Through the support of the Japan government, UN Women will strengthen existing work in Tari, Wewak and Alotau markets on market infrastructure and access to finance for market vendors. About 70 per …
Japan’s Mizuho to revise IT contingency plans after glitches
Mizuho, Japan’s third largest lender by assets … Mizuho later said it set up a third-party committee to investigate the series of system troubles. Finance Minister Taro Aso said the Financial …
Japan’s Renesas to shift production to Ehime from fire-hit chip plant: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp is set to shift some production to a factory in the southwestern prefecture of Ehime after a fire damaged a factory in northeast Japan …
RPT-Japan finmin backs new SDR allocation if debt transparency is kept
TOKYO, April 6 (Reuters) – Japan would agree on a new allocation of special drawing rights (SDR) as long as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank help ensure transparency in providing the …
Japan’s Mizuho to revise IT contingency plans after glitches
Mizuho, Japan’s third largest lender by assets … Mizuho later said it set up a third-party committee to investigate the series of system troubles. Finance Minister Taro Aso said the Financial …
Bank of Japan Begins CBDC Proof-of-Concept Testing Phase 1 Today
There is not yet an expected timeline of completion for phase 2. Source: www.boj.or.jp Finance Magnates previously reported that the Bank of Japan first indiciated its interest in a CBDC in July of …
Japan and Germany to hold first ‘2 plus 2’ dialogue talks in April – Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) – The foreign and defence ministers of Japan and Germany are looking to hold a “2 plus 2” dialogue online in mid-April, the daily Yomiuri reported on Monday. The “2 plus 2” talks …
World Business Watch: Japan household spending dropped 6.6% for third month
Japan’s household spending fell 6.6% in February from a year earlier, down for the third straight month under the country’s second state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan’s powerful patriarchy often sidelines women. Fixing that won’t be easy
For decades, gaffe-prone men in positions of power have caused embarrassment and sparked outrage among younger generations and women in patriarchal Japan, which is ranked 120 out of 156 countries in …
China cautions Japan ahead of US-Japan summit
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has cautioned Japan against teaming up with the U.S. to counter China, ahead of a U.S.-Japan summit next week. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his …