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Amid rising prices, Mercari and other firms involved in the secondhand goods trade are stepping up their efforts, expecting demand to increase.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 31, 2023
Japan households hoarding unneeded goods worth ¥66.67 trillion, Mercari says
Amid rising prices, Mercari and other firms involved in the secondhand goods trade are stepping up their efforts, expecting demand to increase.
Trading with borrowed shares will be banned for equities on the Kospi 200 Index and Kosdaq 150 Index from Monday until the end of June.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 5, 2023
South Korea to ban short-selling of stocks until June 2024
Investors say short-selling leads to unfair advantages for foreign and institutional investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2023
Japan Inc. sells record short bonds amid BOJ tightening bets
Issuance of yen corporate notes due in five years or less reached an unprecedented ¥7.4 trillion ($56 billion) in the fiscal year that ended March 31.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2023
No, South Korea is not ready for MSCI’s elite club
Seoul has not always been market-friendly. And it certainly has not been kind to activist hedge funds, an important channel to improve market efficiency.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2023
BOJ should review yield curve control under Ueda, ex-finance official says
Takehiko Nakao, a former vice minister for international affairs, stressed the need for a policy tweak — even if that results in short-term shocks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 25, 2023
The growing comprehension gap that isolates Japan
Japan"s central bank governor and the market are talking at cross-purposes. It shows a country that’s both badly understood and a poor communicator.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2022
SMBC Nikko to face administrative penalties over stock manipulation
Based on the recommendation, the Financial Services Agency is expected to impose penalties on the firm, including an order for the company to suspend part of its operations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 2, 2022
The importance of Asian financial cooperation
It will be through engagement and cooperation that governments will revive Asia's long-term economic prosperity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2022
Free trading isn't free, but we're still better off
A new study estimates that u201chiddenu201d execution fees cost retail investors $34 billion a year. It sounds like a lot, but itu2019s actually very little.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2022
Is competition always good?
Policymakers must now acknowledge that healthy markets require competition among different business models, and regulatory intervention is needed to achieve this.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 19, 2022
How a Columbia professor became the scourge of activist short sellers
Joshua Mitts, a young professor who is making some powerful enemies on Wall Street, has become an increasingly influential figure in the hot debate over activist short selling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Mar 18, 2022
Nikkei posts biggest weekly gain in nearly two years
The benchmark ended higher on Friday and posted its biggest weekly gain in nearly two years amid caution over a five-day rally in local markets.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 11, 2021
Tokyo’s best Christmas markets
Itu2019s never too early to get into the festive spirit at these domestic incarnations of the annual European celebrations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 3, 2021
Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to extend trading day by 30 minutes
The report comes after the exchange formed a working group earlier this year to discuss extending trading hours past the current 3 p.m. close.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2021
Is capitalism just a phase? China struggles with the math
Communist ideology declares that capitalism is just a stage in human society, and that party leaders are the architects of the future there to look beyond this phase.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2021
Investors clamoring for ESG debt help halve Tokyo funding costs
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government slashed funding costs thanks to rampant global demand for the first social bond offered by a local government in Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 7, 2021
Bank of Japan policy hurts sustainable finance
An expansion of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investment and a sustainable finance market is essential for Japanu2019s economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2020
The two dark sides of COVID-19
Wet markets, which sell and slaughter live animals, should be banned worldwide.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 20, 2020
Mercari plans Tokyo store to tempt more into its online marketplace
Online flea market operator Mercari Inc. said Thursday that it would try its hand at brick and mortar operations in hope of reaching tens of millions of untapped users in the Japanese market, allowing them to sell their used goods on the spot and handling everything from photography to shipment.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Nov 20, 2019
Tokyo stocks extend losses on rekindled trade war concerns
Tokyo stocks extended losses Wednesday, as investor concerns regrew over a possible escalation of the U.S.-China trade war in the wake of the U.S. Senate's passage of a bill to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world