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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 13, 2018
Threat of Democratic scrutiny of presidency bringing 'headaches' to stocks, Trump tweets
President Donald Trump blamed lagging markets on investor fears over scrutiny his administration could face from Democrats who recently won the majority in the House of Representatives.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 7, 2018
SoftBank IPO seeks $18 billion from retail investors
SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking to raise a record ¥2 trillion ($18 billion) from Japanese individuals in the initial public offering of its mobile phone unit, targeting investors who often get no interest on their savings, sources have said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2018
Transparency for tuna
Global fish stocks are in decline, but a new tuna management scheme by the Federated States of Micronesia offers a blueprint for recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2018
Amazon dealt $250 billion blow from market jitters and earnings confusion
Fears of a prolonged market downturn, slowing international sales, stepped-up competition in the U.S. and flat-out confusion about how Amazon.com Inc. makes money are all reasons behind the company's dizzying 25 percent drop in value from its September high.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 27, 2018
Japan to skip planned tax hike for capital gains and dividends
The tax panels of the ruling parties have decided to skip a tax hike for capital gains and dividends in reforms for fiscal 2019, sources have said.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 23, 2018
Japan Exchange Group to start merger talks with Tokyo Commodity Exchange
Japan Exchange Group Inc., operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, will start merger talks with smaller rival Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc., the companies said Tuesday as the country pushes to create an all-in-one bourse to attract global money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 19, 2018
China urges investor calm while stopping short of market rescue
China's top financial officials moved to shore up confidence in the country's tumbling stock market, a rare show of coordinated verbal support as the government tries to prevent the deepest equity sell-off since 2015 from infecting the world's second-largest economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 11, 2018
'The Fed has gone crazy' as Dow dives over 800 points amid rate hike, trade jitters
President Donald Trump again criticized the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates following the worst market sell-off since February.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Oct 10, 2018
Tokyo Stock Exchange snaps four-session losing streak aided by buying on dips
The market snapped its four-session losing streak on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, aided by buying on dips.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2018
Amazon ditching bonuses and stock awards to help pay wage hike to $15 an hour
Amazon.com Inc. is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this week to raise pay to at least $15 an hour.
BUSINESS / Markets / TSE DATA & REPORT
Oct 3, 2018
Tokyo stocks fall back on profit-taking
Stocks fell back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, hurt by a wave of profit-taking.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2018
Top fund manager Jumpei Kitahara bets on owner-managed and family-run firms
When a yearslong father-daughter feud over who took leadership of a furniture retailer threatened to drive the company into the ground, one top-performing fund manager took it as a reason to celebrate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2018
Tesla stocks' biggest dive since 2013 sends Musk an urgent message
Tesla Inc.'s plunging stock price indicates investors want Elon Musk to quickly cut a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The question is whether the notoriously unpredictable chief executive officer will take the hint.
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.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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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