Japan's 2025 budget proposal is on the verge of approval, paving the way for government investment in Rapidus, a project ...

SoftBank plans to transform a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Japan into a data centre for operating artificial intelligence ...

In its inspections for the year beginning in April, the BOJ will increase scrutiny on whether lenders have a sufficient grasp ...

Japan’s economy expanded in the last quarter of 2024 at a slower pace than reported in preliminary data, giving the Bank of ...

Investors in Japanese corporate bonds are increasingly seeking protection against possible credit deterioration when an ...

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 ...

Reinforcing its reputation as an institution committed to empowering Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Wema Bank has undertaken an initiative to empower 800,000 Nigerian businesses; following its ...

BDO UNIBANK, Inc. has expanded its partnership with Shizuoka Bank Ltd. to boost trade and investment with Japanese companies in the country. “The expanded partnership with Shizuoka Bank enables ...

Standard Bank Plc has launched the “Phuka SME Awards” to recognize the role of small businesses in contributing to employment and economic recovery efforts. The awards, run in partnership with the ...

Japan's largest labour union group, Rengo, of which JCM is a member, is seeking an overall increase in wages of at least 5 per cent in 2025, including a rise in the base pay of at least 3 per cent.

Japan Post Holdings (6178.T), opens new tab is planning to sell shares in Japan Post Bank (7182.T), opens new tab which could total some 600 billion yen ($4.02 billion), two sources familiar with ...

(IN BRIEF) The EBRD is lending €10 million to Raiffeisen Bank Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Go Digital in Western Balkans Programme, aimed at boosting SMEs’ competitiveness through digitalisation, ...