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BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 11, 2013
FSA orders Abraham Private Bank to suspend business for six months
The Financial Services Agency on Friday ordered Abraham Private Bank to suspend business for six months with immediate effect, saying the Tokyo-based investment adviser sold investment products without registering itself for the sales.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2013
Mizuho told to submit further report on loans to yakuza
The Financial Services Agency issues a fresh order to Mizuho Bank and its parent, Mizuho Financial Group Inc., to report on the bank's lending to the mob, after Mizuho's previous account of the matter turned out to be incorrect.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2013
Navigating the risks of investing in Asia's future
Markets and economies need to work now to brace themselves for a period of higher borrowing costs, some market volatility and slower economic expansion in Asia.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2013
Mizuho set to punish president, chairman over loans to mobsters
Mizuho Bank is expected to take punitive steps against its president and chairman for mishandling a scandal over loans extended to underworld groups.
EDITORIALS
Sep 23, 2013
Monetary easing lifts land prices
It appears that the monetary easing pushed by the Abe administration through Bank of Japan's purchasing operations is gradually raising land prices in some urban areas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 11, 2013
Dow reshuffles ranks for first time since '04
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Visa Inc. and Nike Inc. will be added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Bank of America Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Alcoa Inc. in the biggest reshuffling since April 2004.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2013
Abe reportedly to announce tax hike decision Oct. 2
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won't announce his decision on whether to raise the consumption tax until Oct. 2, a government source says.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2013
Fatal West Bank clash may threaten peace talks
Palestinian leaders say peace negotiations are threatened after Israeli security forces fatally shot three Palestinian men during an early-morning clash in the Qalandia refugee camp.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2013
Japan's ¥1,000,000,000,000,000 debt no problem for BOJ chief Kuroda
Haruhiko Kuroda doesn't wear a wizard's hat when he arrives at Bank of Japan headquarters each morning. Once inside, I do wonder if he dons a cloak, waves a magic wand and concocts mysterious potions.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 31, 2013
Ashikaga applies for TSE listing
The holding company of Ashikaga Bank, a regional lender once nationalized after falling into negative net worth, has applied for listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2013
Taiwanese lender Chinatrust set to acquire Tokyo Star Bank
Chinatrust Commercial Bank of Taiwan basically agrees with the main shareholders of Tokyo Star Bank to acquire it, becoming the first foreign lender to buy a Japanese bank.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2013
ADB head warns about impact of China slowdown, U.S. monetary policy change
The Asian Development Bank will closely monitor how China's economic slowdown and the U.S. central bank's possible scaling down of its asset purchases will affect the economies in the region, ADB President Takehiko Nakao indicated Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 16, 2013
Few feeling the economic recovery
The Bank of Japan on July 11 upgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy for the seventh straight month and said that it is "starting to recover moderately" on the strength of various economic indexes turning upward, including improving business sentiment and steady consumer spending.
EDITORIALS
Jul 3, 2013
Business sentiment mixed
Japan's quarterly 'tankan' survey shows mixed business sentiments. Small and medium-size firms so far don't seem to have benefited much from 'Abenomics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 28, 2013
Mizuho Bank inaccessible this weekend
Bank account holders of Mizuho Bank Ltd. may wish to withdraw some cash for the weekend before the firm's online services, including ATMs, are halted right after midnight Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 26, 2013
Sumitomo Life eyes stake in Bank Negara's insurance unit
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. is among companies preparing to bid for a stake in the life insurance unit of PT Bank Negara Indonesia, according to two sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 4, 2013
World Bank head: Hike investment in Africa
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim expressed hope Monday that Japan will boost investment in Africa, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has highlighted as a key target market under the country's economic growth strategy, the Finance Ministry said.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2013
Japan to provide disaster expertise
Japan is primed to provide its disaster prevention expertise to Africa as climate change continues to threaten sustainable growth on the continent, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday at the African aid conference.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 14, 2013
Nine women register with Japan's first 'ovum bank'
Nine women have registered with Japan's first "ovum bank" to donate their eggs to help infertile women, paving the way for fertility treatment to begin within the year at the earliest, a private group said Monday.
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2013
Inflation goal kills BOJ flexibility
The Bank of Japan should not stick to its 2 percent inflation goal at the expense of flexibility in its monetary policy. The goal also could cause undesirable side effects.

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