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LOANS

BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 23, 2015
Blackstone draws Tokyo junk investors amid warnings of froth
Blackstone Group LP filled a Tokyo ballroom earlier this month with locals seeking riskier U.S. loans as regulators in New York try and avert a credit bubble.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 11, 2014
Tepco reportedly to seek ¥280 billion in new bank loans for next June
Tokyo Electric Power Co. is in talks with banks for ¥280 billion in new loans next June, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2014
Japan banker hopes for small-town encore with 'curtain call' loans
While rival banks sit on their deposits, frustrating the government efforts to reflate a stagnant economy, regional banker Takashi Tsuchiya will write you a loan to close your business or end your marriage.
COMMUNITY / Voices
Sep 6, 2014
House of cards
Middle-aged man: I'd like to apply for your prestigious credit card. Here's my completed application form.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2014
Obama woos veterans with mental health care, military home loans
President Barack Obama sought to make amends with veterans on Tuesday, announcing steps to expand their access to mental health care and an initiative with financial firms to lower home loan costs for military families.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 13, 2014
Homebuyers in Japan seen at risk on floating-rate loan rush
Homebuyers are piling into floating-rate mortgages, stirring debate over whether they are too complacent as Bank of Japan stimulus revives inflation.
BUSINESS
Aug 13, 2014
Homebuyers in Japan seen at risk amid floating-rate loan rush
Japanese homebuyers are piling into floating-rate mortgages, stirring debate over whether they are too complacent as Bank of Japan stimulus revives inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 2, 2014
Abe touts growth as Japan, Brazil bolster economic ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks up Japan's economic prospects in Brazil as the two countries sign a raft of energy and food deals.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 1, 2014
Banks OK multibillion-yen loans for Oita and Iwate biomass plant projects
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and partners will provide a ¥6.3 billion loan for a biomass plant developed by a unit of First Energy Service Co.
BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2014
No plans to revive usury, Aso says
The government has no immediate plans to relax consumer-finance regulations, Financial Services Minister Taro Aso said, days after a lawmaker said the ruling party will consider it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 22, 2014
BOJ misfire seen in regional banks' turn to aircraft loans
Chugoku Bank Ltd. wants to get into the global airline debt market after loans to local businesses fell for a fourth straight year.

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