TOKYO (Reuters) – Three Japanese insurance companies will stop insuring ships for damage in all Russian waters due to the war in Ukraine, potentially affecting Japan’s energy imports such as…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), the preferred bidder to buy out Toshiba Corp, may lower the valuation from the planned 2.2 trillion yen ($16.09 billion) to levels below…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s economy is not yet in a phase where the central bank can end yield curve control (YCC), its board member Hajime Takata was quoted as saying by…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei 225 share average will rally to the psychological 30,000 level by the middle of next year for the first time since September…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Orix Corp has decided it could invest about 300 billion yen ($2 billion) in a consortium to buy out Japanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba Corp, the Nikkei Business magazine…
TOKYO (Reuters) -The relationship between Japan’s Nissan Motor Co and top shareholder Renault SA should be “more equal”, the Nikkei newspaper quoted the French automaker’s chief executive as saying. “This…
TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of tax policy at Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said on Friday that raising corporate taxes was an option to fund the country’s defence build-up,…
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google plans to invest a total of 100 billion yen ($690.13 million) in Japan through 2024, its Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai told Nikkei in an…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Mazda Motor Corp is discussing ending production of its vehicles at a joint venture plant in Vladivostok, eastern Russia, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday. The…
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan has conducted a rate check in apparent preparation for currency intervention, the Nikkei website reported on Wednesday citing unnamed sources. (Reporting by Mariko…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese trading firm Mitsui & Co is close to making a final decision to join a new Russian operator for the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project,…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei ended above the key psychological level of 29,000 on Wednesday for the first time in more than seven months, after an overnight Wall Street rally…
(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will attend former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral on Sept. 27, Nikkei Asia reported https://s.nikkei.com/3QIM37n on Sunday. Harris is also expected…
(Reuters) – St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard would prefer to lift interest rates by 75 basis points at the central bank’s next meeting later this month, telling the…
TOKYO -Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) Inc is in final talks to acquire 10% of online financial giant SBI Holdings Inc in a deal likely worth over 60 billion…
TOKYO – Japan’s government is considering resuming a national travel discount campaign as soon as late this month to help the tourism industry recover from a COVID-19 slump, the Nikkei…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO – Japan’s Nikkei share index, which has had a rollercoaster ride in the past year, is forecast to climb over 7% to 29,000 by end-2022, a…
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said it was important for Japan to maintain close ties with overseas currency authorities, in an exclusive interview with Nikkei newspaper published on…
TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is arranging his attendance at the Shangri-La Dialogue Asian security summit in Singapore on June 10-12 to foster an understanding of Japan’s defence…
TOKYO – Hitachi Ltd is planning to sell most of its 40% stake in Hitachi Transport System Ltd to U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for $1.56 billion,…
– Nissan Motor Co Ltd plans to stop developing new internal combustion engines in all its major markets except the United States and focus on making electric vehicles, the Nikkei…