It started with little fanfare, the series of reforms of Japanese corporate governance that would become one of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s biggest legacies.
Asia stocks set to trade higher; Japan’s revised second-quarter GDP data expected
Japan’s revised GDP figures for the second quarter are set to be out at around 7:50 a.m. HK/SIN. Preliminary estimates released in mid-August had shown the country’s GDP shrinking 27.8% on an …
Malaysia’s AirAsia aims to raise $602 million, to evaluate Japan operations
AirAsia Group Bhd is looking to raise as much as 2.5 billion ringgit ($602 million) by year-end, and is also reviewing its business in Japan as the airline seeks to weather the COVID-19 crisis, its …
Malaysia’s AirAsia aims to raise $602 million, to evaluate Japan operations
AirAsia Group Bhd is looking to raise as much as 2.5 billion ringgit ($602 million) by year-end, and is also reviewing its business in Japan as the airline seeks to weather the COVID-19 crisis, its …
Typhoon Haishen lashes South Korea after battering Japanese islands
A powerful typhoon damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea on Monday after battering islands in southern Japan, killing one person and injuring …
Japan says it offered Mauritius ‘unprecedented’ support, including financial
Japan has told Mauritius it would offer support on an “unprecedented scale”, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday, after a Japanese-owned ship struck a coral reef off the country’s …
Typhoon Haishen threatens Korea after battering Japan
Typhoon Haishen battered Japan’s southern islands over the weekend, unleashing torrential rains, lashing trees — and is now heading towards the Korean peninsula. Carrying winds of up to 70 miles per …
The Biggest Failure of ‘Abenomics’: Japan Inc. Is Still Hoarding Cash
Ever since the real estate and stock market bubbles burst in the early 1990s, Japanese companies have relentlessly focused on accumulating a hoard of cash. That was supposed to change under Shinzo Abe …
Malaysia’s AirAsia aims to raise $602 mln, to evaluate Japan operations
AirAsia Group Bhd is looking to raise as much as 2.5 billion ringgit ($602 million) by year-end, and is also reviewing its business in Japan as the airline seeks to weather the COVID-19 crisis, its …
Typhoon Haishen hits South Korea after lashing Japan, leaving four missing
The storm triggered landslides and left four people missing and hundreds of thousands without power as it barreled through southwestern Japan.