In early 2018, Shinhan Card acquired Prudential Vietnam for $150 million. The merged business started operating in May 2019. Japanese firms have also entered Vietnamese consumer lending market such as …
Japan’s Sumitomo to enter CO2 storage business with US partner
TOKYO — Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. will collaborate with U.S agricultural startup Indigo Ag in the greenhouse gas emissions allowance business utilizing agricultural land to store …
Japan’s March economy watcher sentiment rises as virus emergency ends
Business sentiment among workers with jobs sensitive to economic trends in Japan continued to rise in March, as the government ended a state of emergency for the Tokyo region and some other areas over …
Japan’s Nomura to investigate Archegos-related loss: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nomura has set up an internal team to investigate a possible $2 billion loss relating to Archegos Capital Management, two people familiar with the matter said. Archegos, a …
Bond Rout Drove Japan Funds to Offload $5.8 Billion of U.S. Debt
Japanese investors turned sellers of U.S. sovereign debt to the tune of 618.7 billion yen ($5.6 billion) in February as the global bond rout forced them to cut losses.The net sales, the first since …
NTT Com’s Prototype Platform Securely Shares CO2 Emissions-related Data from Switzerland to Sites in Germany and Japan
which normally would not be available for sharing due to its high confidentiality even though partners engaged in actual business would need to perform CO2 emissions calculations, was transmitted …
Japan looks to raise 2030 emissions cut target to at least 40% – Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is looking to raise its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions-reduction target to at least a 40% cut on fiscal 2013 levels from 26% now, Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday, citing …
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan’s vaccine minister says virus situation in Tokyo could worsen
Osaka’s Covid cases hit record highs this week and authorities are concerned the outbreak in Tokyo could follow a similar trend, Japan vaccine minister said.
Astrazeneca’s Covid vaccine is ‘very important’ for Japan, says minister in charge of rollout
Taro Kono, Japan’s Covid vaccine minister, discusses the state of the country’s inoculation rollout ahead of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in July.
Korean man died uncompensated after serving in Japan’s wartime military
The Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday Lee Hak-rae, 96, was the last of the Korean war veterans of Japan’s war in the Pacific. Lee sought but never received government compensation available to former …