TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Japan’s annual wholesale inflation remained elevated in July, data showed on Thursday, highlighting broadening price pressures and reinforcing market expectations of an …
Japan fund managers chase retail cash as JGB yields surge
By Junko Fujita TOKYO, Aug 12 (Reuters) – After years of paying investors almost nothing, Japanese government bonds are suddenly worth owning again, and domestic asset managers are hurrying to give …
Nintendo to launch Switch consoles in Indonesia in December
JAKARTA, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Japanese game maker Nintendo said on Wednesday that it would launch its Switch consoles in Indonesia for the first time this year, marking its entrance into Southeast …
Japan business mood rises as semiconductor boom lifts manufacturers: Reuters poll
TOKYO, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Japanese business confidence improved in August as manufacturers benefited from robust semiconductor demand while non-manufacturers were supported by strong domestic …
China detains Japanese businesspeople amid export crackdown
Japan warns companies operating in China after several Japanese businesspeople were detained amid tighter Chinese rare-earth export controls.
Ex-Japan Business Federation head Hiroshi Okuda dies at 93: source
Former Japan Business Federation head Hiroshi Okuda, who also served as president and chairman of Toyota Motor Corp., has died, accor …
Terra Drone to Launch Japan-Made Drone Battery Business
Terra Drone will mass-produce Japan-made drone batteries with cylindrical cells for defense and industrial customers.
Japan envoy honors ex-finance chief Purisima
• Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya hosted on Monday a reception to congratulate former trade and finance secretary Cesar Purisima on his conferment of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
The season’s 15th storm is expected to make landfall in Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures as it heads toward the Sea of Japan.
North Korea condemns Japan’s white paper, calling it ‘re-invasion paper’
SEOUL, Aug 11 (Reuters) – In a commentary carried by KCNA titled “Japan’s defense white paper is a reinvasion-minded one for the legalization of the operation of war machine,” a North Korean analyst …