Japan sees investment hit record
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Investment by Japanese firms hit a record in the first quarter of 2007, official data shows.
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Japan's second quarter growth rate is likely to be revised up this week on the back of data showing increased corporate investment in factories and offices along with higher profits.
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TOKYO : Business sentiment in Japan surged to a 13-year high in September, topping market expectations. But the latest Bank of Japan quarterly Tankan
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The euro hit a record high against   the yen on Thursday after soft Japanese industrial output data,   while Asian stocks were lifted by news that the U.S. economy   grew more than previously thought in the second quarter.
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Japanese firms cut capital spending by  4.9 percent in April-June from a year earlier, data showed on  Monday, confounding forecasts and adding to views that the Bank  of Japan will hold off from raising rates this month.
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Japanese firms continue to spend on new equipment and production plants, a survey finds, underlining a continuing recovery in the world's second-largest economy.
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Tokyo stocks spent Friday morning  treading water as worries over record-breaking oil prices and  their possible impact to the global economy overshadowed  renewed hopes that Japan's economy is still on track for  sustained growth.
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Toyota, Japan's biggest automaker, plans to invest some 100 billion yen ($830 million) to build a sport utility vehicle plant in the U.S. state of Mississippi, the Nikkei business daily said on Tuesday.
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An index of Asian stocks outside Japan hit a record high on Tuesday, but losses by energy shares kept Toyko's Nikkei index in check, while the besieged dollar inched higher against the euro.
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LaSalle Investment Management is raising investment in Asia over the next three to four years to up to $20 billion as investor appetite for the region grows despite a credit squeeze, an executive said on Friday.
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The number of Japanese men and women who have lived 100 years or more surged this year to a record 23,038. The figure released by the Health Ministry reflects longer life spans in a rapidly greying nation, where
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Japanese stocks rose to a seven-year high Monday, lifted by stronger-than-expected machinery orders. The Nikkei 225 index climbed 121.04 points, or 0.67 percent, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, to 18,261.98 points, the index's highest close since May 2, 2000.
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Private equity firms are setting records in the size of Asian buyout funds, adding to an existing pool of more than $35 billion that is waiting to be invested in deals in the region.
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Japanese firms cut capital spending by 4.9 percent in April-June from a year earlier, data showed on Monday, confounding forecasts and adding to views that the Bank of Japan will hold off from raising rates this month.
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Tokyo, May 24 (Jiji Press)--Major listed Japanese firms are planning to raise their consolidated capital expenditures for fiscal 2007 by an average of 5.7 pct from the previous year, posting a rise for the fifth straight year, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday.
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Japan's main stock index rose to a near-seven year high on Monday on signs of a big department store merger, and the dollar idled around multi-week lows amid expectations the U.S. may cut interest rates this year.
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The number of Japanese living beyond 100 has almost quadrupled in the past 10 years, with the once-exclusive centenarian club expected to surpass 28,000 this year, the government said Friday.