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Japan’s duty-free sales climb in May as tourism boom endures

Japanese department stores are rebounding from a shaky start to the year as lingering political tensions kept many Chinese tourists away.

SMBC Nikko mulls ¥100 billion mezzanine fund amid Japan mergers and acquisitions boom

Mezzanine financing is between senior debt and equity in terms of risk, offering potential extra returns for investors.

Dressing visitors in ancient China's imperial splendor is booming in Beijing

BEIJING (AP) -- Chen Jiao has a curious job: transforming visitors to resemble empresses from ancient China as young people explore a revival of tradi

Japan's sticker-swapping craze returns, has parents combing shops for most popular items

TOKYO -- Sticker swapping, a playground craze among children in the 2000s, has returned as a new boom known as "shiru-katsu." Some parents are now mak

Japanese banks see hybrid bond boom to fund regulatory capital

The issuance of Additional Tier 1 bonds, which are considered among the riskiest forms of bank debt, could rise to a record high in Japan this year.

AI boom squeezes optical tech and Huawei makes a chip comeback

NTT Docomo sells Tokyo land plots for ¥59 billion, joining boom

Foreign and domestic investors have been flocking to Japan's real estate market to buy properties that have risen in price but are still seen as having scope to gain.

Singapore Q1 GDP growth tops estimates at 6% on AI boom

China's 'Seven Titans' tech stocks slump as deflation overpowers AI boom