2025-05-16 21:36:00
Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, announced its financial results for the last fiscal year, reporting a net loss of 20.1 billion yen, due in part to a series of problems that led to companies cutting back on commercials. This is the first time the company has posted a net loss since going public in 1997, including its predecessor, Fuji Television.
2025-05-16 21:12:00
In order to realize regional revitalization, Prime Minister Ishiba exchanged opinions with representatives of economic organizations and asked for their cooperation in promoting collaboration between the public and private sectors to create attractive workplaces in regional areas and generate new flows of people.
2025-05-16 20:47:00
In the financial results for last fiscal year for the five major securities companies, four of the companies saw a significant increase in net profits compared to the previous fiscal year, due to strong sales of stocks and investment trusts, as well as increased income from advisory services amid active mergers and acquisitions.
2025-05-16 20:25:00
At a press conference on the 16th, Masahiro Sekine, president of Shoko Chukin Bank, a government-affiliated financial institution in which all of the government-held shares have been sold in a bidding process and the process of privatization is underway, revealed that the company will formulate and announce a specific business strategy for after privatization by the end of the year.
2025-05-16 20:04:00
On the 16th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially announced improvement measures to facilitate the distribution of stockpiled rice. The main pillars of the measures include extending the deadline for buying back the same amount of stockpiled rice sold from "within one year in principle" to "within five years in principle," aiming to ease concerns about buybacks and make it easier to distribute stockpiled rice. In addition, JA Zennoh, which won the largest amount of stockpiled rice in the two auctions for stockpiled rice held in March this year, announced that by the 15th, it had shipped more than 40% of the stockpiled rice it won to wholesalers.
2025-05-16 19:29:00
A ceremony to honor engineers and others who have made international achievements in the field of information and communications was held in Tokyo on the 16th.
2025-05-16 19:08:00
Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, announced its financial results for the last fiscal year, reporting a net loss of 20.1 billion yen, due in part to a series of problems that led to companies cutting back on commercials. This is the first time the company has posted a net loss since going public in 1997, including its predecessor, Fuji Television.
2025-05-16 19:02:00
It has been discovered that a Tokyo-based investment fund that invests in regional banks has acquired over 5% of the shares of the holding company for Ikeda Senshu Bank, located in Osaka City. By April, it had also acquired shares in Shiga Bank, located in Otsu City. As a shareholder in multiple regional banks, the fund's future movements will be closely watched.
2025-05-16 18:57:00
Regarding the next management structure of Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, the company decided at a board meeting on the 16th on a personnel plan that lists 11 candidates for directors that are separate from the list of candidates independently proposed by an investment fund that is a major shareholder.
2025-05-16 18:14:00
On the 16th, in the Tokyo foreign exchange market, speculation that the US might ask Japan to correct the high dollar led to a selling of dollars and a rise in the value of the yen.
2025-05-16 18:13:00
Crude oil prices have been fluctuating significantly. At the beginning of this year, a representative index was in the $80 range per barrel, but in April it fell to the $55 range, the first time in about four years. Even after the agreement reached in trade talks between the United States and China, prices have remained at a level close to the $60 range. The downward trend in prices is due to a combination of various factors, but one mystery is the decision by OPEC+, a group of major oil-producing countries, to increase crude oil production. Increasing production should increase supply and lower crude oil prices, but is that enough for oil-producing countries? President Trump's figure can be seen lurking behind this decision. We will unravel the mystery. (Yamada Hiroki, London Bureau Reporter)
2025-05-16 17:43:00
The GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate from January to March this year compared to the previous three months was minus 0.7% on a real annualized basis, the first negative growth in four quarters. Personal consumption, which accounts for more than half of GDP, was sluggish due to high prices. The impact of the tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration in the United States was not noticeable, but the focus is on what kind of impact it will have in the future.
2025-05-16 17:41:00
Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, announced its financial results for the last fiscal year, reporting a net loss of 20.1 billion yen, due in part to a series of problems that led to companies cutting back on commercials. This is the first time the company has posted a net loss since going public in 1997, including its predecessor, Fuji Television.
2025-05-16 17:33:00
Regarding the next management structure of Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, the company decided at a board meeting on the 16th on a personnel plan that lists 11 candidates for directors that are separate from the list of candidates independently proposed by an investment fund that is a major shareholder.
2025-05-16 16:58:00
Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, announced that it had posted a net loss of 20.1 billion yen for the last fiscal year. The main reason for this was a series of problems leading to a move by companies to suspend commercial airings. This is the first time the company has posted a net loss since it became a certified broadcasting holding company in 2008, and if its predecessor, Fuji Television, is included, this is the first time it has posted a net loss since it went public in 1997. Fuji Television's standalone financial results were also announced, showing a net loss of 32.8 billion yen for the last fiscal year.
2025-05-16 16:40:00
Regarding the next management structure of Fuji Media Holdings, the parent company of Fuji Television, the company decided at the board of directors meeting on the 16th to add four more people, including Sawada Takashi, former president of convenience store giant FamilyMart, to the list of director candidates independently proposed by the investment fund, a major shareholder. Regarding the next directors of Fuji Television's parent company, the company proposed seven people, including Fuji Television President Shimizu Kenji, while the investment fund, a major shareholder, Dalton Investments, independently proposed 12 people, including Kitao Yoshitaka, president of SBI Holdings, as director candidates. If the personnel proposals of both the company and the fund are proposed at the general shareholders' meeting next month, there is a possibility that a proxy fight will take place over the appointment of directors, and the focus will be on the fund's future response.
2025-05-16 16:31:00
Regarding the tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration in the United States, Minister for Economic Revitalization Akazawa has indicated his intention to carefully consider which of all options will be most effective and in the national interest, and to devise a strategy ahead of the third ministerial negotiations.
2025-05-16 16:26:00
The GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate from January to March this year compared to the previous three months was minus 0.7% on a real annualized basis, the first negative growth in four quarters. Personal consumption, which accounts for more than half of GDP, was sluggish due to high prices. The impact of the tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration in the United States was not noticeable, but the focus is on what kind of impact it will have in the future.
2025-05-16 16:08:00
On the Tokyo stock market on the 16th, the yen's appreciation in the foreign exchange market slowed down in the afternoon, and there was some buying back activity, resulting in the Nikkei average stock price moving only slightly.
2025-05-16 15:48:00
On the 16th, Toyoaki Nakamura, a member of the Bank of Japan's Board of Directors involved in deciding monetary policy, gave a speech in Fukuoka City, in which he expressed the view that further interest rate hikes should be considered more carefully, as raising the policy interest rate could suppress consumption and investment amid the spreading impact of tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration in the United States.
2025-05-16 15:09:00
In response to concerns that the released stockpiled rice is not being distributed sufficiently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially announced improvement measures on the 16th to facilitate smooth distribution. The main pillars of the measures include extending the deadline for buying back the same amount of stockpiled rice sold from the current "within one year in principle" to "within five years in principle," with the aim of easing concerns about the buyback and making it easier to distribute stockpiled rice.
2025-05-16 15:07:00
It has been learned that a major Japanese trading company that operated a port adjacent to an industrial park on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, will withdraw from the business. The economic turmoil that followed the coup four years ago has led to a worsening business environment, and a growing number of Japanese companies are abandoning their business plans in Myanmar.
2025-05-16 14:21:00
The revised Subcontracting Act, which includes provisions to prohibit purchasers from unilaterally setting unfavorable transaction prices in order to encourage fair price pass-on, was passed and enacted at the House of Councilors plenary session on the 16th.
2025-05-16 13:43:00
Regarding the issue of a subsidiary of Japan Airport Terminal Co., which operates the terminal building at Haneda Airport, providing benefits to a company whose president is the eldest son of a former member of the House of Representatives, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to request reports from airport building operators across the country on whether there have been any inappropriate transactions between the eldest son's company and others.
2025-05-16 12:21:00
The GDP (gross domestic product) for the first three months of this year was minus 0.7% on a real annualized basis, the first negative growth in four quarters, compared to the previous three months. The impact of the tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration in the United States was not noticeable, but personal consumption, which accounts for more than half of GDP, was sluggish due to high prices.
2025-05-16 12:05:00
On the 16th, the Nikkei average fell slightly as sell orders were placed mainly on export-related stocks due to the yen's appreciation against the Tokyo stock market and foreign exchange market.
2025-05-16 11:43:00
The GDP (gross domestic product) for the first three months of this year was minus 0.7% on a real annualized basis, the first negative growth in four quarters, compared to the previous three months. The impact of the tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration in the United States was not noticeable, but personal consumption, which accounts for more than half of GDP, was sluggish due to high prices.
2025-05-16 10:39:00
In response to concerns that the released stockpiled rice is not being distributed sufficiently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially announced improvement measures on the 16th to facilitate smooth distribution. The main pillars of the measures include extending the deadline for buying back the same amount of stockpiled rice sold from the current "within one year in principle" to "within five years in principle," with the aim of easing concerns about the buyback and making it easier to distribute stockpiled rice.
2025-05-16 10:24:00
The GDP (gross domestic product) for the first three months of this year was minus 0.7% on a real annualized basis, the first negative growth in four quarters, compared to the previous three months. The impact of the tariff measures imposed by the Trump administration in the United States was not noticeable, but personal consumption, which accounts for more than half of GDP, was sluggish due to high prices.
2025-05-16 10:07:00
In response to concerns that the released stockpiled rice is not being distributed sufficiently, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries officially announced improvement measures on the 16th to facilitate smooth distribution. The main pillars of the measures include extending the deadline for buying back the same amount of stockpiled rice sold from the current "within one year in principle" to "within five years in principle," with the aim of easing concerns about the buyback and making it easier to distribute stockpiled rice.
2025-05-16 09:22:00
GDP (gross domestic product) for the January-March 2025 period compared to the previous three months was down 0.7% on a real annualized basis, marking the first negative growth in four quarters.
2025-05-16 09:15:00
GDP (gross domestic product) for the January-March 2025 period compared to the previous three months was down 0.7% on a real annualized basis, marking the first negative growth in four quarters.
2025-05-16 06:30:00
American retail giant Walmart has predicted that price hikes are unavoidable, as it will be difficult to absorb all of the increased costs caused by the Trump administration's tariffs.
