Topics: Japan

G20 Finance heads say trade war as ‘intensified’

Group of 20 finance leaders agreed to describe global trade and geopolitical tensions as "intensified" but failed to express the desire to resolve them,...

Report: e-Money shares in India’s payment systems grew up by 21.5%

Getting a leg-up from the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in November 2016, the share of e-Money in India's payment systems...

Yoshihide Suga: Japan’s Government already planning steps to ease pain from sales tax hike

Japan's government is already planning to take sufficient steps to mitigate the pain a scheduled sales tax hike in October could inflict on the...

Indian junk bonds make a big comeback in 2019

Sales of Indian junk bonds have made a big comeback in 2019, almost tripling to hit a five-year high, boosted by a risk-on rally...

Nissan Motors files criminal complaint against ex-boss Carlos Ghosn

Nissan Motor said on Monday it had filed a criminal complaint against former Chairman Carlos Ghosn related to an aggravated breach of trust under...

SoftBank is picking its battles with US national security board

SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to give up board seats and access to sensitive information, take a more passive role in startups and make...

Tokyo court extends Carlos Ghosn’s detention

A Japanese court on Friday ruled that Carlos Ghosn will remain in detention until April 22, as prosecutors grill the former Nissan boss over...

Tokyo Court to question Carlos Ghosn’s wife

The wife of Nissan's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn will be questioned by prosecutors in a Tokyo court on April 11, after her husband was...

NTT Docomo, KKDI, SoftBank and Rakuten receives 5G Spectrum of 1.7 trillion Yen from telecom ministry

Japan's telcos were formally allocated 5G spectrum by regulators on Wednesday, a major milestone ahead of the launch of high-speed wireless services next spring. The...

Carlos Ghosn says he is a victim of a conspiracy

Ousted Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn said he was innocent of all the charges against him and was the victim of a conspiracy,...

Nissan shareholders eject Carlos Ghosn from the board

Nissan shareholders voted on April 8 to eject Carlos Ghosn from the board, as the detained former chairman fights multiple financial misconduct charges that...

Carlos Ghosn’s wife leaves Japan to appeal to the French Government

The wife of former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has left Japan and flown to Paris to appeal to the French government to do more...

Lawyers outline ‘Carlos Ghosn’ bail condition

A lawyer for Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was taken back into custody last week, has outlined the conditions for his initial release...

US recession tension mounts, Global stocks dip as investors looks for bonds as safe investments

Investors dumped shares on Monday and fled to the safety of bonds while the Japanese yen hovered near a six-week high as risk assets...

Wall Street dips after the global economic slowdown report

Wall Street stocks sold off sharply on Friday, with all three major US stock indexes posting their biggest one-day percentage declines since Jan. 3,...

Tech Mahindra to acquire 100 percent shares in K-Vision Co

One of India, largest technology major Tech Mahindra has announced that "The company has agreed to acquire 100 percent stake of K-Vision a Japan-based...

Commerce Sec Anup Wadhawan: India looks for better deal for exporters under Free trade agreement

India is in discussions with its key trading partners to expand preferential duties under free trade agreements (FTAs) even as the government is streamlining...

Huawei wants Japanese manufacturers to supply more smartphone components

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has asked Japanese firms including Murata Manufacturing and Toshiba Memory to increase supplies of smartphone components, the Nikkei...

Nissan former chairman Carlos Ghosn says he is innocent and ready for defense

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn may leave detention as early as Wednesday, after a Tokyo court approved his release on 1 billion yen ($8.9...

Report: Tokyo court says lawyers again seeking Carlos Ghosn release on bail

TOKYO (AP) — Lawyers for Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman detained for more than three months in Japan, requested his release...

Paytm to expand its business in one or two more developed market.

Paytm an online payment company in India is reportedly planning to expand its business in one or more developed markets. While speaking at World Economic...

IIT Kharagpur sign MoU with Japan’s AOTS for setting up a research center in India

IIT Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and Japan's Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS) have signed an MoU to explore opportunities for a...

Bank of Japan’s governor Haruhiko Kuroda blames stock rout on heightening global uncertainty

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda blamed recent instability in stock markets on growing global economic uncertainties but said the world’s third-largest economy was...

Tokyo court granted bail to Nissan’s Greg Kelly

Former Nissan Motor Co Representative Director Greg Kelly was granted bail by the Tokyo District Court on December 25, the court said, raising the...

Kyodo News : Japan’s top three telcos to shun Huawei, ZTE network equipment

Japan’s big three telecom operators plan not to use current equipment and upcoming fifth-generation (5G) gear from China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE...

Rakuten and Tech Mahindra partners to setup 5G labs in Bengaluru and Tokyo

One of the largest software company in India, Tech Mahindra on Monday, announced the partnership with Rakuten Mobile Network in an aim to set...

Facebook Faces Heat from Japanese Government on Grounds of Weak Data Protection Measures

Japan’s government on Monday told U.S. technology firm Facebook Inc (FB.O) to better protect its users’ personal data following lapses this year affecting tens...

Mazda Plans to Become Out and Out E-Vehicle Company by 2030

Japanese automaker giant, Mazda Motors on Tuesday has announced that by 2030 all the vehicles produces by the company will be electrified while 5...

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo Bag Nobel Prize in Medicine for Cancer Research

The Nobel Prize in Medicine this year has been jointly awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their significant contribution to cancer...

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