Japan
Foreign-exchange trading declined in Japan, Australia in April
CANBERRA: Foreign-exchange trading declined in Japan and Australia in April, as the Federal Reserve’s signals that U.S. interest rates would...
Powerful typhoon kills 11,000 farmed bluefin tuna in Japan
Tokyo: A powerful typhoon which lashed Japan last week has killed more than 11,000 farmed bluefin tuna, costing over $10...
Mexico’s Pemex to export 6 mln barrels of crude oil to Japanese petroleum group
TOKYO: Mexican state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos said Friday it has reached an agreement to export 6 million barrels of...
Japan propose to set 70,000-ton tariff-free import quota for U.S. rice in bilateral talks
TOKYO: In return for maintaining a high tariff on the country’s staple food, Japan is proposing to set a 70,000-ton...
Japan stops writing insurance for trade after auto payment defaults
CARACAS: Japan’s government-backed export insurance agency said it has stopped writing insurance for trade and investment in Venezuela after facing...
Japan trade deficit comes in at 69.0b yen, plunging 91.75 from 834.0b yen deficit
TOKYO: Japan's trade deficit narrowed sharply last month as exports picked up while a sky-high energy import bill continues to...
Japan Post Holdings Co launches JV to sell investment trusts at post offices
TOKYO: Japan Post Holdings Co (IPO-JAPP.T) said it would launch a joint venture to sell investment trusts at post offices,...
Japanese investment in deep-water port at Matarbarhi Island highlights increasing geo-political rivalry
TOKYO: Japanese investment in a new deep-water port at Matarbarhi Island on the southeast coast of Bangladesh highlights increasing geo-political...
Japan’s economic growth forecast to slow sharply in Q2
TOKYO: Japan’s government lowered its assessment of industrial output in July as auto makers and electronic parts manufacturers curb output...
Philippines seeks zero tariff on sugar in Japan
TOKYO: The Philippines wants Japan to trim duties imposed on Philippine sugar as the two countries review the Philippines-Japan Economic...
Japan Bank Corporate loan demand increased in July
TOKYO: Corporate loan demand in Japan increased in July, a Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey from the Bank of Japan...
JOGMEC buys LPG from Itochu Corp to store in national reserves
TOKYO: State-run Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) said on Thursday it had bought liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...
Japan’s naphtha imports for petrochemical sector rise 1% in June
TOKYO: Japan’s naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector rose 1 percent in June from the same month a year earlier,...
Japan’s fighter jet scrambles in April-June fell by half to 173 times from year earlier
TOKYO: Japan’s fighter jet scrambles in April-June fell by half to 173 times from a year earlier as Tokyo saw...
Delta Air Lines joins bid to rescue Japan’s bankrupt carrier Skymark
TOKYO: US carrier Delta Air Lines will join a bid to rescue Japan's bankrupt carrier Skymark, the US firm leading...
Japan imported only 7,806 barrels per day of oil from Venezuela in 2014
TOKYO: Japan’s government-backed export insurance agency said it has stopped writing insurance for trade and investment in Venezuela after facing...
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture seeks to buy total of 137,847T of food quality wheat from US
TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 137,847 tonnes of food quality wheat from the...
Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association urges PH exporters want zero tariff for bananas in Japan
TOKYO: The Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) is urging the government to review the concessions in the Philippine-Japan...
Trade between Japan, Abu Dhabi amounted to AED3.7b in first 5 months of 2015
TOKYO: The value of the trade exchange between Japan and the emirate of Abu Dhabi amounted to AED3.7 billion in...
Japanese police arrest 3 for smuggling meth from Turkey
TOKYO: Police have cracked an international drug smuggling ring that used Czech and Slovak couriers to take Iranian methamphetamine from...
