HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japanese banks have attracted larger foreign investment flows than other sectors, as investors see them as top beneficiaries of potential monetary tightening. Analysts said Japan's emergence from decades of deflation and higher rates will mean better earnings for banks, supporting their stock prices. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The Bank of Japan ends a two-day policy meeting on...

HONG KONG/LONDON (Reuters) -Standard Chartered ( SCBFF ) on Tuesday reported its pretax profit rose 5% in the first six months of the year, just ahead of analysts' estimates and announced its largest share buyback to date. StanChart, which earns most of its revenue in Asia, said statutory pretax profit for the first half reached $3.49 billion. That compared with...

TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - Toyota's ( TM ) global production tumbled in June, down for a fifth straight month with the automaker hit hard by a certification scandal in its home market and a fierce price war in China. Output worldwide for Japan's biggest automaker slid 12.9% to 795,862 vehicles, the sharpest decline since December 2022. In its home...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota's ( TM ) global production tumbled in June, down for a fifth straight month with the automaker hit hard by a certification scandal in its home market and a fierce price war in China. Output worldwide for Japan's biggest automaker slid 12.9% to 795,862 vehicles, the sharpest decline since December 2022. In its home market, output...