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TOKYO (March 17): Graduate recruitment in Japan looks a bit like a scene from the movie "The Matrix." Hordes of students dressed in identical black suits and white shirts make the rounds of seminars, tests and interviews. Even as jobs outnumber a

SINGAPORE (Feb 22): Sheldon Adelson – one of the world’s richest men and notably among the biggest funders of Donald Trump’s US presidency campaign – has pledged to spend up to US$10 billion ($14.2 billion) on building a casino facility in Japan,

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): CIMB Securities is reiterating its “add” recommendation on CapitaLand with an unchanged price target of $4.19, after the property developer’s recent announcement of some $620.1 million worth of acquisitions in Japan.

SINGAPORE (Feb 17): CapitaLand has agreed to acquire a portfolio of four income-producing office and retail properties in Japan’s Greater Tokyo Area, at JPY49.7 billion ($620.1 million).

TOKYO (Feb 16): Sleep deprivation is doing more harm in Japan than just making people grumpy and unhealthy. It is also holding back the world’s third-largest economy.

(Dec 15): Tokyo regained its top spot among the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates for the first time since 2012 as the yen rose. London fell out of the top 100 priciest after Brexit crushed the pound.

WELLINGTON (Dec 5): The euro retreated with riskier assets, while bonds advanced, amid concern the failure of Italy’s referendum on constitutional reform will destabilize the country, emboldening anti-Europe and nationalist forces.

SINGAPORE (Oct 18): City Developments Limited (CDL) announced that its special purpose company, Iconique Tokutei Mokuteki Kaisha has signed an agreement with Mitsui Fudosan Residential for a 20% stake in a prime residential development in Tokyo.

(Sept 28): Shanghai ranks as the top pick among the world’s cities expected to become significant global financial centres in the next few years, according to a survey of finance professionals.