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Asia-Pacific markets rose on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%, and shifted its "dot plot" to project only one rate cut this year.
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
TOKYO -- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings has launched an investment fund focused on private assets with U.S.-based Apollo Global Management, Nikkei has learned, amid growing demand for these products in Japan.
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will consider gradually reducing its Japanese government bond holdings at a two-day policy meeting that starts Thursday, Nikkei has learned, taking a step toward normalizing not just interest rates, but the quantitative side as well.
TOKYO -- Toshiba plans roughly 100 billion yen ($640 million) in capital spending to build up its semiconductor business over the next three years, according to a top executive, as the Japanese industrial group pursues new growth since going private.
TOKYO -- Share buybacks in Japan are running at a record pace this year as listed companies respond to pressure to use capital more efficiently.
BRUSSELS -- The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations will set up a fund to support Ukraine, using income generated from frozen Russian assets, Nikkei has learned.
BRUSSELS -- The Group of Seven will set up a fund to support Ukraine, using income from frozen Russian assets, Nikkei has learned.