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Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2016
Obama, other advocates of gun control own stock in firearms makers through mutual funds
U.S. President Barack Obama, a fierce advocate for gun regulation, is an unlikely investor in the firearms industry — yet he has money in a pension fund that holds stock in gun and ammunition companies.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2016
Japan pension investment fund ban on direct stock trading to stand, for now: Tokyo
The government will shelve a plan to allow its giant pension fund to buy and sell stocks on its own amid fears that private-sector companies could be brought under state oversight if the fund becomes their direct shareholder, sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2016
BOJ will look into media report foreshadowing negative rates
The Bank of Japan will look into a media report that said the BOJ board was discussing a negative interest rate policy just minutes before it surprised observers with the announcement.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 3, 2016
Kuroda ready to cut rates further if needed
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda calls a negative interest rate a “powerful weapon” for monetary easing, says it may be cut again if needed.
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2016
Taiyo Pacific sees investment shift to Japan shares as 'sexy' China cools
The China-led stock slump that's taking Japanese equities down with it will ultimately prove a boon for investors in Japan, according to Taiyo Pacific Partners LP, which manages $2.2 billion, including money from the world's biggest pension fund.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 18, 2016
China's chief stock regulator expected to resign as turmoil continues to roil markets: sources
Xiao Gang, the embattled head of China's securities regulator, has offered to resign, sources said, after perceived mismanagement wiped more than $5 trillion off the value of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets since they peaked last June.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 18, 2016
Japan's stock buyers unconvinced despite positive technical signs
After the worst start to a year on record, Japanese stocks are approaching levels that in the past have proved to be springboards to recoveries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 15, 2016
Japan's small-caps doing well while big exporters get a bruising
Amid the wreckage of Japan's stock market in 2016 lies a surprise: Smaller companies are posting their best relative performance on record.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 8, 2016
Continued NYSE plunge puts Dow on course for worst start in century as China, yuan keep diving
Shares on major exchanges fell for a sixth consecutive day on Thursday and crude prices touched multi-year lows as investors fretted over the state of the Chinese economy and its ability to stabilize its stock market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 7, 2016
Nikkei hits three-month low; China stocks plunge before trading halted
Japanese stocks fell for a fourth day Thursday, extending a global slide that has seen shares post their worst start to a year since 2000.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 6, 2016
South Korean economy seen to shrug off North's nuclear test
As officials from South Korea's Finance Ministry and central bank rushed into a strategy meeting to consider the implications of North Korea's latest nuclear test, early indications suggest that Asia's fourth-largest economy is likely to shrug it off.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 4, 2016
Foreign investors get it wrong on Japan stocks, ending 25-year run
For the first year since 1989, foreign investors sold Japanese stocks and missed a rally.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 24, 2015
JPMorgan says Japan Inc. must prepare for yen at less than ¥100 a dollar
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is making two contrarian calls: first that the yen will strengthen toward 100 per dollar and second that such a rally will not destroy the world's third-largest economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets / ANALYSIS
Dec 21, 2015
BOJ's ¥300 billion plan to buy nonexistent ETFs puzzles market
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda has a new plan. He's going to buy ¥300 billion ($2.5 billion) of something that doesn't exist.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2015
Online broker chases Japan's day traders to close gap with peers
Monex Group Inc. is seeking more business from Japan's growing ranks of day traders in a bid to catch up with other online brokerages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 11, 2015
Twenty years in the making, Daiwa-tutored Myanmar bourse fetes baby-steps debut
Starting a stock market is hard. Just ask Ryota Sugishita.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 1, 2015
Japan's massive GPIF pension fund marks record quarterly loss over China slowdown
The nation's giant pension manager is unrepentant after a push into equities saw the fund post its worst quarterly result since at least 2008.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 29, 2015
China's shadow banking risk shifts to booming bond market
A year after China's financial regulators squared up to the systemic perils of "shadow banking," the threat is shifting to a booming corporate bond market, and risky borrowers' debt is finding its way into products aimed at retail investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2015
Securities watchdog questions activist investor Murakami over suspected share price manipulation
Murakami speaks with the securities watchdog on a voluntary basis on suspicion of manipulating share prices of apparel company TSI Holdings Co.
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2015
Activist investor Murakami suspected of market manipulation, focus of criminal investigation
Japan's securities watchdog launched a criminal investigation Wednesday of activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami on suspicion of involvement in market manipulation, sources said.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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