Japan

WASHINGTON (Sept 26): The US has gamed out four or five different scenarios for how the crisis with North Korea will be resolved, and “some are uglier than others,” National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said as tensions remain high between the two c

TOKYO (Aug 16): Mizuho Financial Group Inc. is raising a fund to build dormitories to profit from the shortage of accommodation for the surging number of international students at Japan’s universities.  

HONG KONG (Aug 15): MGM Resorts International is counting on a growing number of affluent Chinese customers to drive revenue at its new Macau property, as it strives to catch up with an industry rebound in the enclave.

SINGAPORE (Aug 14): The trustee-manager of Accordia Golf Trust (AGT) has declared a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.63 yen (2 cents) for 1QFY17/18, about 17.3% higher than the DPU of 1.82 yen declared in 1QFY16/17 a year ago.

SINGAPORE (Aug 4): RHB is remaining “neutral” on CapitaLand with a target price of $3.90, after the real estate group’s 2Q17 results came in line with the research house’s estimates.

(July 25): Uber Technologies Inc. is at risk of losing out on another big chunk of the global market.

(July 18): When members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family visited Japan last September and again in March, the Asian country made sure at least one message got through: Please list Saudi Aramco in Tokyo.

TOKYO (July 10): While the latest data shows that the number of Japanese shrank by a record in 2016, the demographic picture isn’t quite so bleak when you include the growing ranks of foreigners.

(July 7): The world’s biggest pension fund posted its best annual gain in two years, as Japanese and overseas stocks rose while government bonds slid.

(July 5): Three stock markets have never returned to the peaks they achieved in the years before the Asian financial crisis triggered a region-wide sell-off two decades ago.