LONDON (Reuters) – Japan has added its voice to international calls for Britain to maintain a leading role in the European Union, saying that membership is a key advantage for companies looking to access Europe’s single market. British Prime Minister David Cam... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Japan’s Honda Motor Co (7267.T ) is planning to produce Acura cars in China with a local partner starting in 2016, part of an effort to tap growing demand for upscale vehicles in the world’s biggest auto market. Honda said on Thursday it ha... More »
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – Two of China’s top newspapers accused Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday of dangerous politics that could threaten regional security, as Tokyo warned Beijing not to expand gas exploration in disputed waters of the East Chi... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan said an economic recovery was underway as it kept monetary policy steady on Thursday, its most optimistic view in two-and-half years reflecting the positive impact of a weakening yen and its massive monetary stimulus on acti... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – When 27-year IBM veteran Martin Jetter came to Tokyo last year, the new president of the technology giant’s Japanese arm had a radical idea: hold workers accountable for performance. Within months of Jetter’s arrival, IBM Japan fired a group ... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan faces increasingly serious threats to its security from an assertive China and an unpredictable North Korea, a defense ministry report said on Tuesday, as ruling politicians call for the military to beef up its ability to respond to suc... More »
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Japanese consumer electronics firm Panasonic Corp will buy up to 13 percent of Gorenje, one of the biggest household appliance makers in Eastern Europe, as it aims to tap growing demand in the region. Panasonic is pulling away from unprof... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Visitors to Japan’s public pension fund can’t miss signs of the low-cost, low-return culture that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seems determined to change with a review of its operations that kicked off on Monday. There is no receptionist at the ... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Apple Inc has applied for a trademark for “iWatch” in Japan, a patent official said on Monday, signaling the iPhone maker may be moving ahead with plans for a watch-like device as gadget makers turn their attention to wearable computers. The ... More »
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore residents braved hazardous air, bid hundreds of dollars and queued for hours to lay their hands on a special Hello Kitty stuffed toy, swept up in a craze for the mouthless Japanese cat that peaked this week in the city-state. Th... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday stressed that financial markets will likely stabilize over time, reflecting improvements in Japan’s economy. But Kuroda warned that uncertainty surrounding the world’s third-largest economy rem... More »
TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Corp cleared a major hurdle in its attempt to buy U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel Corp, as rival bidder Dish Network Corp declined to make a new offer after SoftBank sweetened its own bid last week. SoftBank Chi... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares edged higher and major currencies and commodities were little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited clarity on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s next policy step. Recent mixed data on the health of the U.S. economic recovery is ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese ad giant Dentsu is buying marketing group Aegis for 3.2 billion pounds ($5 billion), the biggest deal in its history as it seeks to expand outside its home market with the British firm’s European and digital business. Revealing how ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dish Network Corp has lined up four banks to finance its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, escalating the bidding war against Japanese telecom company SoftBank Corp, according to two people familiar with the matter. Dish, run by bi... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – New York-based hedge fund Third Point said it has raised its stake in Sony Corp and urged the Japanese company to create an independent board to run a partially spun-off entertainment arm with Sony’s CEO, Kazuo Hirai, as its chairman. Third P... More »
(Reuters) – Sprint Nextel Corp on Monday said it has sued Dish Network Corp to block its tender offer for Clearwire Corp, on the eve of a key deadline in a takeover battle that also includes Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank Corp. The lawsuit filed on Monday in... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s richest nations are likely to say next week that they are not content with progress so far in fixing their economies after the financial crisis. A draft copy of the communique being prepared for leaders at a Group of E... More »
GENEVA (Reuters) – The European Union lodged a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Thursday against China’s imposition of anti-dumping duties on imports of stainless steel tubes, six months after Japan filed a similar case, the WTO said. The complaint... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Head of DoubleLine Capital LP Jeffrey Gundlach, and one of the most closely watched bond-fund managers, said via a company webcast on Tuesday bond yields likely will not move much higher and the 10-year Treasury yield will end the year at ... More »
(Reuters) – Sony Corp is considering evaluating a proposal from top shareholder Third Point LLC to spin off part of its movie and music business, Japanese daily Nikkei reported. Sony’s U.S. listed shares rose 9 percent on Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese regulators have stripped U.S.-based MRI International Inc of its registration as an asset manager and may pursue criminal charges against the firm, accusing it of mismanaging client funds and falsifying reports. The second such scand... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dish Network Corp is asking regulators to suspend the review of the proposed acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp to Japan’s SoftBank Corp, saying its own counter-bid would be preferable for national security reasons. Dish in the past has a... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from a new strain of bird flu rose to five in China on Thursday as Beijing said it was mobilizing resources nationwide to combat the virus, Japan and Hong Kong stepped up vigilance and Vietnam banned imports of Chinese poultr... More »
ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche Holding AG’s Japanese subsidiary Chugai said on Monday that Japanese health regulators have approved a new formulation of its rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra. Japanese regulators have approved a subcutaneous formulation of Actemra wh... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan welcomes a new anti-deflation governor this week, the Bank of England might get a new pro-growth mandate and the Federal Reserve is likely to stick like glue to its aggressive bond-buying program. Together, the three events... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States extended 180-day waivers on Iran sanctions to Japan and 10 European Union nations in exchange for their cutting purchases of the OPEC nation’s crude oil, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. “Today’s determi... More »
(Reuters) – The number of seizure patients in a northern Japanese fishing community devastated by the March 11, 2011 tsunami spiked in the weeks following the disaster, according to a Japanese study. The study, published in the journal Epilepsia, looked at 440... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – The prospect of stronger European manufacturing surveys and decisive monetary easing in Japan this week ought to bolster confidence that the global economy can look forward to better days. It is definitely not yet time to break open the cham... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it plans to negotiate an agreement with the European Union, Japan and 18 other economies to remove trade and investment barriers in services ranging from finance to express delivery. Washington, the 27-n... More »
TOKYO/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada’s Universal Entertainment funneled at least $30 million to an ex-consultant for the Philippines gaming authority who is now at the center of a bribery investigation, according to sources and comp... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States and Japan must share responsibility with Europe for ensuring global economic stability, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said, signaling that a G20 meeting this weekend should not focus solely on the euro zone cri... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – The euro zone has made much progress in battling its three-year old debt crisis with the tough reforms taken by hardest-hit countries particularly encouraging and it needs to keep up the momentum, Japan’s top financial diplomat said on Wednes... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output fell to a 15-month low in August, hit by sagging sales in its top export market China and confidence-sapping euro zone crisis, fuelling concerns that the world’s third-largest economy could slip into recession later ... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output unexpectedly fell as factories cut output to key Chinese and European markets while a leading indicator for manufacturing hovered at its lowest in 16 months, in a sign that the economy could contract in the third qua... More »
