News Japan Financial: Japan's leader holds security, business talks in Poland on his way to NATO summit
The prime ministers of Poland and Japan held talks on Tuesday on security, Russia’s war on Ukraine and the strengthening of business ties. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, in Warsaw on his way to a NATO summit in Lithuania, which borders Poland.
News Japan Financial: Japan's prime minister meets with Polish counterpart to discuss security, Russia's war on Ukraine
The prime minister of Japan met with his Polish counterpart to discuss strengthening business ties, security, and Russia's war on Ukraine, on July 11, 2023.
News Japan Financial: Japan's wholesale inflation slows for 6th straight month
Japan's wholesale inflation slowed for a sixth straight month in June due to sliding fuel and commodity prices, data showed on Wednesday, a sign the cost-push pressure that drove up consumer prices is steadily easing.
News Japan Financial: Japan Finance Minister Suzuki: arranging G7 meet on sidelines of G20
Japan is arranging to hold a meeting of financial leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries on the sidelines of the broader G20 meeting scheduled to be held July 17-18, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday. The global economy and financial markets, inflation and concerns about food and energy due to the prolonged Russian invasion of Ukraine, and support for developing countries facing debt problems will be among the issues to be discussed by the G20.
News Japan Financial: Jefferies Financial Group Brokers Lift Earnings Estimates for Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY)
Japan Tobacco Inc. (OTCMKTS:JAPAY – Get Rating) – Investment analysts at Jefferies Financial Group lifted their FY2022 earnings estimates for Japan Tobacco in a report issued on Monday, October 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group analyst O. Bennett now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.85 per share for the year, up from their previous […]
News Japan Financial: Consumer prices in Japan's capital rise at fastest pace since 2014
Core consumer prices in Japan's capital, a leading indicator of nationwide inflation, rose 2.8% in September from a year earlier, exceeding the central bank's 2% target for a fourth straight month and marking the biggest gain since 2014.
News Japan Financial: How Japan is becoming a responsible investment success story
Japan's big increase in sustainable investment assets from 2016 to 2020 means it accounts for 8 percent of the $35.3 trillion from the five major markets of Europe, the United States, Canada, Australasia and Japan.
News Japan Financial: Poop teaches kids finance in extremely popular textbook on backorder in Japan
A poop-themed children’s financial literacy textbook is on a severe backorder in Japan due to an overwhelming amount of orders. The Financial Services Agency (FSA) in Japan offered to distribute free “Poop Money Drill” textbooks beginning in April to those who apply, causing a massive backorder due to its popularity, reported SoraNews24. An average of 10 books were being distributed by the FSA in April; however, the number skyrocketed by 1,000 times on June 16.
News Japan Financial: EXCLUSIVE Japan pushes to remove zero-emission vehicle target from G7 statement, draft shows
Japan is pushing to remove a target for zero-emission vehicles from a G7 communique expected this week, according to a proposed draft seen by Reuters, a move that would water down language on climate ...
News Japan Financial: New private financial exchange opens in Japan, first in 12 years
A new private financial exchange, hoping to be an alternative for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, opened Monday in Japan, becoming the third such exchange and the first to be launched in 12 years in the ...
News Japan Financial: On Japan’s farms, a weakening yen adds to slow-burning discontent
The yen's slide to a more than two-decade low in 2022 hits Japan's farmers hard, making the already high cost of imported feed, fuel, and fertilizer even more difficult to afford ...
News Japan Financial: POLL-Japan firms want fiscal support, help on yen and commodities
A vast majority of Japanese firms want fiscal support to keep flowing at least through this year, a Reuters poll showed, while two-thirds want help to ease the pain from rising commodity prices and a ...
