TOKYO, Aug 31 - Housing starts in Japan fell 32.1 percent in July from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday, a bigger drop than a median market forecast for a 30.9 percent slide....
* Chuo Mitsui Capital takes Skylark holding * Skylark posts losses for three consecutive years * CVC Capital looking for new Japan investments TOKYO, Aug 28 - UK Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners said...
* ETF Securities launches 5 ETFs on TSE, its first in Japan * In talks to list in Singapore, Hong Kong, also eyes China * Gold's psychological barrier of $1,000 could be topped fast (Adds...
TOKYO, Aug 24 - ETF Securities Ltd, an operator of commodity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), said it aims to have $1 billion in assets under management in Japan by the end of 2010 as it makes...
August 18 MetalBiz--In the first half year of 2009, Japan exported 5.552mln tons of scrap, up 74.1% year on year. Among them, the export volume of Chiba port...
Japan Tokyo Steel increased steel scrap purchase price of four steel mills
* Japan logs fastest quarterly growth since Jan-March 2008 * Exports, personal consumption lead growth on govt stimulus * Analysts expect any recovery to be fragile (Adds details, analyst quotes) TOKYO, Aug 17 - Japan's...
* LG Display, AU and Chi Mei gain after strong Japan quake * LG Display, AU rise on strong volume; buck weak market * Nomura upgrades LCD sector view to neutral from bearish * Sharp...
TOKYO, Aug 12 - Japanese wholesale prices fell a record 8.5 percent in the year to July, Bank of Japan data showed on Wednesday, reflecting a plunge in commodity and energy prices from their peaks...
TOKYO, Aug 11 - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Tuesday that he saw no risk of Japan slipping into a deflationary spiral. The Bank of Japan's low interest rates and measures to...