Idiosyncratic’ lender’s overexposure to office market is a reminder of possible risks in fragmented banking sector …
Sleeping pod, outdoor cabin start-up Bobobox, backed by Li Ka-shing, eyes capsule hotel business in Japan, glamping venture in US
Bobobox, Indonesia’s largest outdoor accommodation operator, is looking to expand into either Japan or the US this year, as it seeks to deploy its sleeping pods and cabins in two of the world’s most …
Japan Announces Funding For Tajikistan-Afghanistan Border Management
The United Nations Development Program in Tajikistan has announced that the Japanese government, through its International Cooperation Agen …
EUROPE Hong Kong whimpers, Japan roars
European traders looking to Asia for direction are going to be pulled in two directions, with Hong Kong led lower by property shares as it limped into the Lunar New Year break, while Japan powered to …
Japan OKs new program to attract more foreign workers as its population shrinks
The Japanese government has adopted plans to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will …
Japan’s stock market barely grew for decades. Now it’s booming
For decades, international investors shunned Japan’s stock market, whose meagre gains mirrored the country’s protracted economic stagnation. These days, Japanese stocks are the hottest game in town as …
Japan Finance Minister Suzuki says he expects BOJ to keep in close touch with govt
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that he expects the Bank of Japan to guide monetary policy appropriately while keeping close contact with the government.Suzuki reiterated that …
Watch: BBC returns to Japan’s earthquake ‘wasteland’
Wajima was one of the worst-hit towns – buildings were toppled and a major fire broke out as a result of the quake. More than four weeks on, the BBC returned to Wajima to investigate the extent of the …
Watch: Pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off Japan coast
A pod of killer whales, also known as orcas, was found trapped in a narrow drift ice off the coast of a town in Hokkaido, Japan, earlier this week, but officials believe that the marine mammals …
Japan reports Chinese warship sightings along disputed nautical border
Chinese coast guard vessels have been routinely passing by Japanese-claimed waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, according to officials in Tokyo.