Japan will join the United States and other Western countries in blocking certain Russian banks' access to the SWIFT international payment system, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday, 27 February, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Tokyo will put sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and extend US$100 million in...
By Sayuri Shirai and Pawel Kowalewski
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has been practicing unconventional monetary easing for more than two decades. Under Haruhiko Kuroda’s 10-year governorship from March 2013 to April 2023, the BOJ became known as a bold practitioner of monetary easing (New York Times 2023), introducing quantitative...
Giftee Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Japan-based giftee, Inc., has entered a partnership with Häagen-Dazs that enables all customers to both purchases and redeem Häagen-Dazs eGifts at all outlets nationwide.
With this collaboration, Häagen-Dazs is now integrated with Giftee Malaysia's eGift system. The ice cream brand will no longer...
Hem Vanndy, Minister of Industry, Science, Technology & Innovation of Cambodia, met with a Japanese business delegation led by Fumiaki Takahashi, President of the Japan-Cambodia Association (JCA), to explore opportunities for collaboration between the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) of both countries.
During the meeting held on Saturday, Takahashi reiterated...
Braskem, the leading global biopolymer producer, is delighted to announce the opening of its Representative Office in Tokyo, underscoring Japan's status as a key market for Braskem’s I’m green™ bio-based Polyethylene (PE).
This move signifies Braskem’s enduring commitment to the Japanese market and its determination to enhance biopolymer solutions derived...
Bank of Japan Governer, Haruhiko Kuroda said he saw no need to change the central bank's 2% inflation target, which has helped keep currency moves stable in the medium to long-term.
The 2% inflation target will take some time, but it's possible to achieve with powerful monetary easing.
Consumer price growth...
Even though the Tokyo Olympics are set to start in two months, calls for them to be cancelled have been growing louder in Japan as skepticism mounts over the organizers' ability to hold the multinational sporting event at a time when the country is struggling to contain the spread...
Financial services company Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings and private market exchange ADDX have announced a new partnership to offer fractional private market investment products to investors in Japan, after Tokai Tokyo secured a security tokens license from the Japanese regulator.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Tokai Tokyo is the holding company...
In a world where the average lifespan of a company is less than 20 years, there is a country that defies the statistics.
Japan is home to most of the old companies in the world. The Shinise, as these ancient businesses are known, are considered national treasures and some of...
As global supply disruptions and fresh Covid-19 cases hit businesses and consumer spending, Japan's economy contracted much faster than expected in the third quarter, raising challenges for the new government's growth plans.
While many analysts expect the world's third largest economy to rebound in the current quarter, worsening global production...
Early Monday morning in Asia saw Nikkei Asia came out with the news suggesting the doubling of Goldman Sachs property investment into Japan moving forward.
Goldman Sachs will increase its property investments in Japan to about 250 billion yen (US$2.28 billion) a year from the current range of 100 billion...
Commercial transaction volumes from Asia-Pacific (APAC) to North America rose over 400% year-on-year to US$13.9 billion in the first quarter of 2023, according to an analysis by Knight Frank’s Asia-Pacific research team. Outbound investments from APAC into North America made up 85% of the total investment volumes outside of...
