India certainly emerges as a much bigger destination for Hitachi and for other Japanese companies too, says Hitachi India MD Bharat Kaushal …
What is happening in Japan’s bond market?
Market forces have pushed Japanese government bond yields above policy targets. The moves are the biggest test in seven years of yield control in Japan, and dealers say the central bank’s dominance of …
GARP Launches New Chapter in Japan
GARP launches a new Chapter in Japan with an event in Tokyo on responsible investing amid sustainability and climate risk management initiatives.
Japan’s top economic panel debates potential shift away from ‘Abenomics’
The Japanese government’s top economic policy panel on Monday held its first round of special sessions that will discuss the medium-to-long term direction of fiscal and monetary policies, including …
Explainer: What is happening in Japan’s bond market?
Market forces have pushed Japanese government bond yields above policy targets. The moves are the biggest test in seven years of yield control in Japan, and dealers say the central bank’s dominance of …
Rallying Japanese Chip Startup Outshines Recent Big Global IPOs
A Japanese chip design firm’s share-price has almost doubled since the stock debuted in Tokyo last year, outperforming similarly sized or bigger initial public offerings globally amid bets on its …
Japan CEOs Facing Inflation Are Talking More About Merit-Based Pay
As business leaders in Japan face greater pressure to raise wages in an inflationary environment, they’re becoming more vocal about the need to pay employees based on merit.
UPDATE 1-Japanese yields top policy cap for 2nd day, defying massive BOJ buying
Japan’s 10-year government bond yield topped the Bank of Japan’s policy ceiling for a second straight trading session on Monday, despite a new wave of emergency bond-buying operations by the central …
Japan’s prime minister has a ‘pretty long to-do list’ on defense, think tank says
Tobias Harris of the German Marshall Fund of the United States discusses Japan’s political landscape and its national security strategy, and says Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has to find a way to stabilize public support.
Explainer: How does Japan’s yield curve control work?
The Bank of Japan’s yield curve control (YCC) is under fierce market attack, as investors test the bank’s commitment to capping bond yields with inflation above the BOJ’s target.