Japanese company makes board game of pure gold

Business Nov 20, 2019

Japanese company makes board game of pure gold

Precious metals retailer Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. said Wednesday that it has made a board game using pure gold that is valued at some ¥150 million. The Jinsei Game (The Game of Life) board game uses some 12.4 kilograms of pure gold and weighs some ...

Gold bar sales balloon as inflation hedge

Business Jan 23, 2014

Gold bar sales balloon as inflation hedge

Gold sales by Japan's biggest bullion retailer surged 63 percent to a five-year high as prices slumped and investors sought refuge from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign to stoke inflation and weaken the yen. Sales of bars to local investors by Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. ...