Japan
Toshiba to axe up to 7,000 jobs
TOKYO: Toshiba Corp is looking to cut up to 7,000 jobs, as it looks to streamline operations in the wake...
Japan exports dip 1.5% in Nov
TOKOYO: Japan’s exports were expected to fall for a second straight month in November, a Reuters poll found, which would...
New Zealand butter exports to Japan jump 139%
WELLINGTON: A butter renaissance is relieving a little of the pain farmers are feeling from low milk prices in a...
Japan business confidence smooth in 2015
TOKYO: Japan's biggest manufacturers were in a cautious mood during the last quarter of the year, a central bank survey...
Japan’s naphtha imports fall 8% in Nov 2015
TOKYO: Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector fell 8 percent in November from the same month a year earlier,...
Dubai, Japan firms sign MoU to discover business in India
DUBAI: An Indian-owned business house here has signed an MoU with a Japanese company to form a joint venture for...
Japan’s stocks end 3 consecutive days of losses
TOKYO: Japan's stocks rose on Friday following an upbeat session in US, ending three consecutive days of losses. The benchmark...
Shrimp imports into Japan from Vietnam in Jan-Oct 2015
HANOI: Statistics from the International Trade Center (ITC) showed that Vietnam remained the leading shrimp supplier to Japan. It was...
Japan’s Koizumi Group gets stake in Vietnam’s steel firm
HANOI: Koizumi Group, a major wholesaler of housing equipment and materials in Japan, has acquired a 23 percent stake in...
Japan’s exports expected to fall for second straight month in Nov
TOKYO: Japan's exports were expected to fall for a second straight month in November, a Reuters poll found, which would...
Japan court sentences two Russians jail for smuggling 30kg drugs
TOKYO: Japan's Sapporo district court sentenced two Russian citizens to 12 and 11.6 years in prison for smuggling 30 kg...
2 Russian men sentenced in Japan over drug smuggling case
TOKYO: Japan's Sapporo district court sentenced two Russian citizens to 12 and 11.6 years in prison for smuggling 30 kg...
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture buys 119,165 tons wheat
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 119,165 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States, Canada...
Japanese agricultural exports hit record high
TOKYO: Japanese exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products as well as other foods are expected to hit a record...
Japan’s core machinery orders jump 10.7% to $7.35bn in October
TOKYO: The Japanese government said Wednesday that core machinery orders in private sector here jumped a seasonally adjusted 10.7 percent...
Japanese farm exports likely to hit record high in 2015
TOKYO: Japanese exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products as well as other foods are expected to hit a record...
Bank lending in Japan rises 2.3% in Nov
TOKYO: The average balance of bank lending in the country in November, excluding loans by shinkin (credit banks), rose 2.3...
Japan Current account surplus grow 72.3% in Oct
TOKYO: The current account surplus grew 72.3 percent from a year earlier in October, the 16th consecutive month of surplus,...
Japan’s current account surplus to touch $11.84bn in Oct
TOKYO: Japan's current account in October stayed in positive territory for the 16th consecutive month in October, standing at a...
Japan to reduce plan issuance of Govt bonds for fiscal 2015
TOKYO: Japan will reduce its planned issuance of government bonds for fiscal 2015 by about 450 billion yen ($3.63 billion)...
