Japan
Bank of Japan likely to focus on cutting 10-year bond buying, data suggest
A PLANNED cut to the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) bond purchases will probably focus on seven- to 10-year notes, data on the BOJ’s debt portfolio suggest.The monetary authority’s holdings...
Bank of Japan likely to focus on cutting 10-year bond buying, data suggests
A PLANNED cut to the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) bond purchases will probably focus on seven to 10-year notes, data on the BOJ’s debt portfolio suggests.The monetary authority’s holdings...
Japan corporate cleanup fuels appetite for record debt sales
CORPORATE governance reforms that have underpinned a nearly US$2 trillion rally in Japanese stocks are increasing the draw for investors in credit.Japanese corporate US dollar bonds have been outperforming...
Pan Pacific Hotels to debut in Kyoto with new property in Japan portfolio
PAN Pacific Hotels Group will debut in Kyoto through the addition of The Hotel Higashiyama Kyoto Tokyu to its Japan portfolio in 2025. The hospitality company said on Monday...
Biggest IPO in Japan of 2024 offers innovative fix to job crunch
THE developer of an innovative job matchmaking app helping Japan tackle its severe labour shortage goes public on Friday (Jul 26) following the nation’s largest initial public offering (IPO)...
McDonald’s in Japan hit by systems outage, closing 30% of stores
MCDONALD’S in Japan suspended about 30 per cent of its stores nationwide on Friday (Jul 19) after a systems outage.The restaurant chain is “currently investigating the cause and the...
Japan aims to raise jet fuel production, imports to ease crunch
JAPAN plans to increase the production and import of jet fuel in an effort to ease an ongoing shortage that has hampered the operations of foreign airlines in the...
Regional Japan lender dangles megabank pay for market hires
YAMAGUCHI Financial Group, a regional lender headquartered on the western tip of Japan’s biggest island, is considering paying new hires with securities market expertise around the same compensation as...
