The current account surplus, one of the widest gauges of international trade, expanded 8.7 percent from a year earlier, marking the 10th straight month of black ink.īaseball: Soto breaks Ohtani's salary record for arbitration-eligible player: report TOKYO - Japan posted a record current account surplus of 1.93 trillion yen ($13.3 billion) in November, helped by a smaller trade deficit and a revival of inbound tourism, the Finance Ministry said Friday.
SBI has solicited investors to place buy orders for shares in three companies in their initial public offerings, for which the broker served as a lead underwriter, in an attempt to increase the chances those shares would debut above their IPO prices, according to the agency. TOKYO - Japan's Financial Services Agency on Friday slapped SBI Securities Co., the biggest online brokerage in the country, with a one-week partial suspension of its operations for alleged stock price manipulation. Japan's FSA punishes SBI Securities over stock price manipulation Incumbent Vice President Lai Ching-te, the candidate of the ruling, independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party, wraps up his campaign in New Taipei after having rallied in the capital Taipei and the southern city of Tainan. TAIPEI - Taiwan's presidential election candidates are making their last pitches to voters Friday on the eve of polls closely watched by the world as China continues to put pressure on the self-ruled democratic island amid rivalry with the United States. Taiwan presidential candidates make last pitches before election The 40-year-old Kawashima made his World Cup debut in 2010 and was a member of Japan's 2022 squad but did not play. IWATA, Japan - Eiji Kawashima, Japan's principal goalkeeper at three World Cups, will return to the J-League for the first time in 14 years to play for Jubilo Iwata this year, the first-division club said Friday. The Ishikawa prefectural government is building 115 makeshift houses across four locations in Wajima and Suzu, two cities hit hard by the magnitude-7.6 temblor, and is aiming to have them completed in a month.įootball: Former Japan keeper Eiji Kawashima returns after 13 years abroad KANAZAWA, Japan - Local authorities on Friday began construction of temporary housing units for people whose homes were damaged by a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day. 2 and found it matches North Korea's KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles, according to the official.īuilding of temporary housing begins for central Japan quake victims KYIV - Ukraine has identified missiles that were fired into its eastern region by Russia earlier this month as North Korean-made, a Ukrainian official said Thursday, providing evidence of Pyongyang's military support for Moscow.Ī research institute of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry collected and analyzed missile debris from a Russian bombardment of the city of Kharkiv on Jan. Ukraine identifies missiles used by Russia as North Korean-made Japan, Singapore, France, Germany, Italy and Spain lead the rankings with visa-free access to 194 out of 227 global destinations, according to the latest survey on passport power released by Henley & Partners Holdings Ltd. WASHINGTON - Japan has reclaimed its position among the countries with the world's most powerful passport, sharing top spot with five others based on the number of destinations its holders can access visa free, according to a recent survey by a consultancy firm. Japanese passport back among world's most powerful: survey The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy notice.Princess Aiko (L, front), the only child of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, listens to a scholar's New Year lecture at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Click "Decline" to reject, or "Customise" to make more detailed advertising choices, or learn more. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Cookies store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. Your choice applies to using first-party and third-party advertising cookies on this service. If you agree, we'll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie notice.