique property was made by accident. The Biotherapy Development Research ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s biggest bank chooses Amsterdam ahead of Frankfurt for post-Brexit EU hub
LONDON – Japan's biggest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has chosen the Dutch capital Amsterdam as the location of its post-Brexit EU headquarters, according to a report from the Financial Times on Sunday. Citing "two people briefed on the ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese woman missing in Japan ‘left note wanting fresh start’
She was last in contact with her family on July 22, but her hotel in Sapporo in northern Japan grew concerned after ... according to the Shanghai news website Thepaper.cn. The report said Wei thanked her family for raising her in the letter and said ... ( read original story ...)
Woman missing in Japan left note
A Chinese woman reported missing in Japan left a thank-you note addressed to her parents at a guesthouse in Sapporo, Hokkaido News reported. Wei Qiujie.[File photo] Wei Qiujie, 26, a primary school teacher from Shaowu, Fujian province, disappeared on July ... ( read original story ...)
Letter to family bidding farewell found in belongings of missing Chinese tourist
The father of Qiujie arrived in Sapporo on July 28. He told police that the letter ... about her before she left [China],” her father was quoted, according to Fuji News Network (July 30). Wei was scheduled to return to China on July 25. ( read original story ...)
Missing Chinese teacher leaves note for parents
reports China Daily quoting Japanese media Hokkaido News. Accompanied by police officers, her father went to the room in central Sapporo, where they found the note, in which Wei thanked her parents for years of parenting. She went on to write that she wasn ... ( read original story ...)