TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government retained its view that the economy is recovering at a moderate pace, while saying that weakness continued to center on exports, according to a monthly economic ... ( read original story ...)
South Korean firm to boost output of chipmaking chemical amid Japan curbs: report
The hydrogen fluoride factory operated by SoulBrain Co Ltd 036830.KQ> will begin operations in September and the company hopes to help replace imports from Japan, online business media MoneyToday ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s machine tool orders fall sharply as China demand wanes
TOKYO -- Chinese orders for Japanese machine tools in June declined 59.7%, to 11.5 billion yen ($106 million), as the U.S.-China trade war has made manufacturers reluctant to invest in facilities. ... ( read original story ...)
South Korean companies brace for broader Japan export curbs
an official in the Japanese trade ministry's security export licensing division told the Nikkei Asian Review. Hundreds of South Korean companies, including Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finance minister Aso: Government gained public trust for tax hike with election win
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the government won voters’ confidence in a planned sales tax hike in October through Sunday’s upper house election. Aso told ... ( read original story ...)
Fearing transport chaos, Tokyo tells workers to stay home for next year’s Olympics
On July 22, one year before the Games, Tokyo rolled out a month-long “Telework Days” campaign, with government offices and private business committing to avoiding peak commuting hours. The concept isn ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Bankers Feel Pain of Negative Rates in Their Paychecks
(Bloomberg) -- It’s not just Japanese banks that are feeling the squeeze from the Bank of Japan’s negative interest rates, their employees are too. The latest data compiled by Tokyo Shoko Research, a ... ( read original story ...)
How Japan’s trade row with South Korea could hit tech supplies
A trade spat between Japan and South Korea threatens to spill beyond their borders, posing potential risks to consumer electronics supplies around the world. The row stems from export restrictions ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei dips on fading US rate cut views, earnings caution
TOKYO: Japanese shares dipped on Monday as hopes for a large US Federal Reserve rate cut faded and investors took a cautious stance ahead of the domestic earnings seasons, which starts this week. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe pushes charter change despite election results
I urge opposition parties to face it squarely,” he said at a news conference. “I hope to create a revision ... head of the liberal-leaning opposition constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, said ... ( read original story ...)
Equinix Opens Eleventh Data Center in Tokyo – Its Largest to Date in Japan
In close proximity to the Tokyo central business district, the TY11 IBX data center will enable CSPs to move their services closer to their customers at the digital edge via Platform Equinix ... ( read original story ...)
Abe’s LDP and partner win majority in Japan upper house election
TOKYO -- Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party ... had secured 66 seats of the 124 that were contested, according to a Nikkei estimate. That is enough to give the coalition a majority in ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 1-Year Out: Scandal, high costs but unrivaled demand
TOKYO - Despite scandals ... Tomizawa, whose father was a producer for NBC News at the '64 Olympics, said the "measured demeanour" of the Japanese hides their Olympic enthusiasm. ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Gas, JBIC invest $100 million to take minority stake in AG&P
Japan’s Osaka Gas and JBIC have invested about USD 100 million in AG&P, which recently won a license to retail gas in some Indian cities and has plans to build an LNG import terminal on the east coast ... ( read original story ...)
AG&P Receives Landmark Equity Investment from a Consortium of Preeminent Japanese Investors – Osaka Gas and JBIC
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AGP International Holdings Pte. Ltd. (AG&P) has received a major equity investment from two Japanese institutions to support AG&P’s success in innovating and disrupting the ... ( read original story ...)
Kakuryu wakes up a winner after lifting Emperor’s Cup in Nagoya
NAGOYA - Yokozuna Kakuryu said he woke up to a blissful Monday morning, after winning his sixth top-division title at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. “I woke up feeling really great. I was more ... ( read original story ...)