Japan
Japan’s wholesale prices fall 3.8% in 2015
TOKYO: Japan's wholesale prices fell 3.8 percent on year in October, marking the seventh consecutive month of decline, the Bank...
Japan seeks to buy 119,415 tons of wheat from US
TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 119,415 tonnes of food quality wheat from the...
Japan’s naphtha imports for petrochemical sector rise 2% in Oct
TOKYO: Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector rose 2 percent in October from the same month a year earlier,...
MUFG, Mizuho banks sale 160b yen of shares to individual investors
TOKYO: Banks under Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc and Mizuho Financial Group Inc sold a total 160 billion yen ($1.3...
Vietnam organize investment promotion week for 15 members of Keidanren
DA NANG: The central city organised an investment promotion week for 15 members of the Japanese Business Association (Keidanren), and...
Hong Kong becomes gold smuggling pipeline into Japan
HONG KONG: Incidents of gold being smuggled into Japan are soaring, with authorities struggling to get a grip on the...
Cuba, Japan seek to relaunch economic cooperation
HAVANA: Cuban and Japanese entrepreneurs are identifying business opportunities that will strengthen and expand cooperation in key sectors for economic...
Japanese metals producers continue to cut profit forecasts
TOKYO: Japanese metals producers continue to cut profit forecasts, with Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. the latest...
Japan overall bank lending up 2.5% on year in October
TOKYO: Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.5 percent on year in October, the Bank of Japan said on...
Japan Govt gives Zimbabwe $15m for irrigation project
HARARE: The Japanese government has extended a $15 million grant to government to fund the second phase of an irrigation...
Japan shares increases on weak yen
TOKYO: Shares in Japan and Shanghai rallied to fresh 2 1/2-month highs Monday, lifted by a weaker yen and stimulus...
Toyota Motor records earnings of $3.16 per ADR in Q2
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corporation recorded earnings of ¥192.51 per share ($3.16 per ADR) in second-quarter fiscal 2016 (ended Sep 30,...
Japan banks arrange $986m in syndicated loans
TOKYO: Japan's top banks are arranging 120 billion yen ($986 million) in syndicated loans for Nikkei Inc's $1.3 billion acquisition...
Japan steel scrap exports plunge 11.7% further in September
TOKYO: The steel scrap exports by Japan during the month of September this year declined considerably, as per the latest...
Honda quarterly net profit rises 6.9% in Japan
TOKYO: Honda Motor Co. today slightly lifted its full-year revenue forecast after quarterly net profit rose 6.9 percent. Honda raised...
Japan buys 129,663 tons of wheat from US
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 129,663 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and...
Japanese household’s inflation expectations slow 2.49% in Oct
TOKYO: The Cabinet Office survey of Japan published in mid-October showed weaker inflation expectations among households. According to the survey,...
Japanese pork imports continue to fall during Q3 of 2015
TOKYO: The continued recovery from PEDv, coupled with high stock levels, resulted in a further decline of pork imported into...
Japanese scrap exports drop sharply during Sep 2015
TOKYO: The Japanese scrap exports dropped sharply during September this year. The country’s scrap exports dropped below 500,000 tons during...
Japan Tobacco raises annual profit target 22% to 471 bln yen in August
TOKYO: Japan Tobacco Inc. raised its fiscal year-end dividend as it sees continued “mid to long term” growth, even as...
