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TOKYO -- Nikkei will on June 28 reshuffle the constituents of two dividend-related indexes -- both of which are comprised of companies that have increased their dividends for 10 years or longer -- as part of a periodic review, the index provider said on Friday.
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan on Friday decided to reduce its purchases of Japanese government bonds, but only after collecting views from market participants and working out reduction details for the coming one to two years at its meeting on July 30-31, signaling a cautious approach to a form of tightening that could impact the real economy.
TOKYO -- The yen weakened below 158 yen to the dollar on Friday afternoon, immediately after the Bank of Japan announced that it will cut its Japanese government bond (JGB) purchases, but not immediately, following its monetary policy meeting.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is about to announce sanctions on Chinese companies suspected of assisting Russia’s war in Ukraine, government sources say, even with Kishida yet to unveil the plan at the G7 summit in Italy.
According to the Tokyo-based company, the aim is to reduce soaring stress levels among call-centre operators who are having to deal with sharp increases in unhappy customers losing their temper.
SINGAPORE - A former diplomat who secretly filmed a boy at a public bath in Tokyo, among other acts of voyeurism, was fined 300,000 yen (S$2,600) on June 13, reported the Japanese media.
TOKYO -- As Japan moves to a new foreign worker training program that provides more flexibility in changing jobs, regions outside metropolitan areas are sweetening their offers and bolstering support in a bid to attract talent.
Tokyo (AP) — Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for designs praised as smartly and artfully fusing the East with the West, has died. He was 95.