Forget Korea, Japan Could End The Bull Market

SCHE: Emerging Markets ETF Without South Korea

SCHE: Emerging Markets ETF Without South Korea

Financial sector's overseas real estate investment up in Q4

SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- The financial sector's investment in overseas real es...

Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them

Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by plane, spends freely and is, increasingly, what Tokyo is banking its economic future on. Last year, 42.7 million foreign visitors arrived in the country, a record that shattered the previous year’s high by nearly 16 per cent. Now Tokyo wants to turn that surge into something more lasting: a permanent pillar of growth to rival, or even outlast, the industries that built modern Japan. To achieve that...

'No Japan' boycott fades as Japanese products regain favor

South Koreans appear to have moved on from a consumer boycott of Japanese goods sparked by a bitter bilateral dispute in 2019, with Japanese beer imports hitting a record high and younger consumers showing waning support for the campaign. South Korea imported 100,322 metric tons of Japanese beer last year, the first time annual imports have exceeded 100,000 tons, according to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's annual report on imported food inspections released Monday. The figures underscore

[Column] Korea at a crossroads: ‘Yoon Again’ or real change?

[Column] Korea at a crossroads: ‘Yoon Again’ or real change?

Inflation: Japan food delivery firms at crossroads

Inflation: Japan food delivery firms at crossroads

Malaysia perlukan pelaburan berkualiti

SEJAK pelaksanaan Dasar Pandang ke Timur pada awal 1980-an, hubungan Malaysia-Jepun berkembang jauh melangkaui perdagangan dan pelaburan. Kerjasama ini turut merangkumi pemindahan teknologi, pembangunan modal insan, peningkatan produktiviti serta pembentukan budaya kerja yang menyokong proses perindustrian negara. Sehubungan itu, lawatan rasmi Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ke Jepun pada 8 Jun lalu sekali lagi ... Read more The post Malaysia perlukan pelaburan berkualiti appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Japanese Investors Do Not Fund Korean Success: They Fund Japan Readiness

Japanese startups have looked to Korea for ideas, while Korean startups increasingly see Japan as their next growth market. On paper, the opportunity appears stronger than ever, supported by new government programs, startup centers, investment summits, and growing business activity between the two countries. Yet one assumption continues to create unnecessary friction. Success in Korea [] The post Japanese Investors Do Not Fund Korean Success: They Fund Japan Readiness first appeared on KoreaTechDesk | Korean Startup and Technology News.

EDB's expansion to 11 countries reframes Central Asia's place in global finance

EDB's expansion to 11 countries reframes Central Asia's place in global finance

Ringgit, peso lead declines among Asian currencies; South Korean won gains

The following table shows rates for Asian currencies against the dollar at 0205 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Currency Latest bid Previous day Pct Move Japan yen 162.350 162.09 -0.16 Sing dlr 1.293 1.2922 -0.08 Taiwan dlr 32.155 32.143 -0.04 Korean won 1512.000 1515.8 +0.25 Baht 33.380 33.32 -0.18 Peso 61.554 61.416 -0.22 Rupiah 17990.000 [] The post Ringgit, peso lead declines among Asian currencies; South Korean won gains appeared first on Interaksyon.

LDP plans tighter oversight of disclosures by activist investors

The proposals come as Japan has become one of the ‌world's busiest markets ‌for activist investing outside of the U.S.

South Korea’s exports surge by most since 1978 on robust chip demand

South Korea’s exports surge by most since 1978 on robust chip demand

Beware before investing in South Korea’s KOSPI market

The South Korean stock market, the KOSPI, is not an investment-grade asset, even though the country is home to two of the world’s premier technology companies: SK Hynix and Samsung. The simple truth is that the Korea Composite Stock Price Index is too volatile, illiquid, and prone to extreme speculation to be an appropriate destination for investment and []

The Capital Dispatch

THIS WEEK’S STORY The numbers say boom, but the undercurrents show otherwise. Asia closed its best quarter in years, with the Nikkei up 38 and Korea’s KOSPI nearly doubling, while oil drifted back to pre-war prices and the dollar notched its fourth straight quarterly rise. But underneath sits a yen Tokyo won’t defend even past [] The post The Capital Dispatch appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

AI Boom Sees Investors Shift From Japan’s Value to Growth Stocks

Japanese equities, long regarded by global investors as a value market, are beginning to attract growth funds, as AI-linked firms power to the top of market-cap rankings, beating out the manufacturers and telecoms giants that dominated for decades.

World : Japan Food Delivery Firms At Crossroads As Inflation Squeezes Profits

TOKYO, July 4 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan's food delivery industry is at a crossroads as intensifying competition and rising prices squeeze profits, forcing some operators to withdraw from the market, Kyodo News reported.

Foreign investors may have more Korean stocks to sell

Foreign investors may have more Korean stocks to sell

Fruit and vegetables fill North Korea’s markets as prices climb

North Korean markets are stocked with more imported fruit and greenhouse-grown produce than they have been in years, but soaring prices are leaving many shoppers priced out even as the displays look more abundant than ever. According to a Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province, markets in Hoeryong and other cities have recently seen []

Global Market Today: Shares edge higher in Asia as oil dips, earnings loom

Asian markets saw gains as Wall Street futures rose, buoyed by hopes of strong earnings and easing oil prices. Reduced inflation fears have lessened the likelihood of a near-term Federal Reserve rate hike, allowing investors to anticipate a tech profit boom driven by AI. Samsung Electronics is expected to report a significant profit jump, highlighting the strong performance of chipmakers amidst high demand and tight supply.