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BANKS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2019
Banks to extend support for struggling Japan Display
Three main credit banks for Japan Display Inc. are poised to continue supporting the struggling maker of small and midsize liquid crystal display panels, it was learned Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 23, 2019
Negative rates hit pocketbooks of Japan's bankers
It's not just banks that are feeling the squeeze from the Bank of Japan's negative interest rates, their employees are too.
EDITORIALS
Jul 12, 2019
Central banks under attack
The world needs strong and capable economic management.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2019
Central banks under siege of populism
In the age of Trump, the Fed's independence from the government is under even greater threat.
BUSINESS
Jul 9, 2019
Japan grants certification for first time to 'information banks'
The Information Technology Federation of Japan has certified FeliCa Pocket Marketing Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as "information banks" to allow companies to use personal data for business purposes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 8, 2019
Japan regional bank Concordia targets comeback abroad with Southeast Asia foray
One of Japan's biggest regional banks is resuming an expansion overseas, 20 years after the country's financial crisis forced it to retreat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 8, 2019
Trump again tries to talk down Fed rate as he grooms possible successors to Jerome Powell
President Donald Trump wrapped up the weekend as he started it, jawboning the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates at a time when he may be sizing up his two latest picks for Fed governor as successors to Chairman Jerome Powell.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 5, 2019
BOJ deputy governor says central bank ready to increase stimulus, and all options are on table
Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Masayoshi Amamiya on Friday said the central bank is ready to ramp up stimulus and will consider all policy options, including deepening negative interest rates, if the loss of economic momentum hurts its efforts to boost inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 27, 2019
MUFG on track to be Japan's first yuan clearing bank after expected Abe-Xi deal at Osaka G20
MUFG Bank is expected to become the first Japanese bank to be designated as a yuan clearing bank, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2019
Three Chinese banks face U.S. restrictions in North Korea sanctions probe: report
Three large Chinese banks could lose their access to the U.S. financial system, after a judge found them in contempt for refusing to comply with subpoenas in a probe into the violation of North Korean sanctions, The Washington Post reported Monday.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2019
Shadow banking crisis raises risk of renewed Indian bad-loan reckoning
Just as India's banks emerge from under a pile of bad loans to large energy, steel and other industrial companies, they are facing a new reckoning from the accelerating crisis in the country's shadow banking sector.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2019
Europol highlights Russian money as top laundering threat and calls Baltic states 'front line'
Europe's Baltic states are at risk from further Russian money laundering, a top European police official said after several big banks were hit by scandals centered on the region.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 10, 2019
A top global finance meeting loses relevance
Ministers mouth the right words, but aren't empowered to solve what ails the global economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Jun 5, 2019
World's central banks poised to act as global economic warnings flash
Central banks are resuming their first-responder role as the world economy runs into trouble, even as they lack the firepower they once had at their disposal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 3, 2019
China central bank urges calm after Baoshang takeover
China's central bank sought to calm investors on Sunday after last month's takeover of Inner Mongolia-based Baoshang Bank, saying regulators are not planning any more such moves for the moment.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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