Asian manufacturing is surging on strong global goods demandThe data underline how demand for Asian exports is gaining from continued economic stimulus in countries such as the U.S., while vaccinatio...
02 Apr, 2021, 10.36 AM IST
Dementia sufferers sit atop frozen assets worth $1.3 trillion in JapanThe size of Japan's forgotten money is equivalent to more than a quarter of the size of its economy.
17 Oct, 2018, 05.32 PM IST
BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda pushes through changes to stay the course for longer haulKuroda’s now equipped for a more drawn-out campaign to generate 2 percent price gains, a goal the central bank forecasts will take even lon...
01 Aug, 2018, 08.04 AM IST
World's biggest trading bloc a step closer after Tokyo meetingTrade ministers from the 16-nation RCEP met in Tokyo on Sunday to try and thrash out remaining differences. A deal could be signed by the e...
02 Jul, 2018, 07.49 PM IST
Big data and bullet train drive India-Japan strategic ties aheadForeign direct investment by Japanese companies has also soared, reaching $3.7 billion in 2016, its second-highest level ever.
16 Dec, 2017, 07.14 AM IST
Bulldozers show where economy’s going before the official dataCompany combines information from movement of its heavy vehicles used in mining, construction to track what’s happening in the global econo...
05 Oct, 2017, 12.18 PM IST
Mark Mobius tells how social media is driving market volatilityAlong with sowing doubt about the veracity of news, social media is shortening people's attention span, according to the 80-year-old fund m...
12 May, 2017, 08.24 PM IST
Weak yen, BoJ policy stance make Japanese stocks 2016's biggest comeback storyThe Nikkei 225’s average bull market since 1970 has delivered a 90 per cent gain over more than 600 calendar days, four times longer than t...
21 Nov, 2016, 10.46 AM IST
Asian stocks erase gain as Japan swings amid US vote countdownThe MSCI Asia Pacific Index was little changed at 137.82 as of 10:56 am in Tokyo, after rising as much as 0.8 per cent earlier.
09 Nov, 2016, 08.09 AM IST
This trader sold his firm for $31, now he is back on topAs clients fled during the global financial crisis, Hideto Fujino was forced to unload his stake in Rheos Capital Works Inc., give up his r...
18 Oct, 2016, 08.42 AM IST
World’s biggest pension fund GPIF loses $52 billion as stocks slumpThe quarterly decline follows a 5.3 trillion yen loss in the fiscal year through March, the worst annual performance since the global finan...
27 Aug, 2016, 06.59 AM IST