Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
Related Topics
...Goldman Sachs has named Hidehiro Imatsu as the new president of its Japan operations, ending a six month effort to fill one of the most powerful positions in Tokyo’s financial industry....
...Japan’s Topix was the worst-performing benchmark index, shedding 1.3 per cent. The yen weakened past ¥155 a dollar ahead of the Bank of Japan’s interest rate announcement on Friday....
...The yen tumbled to a fresh 34-year low on Friday after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold and offered no indication it was in a hurry to arrest the currency’s slide with higher borrowing costs...
...The rate has not been past that level since Japan’s 1998 financial crisis, according to Naka Matsuzawa, Japan macro strategist at Nomura....
...One consequence of that, according to three bankers, was that Goldman Japan had fallen back in some key areas....
...Japan’s biggest brokerage and investment bank said on Friday that net income in its fourth quarter, which runs to the end of March, came in at ¥56.8bn ($363mn), compared with just ¥7.4bn in the same period...
...The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off from raising interest rates next week but investors expect the central bank to outline its response to rising inflationary pressures caused by the yen’s decline....
...Smaller companies play a big role in Japan’s electric vehicle battery supply chain, indirectly supporting the likes of Toyota Motor and Tesla....
...Japan’s maglev is intended as public transport for the masses....
...The population of under-15s in Japan now stands at a record low of 11.4 per cent of the overall population, while the number of over-75s stands at a record high of 16.1 per cent....
...In Japan, corporate savings have been on the rise for more than two decades....
...Meanwhile, corporate Japan has an untold hoard of art, and the questions around it provide a sharp-edged focus for all this....
...I now hope to become one of Japan’s leading companies in the future,” he says....
...A growing number of health-conscious consumers rejecting beer, wine and spirits represents “a big opportunity”, said the chief executive of Japan’s biggest brewer Asahi, who forecast zero- and low-alcohol...
...As my colleague Robin Harding explains, all the structural causes of low inflation and naturally low interest rates in Japan remain....
...Sort of… Some analysts have been sceptical about the overall direction of inflation in Japan, saying that price growth has been due to external factors, not lasting changes in Japan’s economy....
...Japan’s exports in March rose 7.3 per cent year-on-year, driven by increased demand from China and the US, official data released on Wednesday showed....
...European stocks were unmoved in early trading on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan voted to end its policy of negative interest rates and raised borrowing costs for the first time since 2007....
...The US and Japan plan to modernise their military command and control structures in what President Joe Biden said was the “most significant” upgrade to their alliance since it was created decades ago....
...“Recognising Japan’s strengths and its close bilateral defence partnerships with all three countries, we are considering co-operation with Japan on Aukus Pillar II advanced capability projects,” the ministers...
...How many foreign nationals were living in Japan at the end of June 2023?...
...The scene may also suggest that Japan has acquired a heightened sophistication in recent years. At Meti, our job is to promote foreign investment in Japan....
...But the journey to normalising Japan’s monetary policy remains a long slog....
International Edition