Japan Financial News

Investing.com-- Gold prices hovered just below key highs on Friday as a U.S. market holiday made for scant trading cues, with focus now turning to upcoming business activity readings for more cues on the world’s largest economy. 

Maruti Suzuki on Friday said its board has approved the allotment of 1,23,22,514 equity shares of the company to Suzuki Motor Corporation on a preferential basis as consideration for the acquisition of a 100% stake of SMC in Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG). The decision to allot shares at a price of Rs 10,420.85 per equity share for a total consideration of Rs 12,841.1 crore was taken at a board meeting this morning. Maruti shares were trading 0.3% higher at Rs 10,525 on BSE in the opening session. Following the preferential allotment, Suzuki Motor Corporation Japan's stake in Maruti Suzuki India will increase from 56.48% to 58.19%. Back in August, Maruti Suzuki said it would acquire parent Suzuki Motor's manufacturing facility in Gujarat to ensure better management control over the unit.

Investing.com-- Asian currencies kept to a tight range on Friday, while the dollar moved little as a U.S. market holiday made for scant trading, although focus now turned to key business activity readings due later in the day. 

Singapore’s blockchain-powered private markets exchange, ADDX, has listed a deep-value equity fund managed by Aggregate Asset Management (AAM) to its platform.

((This Nov. 22 story has been corrected to show that the revenue forecast is for a 3-year period after the company's clarification in the headline, paragraphs 1 and 3)

By Stella Qiu

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks fell on Friday following weak economic signals from Japan and the euro zone, while steep losses in index heavyweight Chow Tai Fook Jewellery dragged Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index lower.

Nifty just above 19,800 and the Sensex at 66,017.81. Diverse trends emerged across Asian markets as oil prices fell. Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged by 0.97% to 33,775.20, and the TOPIX rose by 0.74% to 2,395.90 after a national holiday.

Sensex eased 5.43 points, or 0.01%, to close at 66,017.81, while the Nifty 50 fell 9.85 points, or 0.05%, to settle at 19,802.00. “While the secondary market saw a range bound move, the heightened action was seen in the primary market. Overall market is likely to trade sideways in the near term with stock specific action in the broader space," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

Investing.com-- Japanese core consumer inflation grew slightly below expectations in October as food  prices eased, although the reading still remained well above the Bank of Japan’s target as overall inflation accelerated. 

By Denny Thomas

SBI Commits to Bolstering Startups in Japan

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In the middle of the afternoon on March 11, 2011, a major earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, triggering a tsunami that sent a 40-metre-high wall of water cascading towards the coast. The inland surge from the tsunami washed away thousands of homes, devastating roads and knocking out power across much of the country. At the island’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, backup generating capacity was wiped away, too, and within days the plant fell into meltdown and began spewing toxic radioactive material into the environment, forcing the evacuation of thousands. The multi-pronged disaster, previously thought impossible, left more than 15,000 people dead and caused more than US$200 billion in damage, making it one of the most devastating in modern times.

Tourism from Japan has been sluggish since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shares are mixed in Europe and Asia after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain

The Shiba Inu price has risen to $0.00000810 today, marking a 2% gain in 24 hours as the market recovers from Binance’s settlement with the DoJ.