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29 Aug 08
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Nintendo raises earnings forecast Japan's Nintendo raised its 2008/09 profit outlook by 23 per cent beyond market expectations on strong sales of its Wii video game console and DS portable player |
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29 Aug 08
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Japan inflation at decade high in July Annual core inflation rose to 2.4%, topping market expectations and reinforcing views that high oil and food prices are dealing a blow to consumers amid a likely recession |
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27 Aug 08
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Property sector drags the Nikkei lower Asia-Pacific equities were mixed with Japan weighed down by property stocks and a higher yen, while investors applauded the earnings of companies including China Cosco and Woodside Petroleum |
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25 Aug 08
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Japan's promised rice aid fails to emerge Three months after pledging to release 300,000 tonnes of the grain, Yasuo Fukuda, Japan's prime minister, has still not delivered |
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25 Aug 08
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Toyota to lift prices on hybrids and trucks Toyota Motor Corp is to raise suggested retail prices on some hybrid and commercial vehicles in Japan from next month to help absorb higher prices of steel, crude oil and other raw materials |
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25 Aug 08
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Nochu to buy more securitised products Norinchukin Bank (Nochu), Japan's fourth largest by assets, plans to increase investments in securitised products, including asset-backed securities and collateralised debt obligations, by at least Y6,000bn ($54bn) over the next year or two |
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21 Aug 08
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China ousts US as top Japanese market China became Japan's largest export destination for the first time last month, underlining the growing importance of Chinese demand to the world's second-largest economy |
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21 Aug 08
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Asia sinks as credit crisis victims mount China shares fell the most, reversing much of Wednesday's 7.6 per cent surge, while the MSCI Asia Pacific Index had lost 0.5 per cent by late morning in Tokyo |
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20 Aug 08
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UK tries to offload Typhoon fighters Talks have been held with countries including Japan about offloading large numbers of Eurofighter Typhoons that the Ministry of Defence has ordered but can no longer afford |
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19 Aug 08
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Japan warns iPod users of fire risk Japan warned consumers of the risks of Apple's iPod nano portable music player after reports of minor fires caused by overheating devices |
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19 Aug 08
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BOJ cuts economic view as recession spreads The Bank of Japan has cut its assessment of the economy for a second month in a row in a sign that a global slump sparked by the US credit crisis may be spreading too quickly for Japan to avert recession |
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14 Aug 08
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N Korea inquiry into abducted Japanese Tokyo and Pyongyang have agreed details for a new probe into the whereabouts of Japanese citizens believed to have been abducted by the communist state in the 1970s and 1980s |
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13 Aug 08
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Japanese contraction fuels recession fears Confirming fears that the world's second largest economy could be facing a recession for the first time in six years, Japan's economy contracted an annualised 2.4 per cent in real terms |
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12 Aug 08
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Japan data signal end of growth Japan's second-quarter gross domestic product figures are expected to reveal that the economy, the world's second largest, has contracted for the first time in a year |
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12 Aug 08
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MUFG to buy out UnionBanCal for $3bn Japan's largest bank said it would pay $3 billion to make US unit UnionBanCal Corp a wholly owned subsidiary, becoming the latest big Tokyo financial firm to bulk up its presence outside Japan |
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08 Aug 08
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Asia responds to Wall Street's decline Japan suffered as the government said the country, which has the world's second-largest economy, may be in recession because of slower growth in the US |
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06 Aug 08
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Japan says economy is 'deteriorating' The Japanese government yesterday conceded that the country's longest post-war economic expansion may be over |
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05 Aug 08
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Energy prices weigh on resources stocks Japan managed to buck the downward trend and edge higher, thanks to the weakening of the yen, which provided some much-needed respite for exporter stocks |
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03 Aug 08
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Kuwait to lift Japan exposure Kuwait is planning to 'double or triple' its investment in Japan, in a move that could take its total commitment to $50bn, according to Mustapha al-Shamali, the Gulf state's finance minister |
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03 Aug 08
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Japan close to declaring recession Japan's government may be forced to declare that the country has entered a technical recession, although any downturn is likely to be shallower than previous contractions |
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01 Aug 08
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S Korea bucks trend with strong exports South Korea's exports rose at their fastest pace in four years to a record in June, in sharp contrast to those of its neighbours and rival producers, Japan and China |
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31 Jul 08
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TDK buys Germany's Epcos for $1.9bn Japan's TDK Corp is buying German electronic parts manufacturer Epcos AG for $1.9bn in cash, as it pursues growth overseas and seeks to expand sales of industrial-use components |
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31 Jul 08
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Asian markets climb but Japan sinks Japanese shares bucked the muted upward trend in Asia-Pacific markets as investors sold off stocks that had reported disappointing results |
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29 Jul 08
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Japan's jobless rate close to a two-year high In June, seasonally adjusted unemployment rose 0.1 percentage points to 4.1 per cent, prompting the labour ministry to downgrade its assessment of the labour market for the first time in 10 months |
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29 Jul 08
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Unexpected quarterly loss for Nomura Japan's largest brokerage has booked provisions against bond insurers hit by the global credit crisis and written down its investment in a US asset management firm |
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25 Jul 08
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Japan inflation accelerates at fastest in 15 years Inflation in Japan accelerated in June to 1.9 per cent, the fastest pace in 15 years, as surging prices for energy and other commodities forced companies to pass on higher costs to consumers |
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24 Jul 08
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Japan's exports fall for first time in five years Data further reinforced prevalent teh market views that the Bank of Japan will keep interest rates on hold for the rest of the year on economic uncertainties at home and abroad. |
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24 Jul 08
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Rice hails talks with North Korea The US secretary of state met Pak Ui-chun, her North Korean counterpart, on Wednesday together with the foreign ministers of China, Japan, Russia and South Korea |
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23 Jul 08
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Japan's largest insurer to buy US competitor Japan accounts for more than 80 per cent of Tokio Marine's profits, but the insurer is trying to expand abroad to escape slow growth in its home market |
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22 Jul 08
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System glitch halts futures trading in Tokyo The Tokyo Stock Exchange has halted trading in futures for Japanese government bonds, the TOPIX share index and other contracts due to system problems |
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20 Jul 08
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Ex-heads of failed Japan bank acquitted Japan's supreme court has acquitted three former executives of the now-defunct Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, which became a symbol of the country's banking crisis |
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15 Jul 08
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Bank of Japan downgrades growth forecasts The Bank of Japan gas has acknowledged the increasing impact of global problems on Japan's economy, slashing growth forecasts from 1.5% to 1.2% |
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04 Jul 08
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G8 faces pressure to raise food aid The Group of Eight nations will be urged at their annual summit in Hokkaido to boost subsidies for farmers, after the Asian Development Bank warned that rising prices posed a threat to the world's poor |
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03 Jul 08
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Call for Japan sovereign fund for pensions A group of ruling party politicians advising Yasuo Fukuda has called for a $93.7bn sovereign wealth fund to be set up to improve returns to the
underperforming public pension fund |
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02 Jul 08
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Nikkei's losing run longest in 40 years Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 average fell for a 10th day, its longest consecutive loss since 1965, according to the indices' compiler Nikkei |
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01 Jul 08
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Japan's pessimists outweigh optimists While sentiment fell across the board, the fall in the widely watched Tankan survey was not as bad as feared, showing sentiment holding up at some large manufacturers |
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18 Jun 08
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Sino-Japanese sea gas dispute ends A festering territorial dispute between China and Japan has finally been resolved, ending more than 60 years of wrangling between the two Asian powers |
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16 Jun 08
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Japan and China near gas fields accord Tokyo and Beijing appear close to agreement on joint development of natural gas fields in disputed waters of the East China Sea, a deal that would resolve a thorny issue |
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16 Jun 08
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Taiwan sends vessels into disputed waters The action to dispatch patrol boats near the Diaoyutais islands controlled by Japan highlights Taiwan's tougher stance on its closest unofficial ally in Asia |
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16 Jun 08
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Ship spat strains Taiwan-Japan relations The sinking of a leisure fishing boat close to a set of disputed islands has led to Taiwan recalling its Foreighn Ministry representative from Tokyo |
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15 Jun 08
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G8 warns on rising inflation threat Hank Paulson, the US Treasury secretary, talked up the dollar in Osaka as the group of eight finance ministers warned of the increasing threat inflation posed to their economies |
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14 Jun 08
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G8 sees commodity prices as a 'challenge' Finance ministers from the world's richest nations focused on oil markets and a weak dollar as part of plans to tackle global inflation and slowing economic growth at their talks in Japan |
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13 Jun 08
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G8 urged to fund global warming fight Japan, the US and Britain launch a drive on the eve of a meeting in Osaka to encourage rich countries to help developing nations with the costs of tackling climate change |
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12 Jun 08
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TSE chief fears asset sell-off Japan will be forced to sell its assets cheaply to emerging economies such as China and India unless Japanese corporations raise their capital efficiency and enterprise value, warned Atsushi Saito, head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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11 Jun 08
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Japan's Daiichi pays $4.6bn for Ranbaxy The takeover follows a string of overseas acquisitions by Japanese drugmakers and could permanently alter India's generic pharmaceuticals industry, which is struggling to maintain its rapid growth |
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10 Jun 08
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Seoul, Tokyo in vanguard of cartel battle Crackdown on anti-competitive business practices has reached a high worldwide, and countries without a long antitrust tradition are some of the most vigilant enforcers |
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09 Jun 08
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Japan announces plan to cut emissions Despite pressure to set earlier targets, Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda unveiled a new climate change policy that set a goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 |
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08 Jun 08
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Seven killed in Tokyo rampage A man who said he was tired of life has gone on a stabbing rampage in a popular Tokyo shopping district, killing seven people, according to Japanese media |
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05 Jun 08
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Softbank signs iPhone deal with Apple Shares in Japan's third largest mobile phone provider rose on news that it was selected ahead of its larger rival NTT DoCoMo to sell the iPhone later this year |
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04 Jun 08
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China to host Japanese warship China has announced plans for the first port visit by a Japanese warship since the departure of Tokyo's defeated imperial forces in 1945 |
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