Japan's lending to Russia. The numbers are worrisome.
There are not many lenders to the beleaguered Russia in Asia, other than Japan’s mega banks. While the figures may be small in absolute terms,...
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JAPAN: Public Money Flows: Japan Post's Plan to Up Risk
On 1 April 2015, Japan Post Holdings released a "Medium Term Plan" (pdf, Japanese only, 4MB) for its business through FY2017 and Japan Post...
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JAPAN: Three Public Pensions Add Fuel to the Fire
On Friday March 20, Japan's "Other Three" public pensions (Chikyoren, KKR, and Shigaku Kyosai (nota bene: links are to the Japanese sites - each...
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Japan's mega banks will see major profit pressure from Russia credit costs
Weakness in Japan mega bank financials - with dreadful margins and near zero domestic loan growth - has been hidden by loan loss reversals, but...
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