Yokohama, March 13 (Jiji Press) -- Japan's Mizuho Bank is opening a new type of branch at train stations, shopping facilities ...

SoftBank is marching ahead on its ambitions to build out a major AI operation in its home market of Japan, on its own steam ...

Then there's MLB, which opens its regular season for the second straight year in the Asian market. A year ago it was Seoul, ...

Preliminary data from the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, showed that 760 member unions secured wage increases of 5.46% on average this year. That is higher than last year's 5.10% ...

A first-ever National Police Agency (NPA) survey pinpointing 40 online casinos accessible in Japanese revealed that all operate under license･･･ ...

A Canada-based chain of teppanyaki restaurants made its US debut in metro Phoenix. Here's where and what's on the menu at the ...

KCB Bank, the largest financial institution in East Africa, has partnered with Compass Plus Technologies to strengthen its multi-currency offering by launching Kenya’s first platinum multi-currency ...

Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield rose to its highest since 2008 on Monday, at a time when Treasury yields ticked lower again, underscoring expectations that the Bank of Japan will keep ...

Japan's Seven & I, the parent company of the Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store chain, says it is selling its supermarket store assets to Bain Capital for about $5.4 billion ...

In Japan, interest rates are set by the Bank of Japan's Policy Board in its Monetary Policy Meetings. The BoJ's official interest rate is the discount rate. Monetary Policy Meetings produce a ...

Japan Post Holdings Co. plans to sell a stake in Japan Post Bank Co. that could raise ¥630 billion ($4.2 billion), the latest disposal in the former state-run giant’s decade-long privatization ...