Japan’s foreign investments and assets grew to the second-highest level on record as companies used the high yen to make acquisitions abroad, a trend that may help them cope with stagnant demand at home. (read more…)
TOKYO, May 16 (Reuters) – Key TOCOM rubber futures edgedhigher on Wednesday as the dollar firmed versus the yen, butprice gains from a 4-month low marked the previous day werelimited by uncertainty over … (read more here…)
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Japanese stocks lost ground in early Wednesday trading, as overnight losses in the U.S. and the prospect of new Greek elections weighed on large-cap names despite a weakening for the yen against the dollar. The blue-chip Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.5% to 8,856.44, with the drop outpacing a 0.4% early...
Tokyo, May 11 (Xinhua-ANI): Panasonic Corp. announced on Friday that it has recorded its worst-ever group net loss of 772.17 billion yen (9.67 billion U.S. dollars) for the financial year ending in Ma (read more…)
Japan's Toshiba said Tuesday that its full-year net profit fell by almost half to $921 million, hit by a strong yen, weak digital product sales, and last year's natural disasters in Japan and Thailand. (read the story…)
Japan's Nikkei Average ends with 2.8% loss, as strong yen, Europe elections hit stocks (get the story…)
