News Japan Business: Japan just stepped up its currency warnings — and the dollar could feel it
The yen has been the funding currency for carry trades, where investors borrow cheaply in Japan and invest in higher-yielding assets abroad.
News Japan Business: S. Korean business owners call for boycott of Japanese goods
Dozens of South Korean small-business owners rallied in South Korea's capital on Monday calling for boycotts of Japanese consumer goods to protest Tokyo's move to tighten high-tech exports to its neighbor. Kim Sung-min, president of the Korea Mart Association, urged shop owners to boycott the
News Japan Business: Japan exports dip as China-US trade war takes toll
TOKYO — Japan’s exports declined in June as shipments of goods were hit by trade disputes between China and the U.S., the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. The data released by the Finance Ministry ...
News Japan Business: South Korea's central bank lowers rate amid Japan trade row
South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the first time in three years to shore up growth threatened by a trade dispute with Japan. The Bank of Korea lowered its key interest ...
News Japan Business: Daiichi Sankyo looking to sell OTC business for $900M? 'Not correct,' says company
In the fiscal year ended in March, the unit brought in revenues of 66.4 billion Japanese yen ($600 million), representing about 7% of the company’s entire business. The OTC haul was a 9% decline year ...
News Japan Business: From the emperor to sumo wrestling, Abe harnesses Japan's traditions to impress Trump
Few do. Another reason is that Abe's strategy is viewed by business leaders and political allies as necessary, and reasonably effective, in defending Japan's national interest - even as Trump raises ...
News Japan Business: Huawei feels U.S. squeeze in U.K. and Japan
U.K.-based chip design company Arm Holdings PLC is suspending its business with Huawei following Washington's blacklisting of the Chinese technology giant, according to a person familiar with the ...
News Japan Business: Japan's Gloomy Profit Outlook Is Holding Foreigners Back
The benchmark gauge’s 12-month estimated earnings-per-share fell to its lowest since February last year on Thursday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Following a bleak earnings season where results fell short of forecasts by 15% on aggregate, it leaves optimists betting on Japan’s fundamentals
News Japan Business: Toyota, Panasonic form joint venture in housing for Japan
Japanese automaker Toyota and electronics giant ... He said he wanted to bring "together the strengths of Toyota, with its vehicle business and connected business, and Panasonic, with its home ...
News Japan Business: Japan April services PMI slips as new business growth slows
TOKYO (Reuters) - Activity in Japan’s services sector expanded at a slightly slower pace in April than the previous month as growth in new business slowed, a business survey showed on Wednesday. The ...
News Japan Business: Japan's Quest For Smart Automation Brings It To Israel
It was a lucky break for Levit’s company too, who had recently signed a business development partnership with Japanese investment firm Hijojo Partners to access large Japanese industrial corporations ...
