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As rivals circle, Japan boosts firepower to buy global energy assets
Japan plans to rush through a bill to provide more financial muscle for its companies to compete for global energy assets, just as other resource-hungry Asian economies such as China and India are also looking to snap up depressed oil assets. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet intends to revise a ...
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Dollar hits one-month low below ¥101 in Tokyo
The dollar hit a one-month low below ¥101 in Tokyo trading on Friday, losing ground after the U.S. Federal Reserve stopped short of carrying out an interest rate increase at its latest policy-setting meeting. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥100.99-101.00, down from ¥101.80-82 at the same time Wednesday, ...
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Dentsu internal probe reveals ad overcharges going back to 2012
Ad giant Dentsu discloses that it overcharged clients by an estimated ¥230 million for internet ads, casting doubt on the transparency of digital media transactions. The post Dentsu internal probe reveals ad overcharges going back to 2012 appeared first on The Japan Times.
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Sony to open new Ginza store
Sony Corp. will on Saturday open the doors to its new store in Tokyo’s bustling Ginza district. After closing its flagship store in the Sony Building last month to make way for a rebuild, the new store forms part of the newly completed Ginza Place, which opens the same day. ...
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Amid strong yen, ‘tankan’ survey predicted to show business mood mixed
Japanese manufacturers’ mood improved for the first time in five quarters while service sector confidence worsened to the lowest since 2014, a Reuters poll showed, as the effects of a strong yen filtered through the economy. The Bank of Japan’s quarterly tankan business sentiment survey will likely show the headline ...
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Tokyo stocks turn lower on profit-taking
Stocks turned lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, pressured by profit-taking and position-adjustment selling after the end of key monetary policy-setting meetings in Japan and abroad. The 225-issue Nikkei average lost 53.60 points, or 0.32 percent, to end at 16,754.02. On Wednesday, the key market gauge surged 315.47 points. ...
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Firms vie for lead as connected Japan becomes reality
For trend-conscious corporate executives in Japan, a connected world is not a distant future in the making but a reality. A growing number of Japanese companies are waking up to the need to sharpen their business strategies and boost investment as the hunt for the next big thing intensifies. The ...
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BOJ’s bid to control yields likely to spur demand for company debt
The Bank of Japan’s decision to explicitly control sovereign bond yields will probably cap interest rates, bolstering demand for corporate debt offering extra premiums, according to analysts. The BOJ added what it calls “yield curve control” to its stimulus mix Wednesday and said it will seek to keep the yield ...
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Fresh warning against excessive yen rises issued
Authorities are ready to act against excessive yen rises, the government’s top spokesman said Friday, issuing a fresh warning to markets against recent yen gains that could hurt the country’s export-reliant economy. The dollar fell to a nearly four-week low of ¥100.10 Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve trimmed its ...
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Big rise reported in UAE residents without life insurance
Friends Provident survey says 58% do not have life insurance while only 21% have critical illness cover