Two Japanese businessmen were handed suspended prison sentences on Thursday in the latest convictions in a bribery scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Corruption allegations have spiralled in ... ( read original story ...)
Business urges more green trade with China
Australia is being urged to look at green energy development as it seeks to wean itself off its dependence on China’s demand for bulk commodities. ( read original story ...)
Nikkei 225 index: is it safe to buy Japan stocks in May?
The Nikkei 225 index held steady close to its highest level since September last year ahead of the upcoming Softbank earnings. The index, which tracks the biggest Japan companies, rose to ¥29,200, ...
Japan Funds Ramp Up Treasury Purchases Amid US Banking Turmoil
Japanese investors bought a record amount of Treasuries in the first three months of the year as concern over the US banking sector damped bets on Federal Reserve rate hikes.
Bank of Japan weighed ‘risk’ of premature monetary tightening at April meeting
The Bank of Japan maintained ultralow interest rates at its meeting last month after considering "the risk of missing a chance" to achieve its inflation target by prematurely revising policy, a ...
Japan’s Takeda Pharma says full-year profit rose 6.4%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Thursday its full-year profit rose 6.4% after Japan's biggest drugmaker spent big to replenish its drug pipeline. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Subaru sets out targets for EV push over five years
Japanese automaker Subaru Corp laid out targets for selling and making battery electric vehicles (EVs) on Thursday, aiming for global sales of 200,000 units a year by around 2026 as it seeks to tap into the growing EV market. ( read original story ...)
Marketmind: US debt drama crashes Japan’s G7 party
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is highlighting three core priorities at the start of the G7 finance ministers' three-day meeting in Niigata, ( read original story ...)
South Korea-Japan Deal Helps Counter Pyongyang, Adviser Says
A recent warming of ties between South Korea and Japan will help them share information with their US ally to keep an eye on North Korea, said a top adviser to Seoul who helped draw up a deal to remedy an impasse that hurt security and trade ties. ( read original story ...)
Lower Tokyo Office Vacancies Give Relief to Market After Covid
Tokyo’s office vacancy rate fell in April, offering temporary relief to landlords as cities around the globe struggle with empty space after hybrid work took root during the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Two more handed suspended jail terms in Tokyo Olympics scandal
Two Japanese businessmen were handed suspended prison sentences on Thursday in the latest convictions in a bribery scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.Last month, the former chairman of a high ... ( read original story ...)
5.4 magnitude earthquake near Tokyo causes minor injuries, damage
An earthquake has shaken Japan’s capital, Tokyo, and surrounding areas, injuring several people and causing minor damage ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo middle school teacher arrested on suspicion of murder
A junior high school teacher was arrested on May 10 for allegedly fatally slashing a man at a house here in February this year. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Otsuka Pharma gets FDA approval for Alzheimer’s agitation drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Otsuka Pharmaceutical's brexpiprazole to treat agitation in patients with Alzheimer's on Thursday, making it the first approved drug for the indication, ... ( read original story ...)
EUROPE US debt drama crashes Japan’s G7 party
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is highlighting three core priorities at the start of the G7 finance ministers' three-day meeting in Niigata, Japan today: reining in global inflation, bolstering ... ( read original story ...)
S’porean man, 33, buys old house in Japan for S$30,000 & remakes it into a guesthouse
A Singaporean man, Lee Xian Jie, 33, bought a home in rural Japan for S$30,000. His story has been documented in various chats, interviews, and most recently, hashed out in more detail in The Straits ... ( read original story ...)