It looks like you're using an ad blocker.To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites.Thank you for supporting our journalism.One of Japan’s biggest real estate developers is planning a bond linked to it raising the share of women in management three decades from now.Mitsubishi Estate Co. announced on Wednesday that it is considering issuing sustainability-linked notes, whose terms are linked to variable targets like cutting emissions. In addition to the environmental objectives, the developer of office buildings and luxury condos aims to...…It looks like you're using an ad blocker.To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites.Thank you for supporting our journalism.One of Japan’s biggest real estate developers is planning a bond linked to it raising the share of women in management three decades from now.Mitsubishi Estate Co. announced on Wednesday that it is considering issuing sustainability-linked notes, whose terms are linked to variable targets like cutting emissions. In addition to the environmental objectives, the developer of office buildings and luxury condos aims to...WW…

It looks like you're using an ad blocker.To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites.Thank you for supporting our journalism.Memorial services held online. Zen meditation apps. Buddhist temple-led match-making services.As the coronavirus pandemic forces institutions around the world to change the way they do things, those new endeavors are some of the ways that Buddhist groups in Japan are trying to survive. Their temples are part of the landscape: there are about 77,000, more than the number of the nation’s ubiquitous convenience...…It looks like you're using an ad blocker.To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites.Thank you for supporting our journalism.Memorial services held online. Zen meditation apps. Buddhist temple-led match-making services.As the coronavirus pandemic forces institutions around the world to change the way they do things, those new endeavors are some of the ways that Buddhist groups in Japan are trying to survive. Their temples are part of the landscape: there are about 77,000, more than the number of the nation’s ubiquitous convenience...WW…

1:30 AM IST, 28 Jan 20211:30 AM IST, 28 Jan 2021Save(Bloomberg) -- Dollar bonds are becoming an increasingly hot way for Japan’s prefectures and cities to diversify their funding at attractive costs. Dollar bonds are becoming an increasingly hot way for Japan’s prefectures and cities to diversify their funding at attractive costs.In the latest example, Saga Prefecture in southern Japan sold its first note in the U.S. currency on Tuesday, following last week’s issuance of such debt by neighboring Fukuoka Prefecture. The bond offerings came after a record $570 million of such securities from...…1:30 AM IST, 28 Jan 20211:30 AM IST, 28 Jan 2021Save(Bloomberg) -- Dollar bonds are becoming an increasingly hot way for Japan’s prefectures and cities to diversify their funding at attractive costs. Dollar bonds are becoming an increasingly hot way for Japan’s prefectures and cities to diversify their funding at attractive costs.In the latest example, Saga Prefecture in southern Japan sold its first note in the U.S. currency on Tuesday, following last week’s issuance of such debt by neighboring Fukuoka Prefecture. The bond offerings came after a record $570 million of such securities from...WW…

It looks like you're using an ad blocker.To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites.Thank you for supporting our journalism.The number of suicides rose in Japan in August due to more women and school-aged children taking their own lives — offering a first glimpse into the consequences of the mental health strain brought about by COVID-19 around the globe.Japan is among a few major economies that releases timely data on suicides as it is a persistent societal issue. The numbers hint at what may be going on around the world as countries...…It looks like you're using an ad blocker.To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites.Thank you for supporting our journalism.The number of suicides rose in Japan in August due to more women and school-aged children taking their own lives — offering a first glimpse into the consequences of the mental health strain brought about by COVID-19 around the globe.Japan is among a few major economies that releases timely data on suicides as it is a persistent societal issue. The numbers hint at what may be going on around the world as countries...WW…