Inflation in Japan's capital accelerates, keeps rate hike prospects intact
By Leika Kihara and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while ...
Japan's budget to hit record, but with reduced new bond issuance, draft shows
Japan's government is set to compile a record $735 billion budget for the fiscal year from April due to larger social ...
Did Japan Intervene to Prop Up the Yen? How We Might Know
Even after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates in March for the first time since 2007 and again in July, the gap in ...
Japan’s Bond Market Is Set to Absorb Biggest Supply in a Decade
Investors are set to face the largest supply of Japanese sovereign bonds in at least a decade as the central bank plans to ...
BOJ's Dec summary raises expectations of rate hike soon; keeps policy rate steady at 0.25%
The Summary of the Bank of Japan's December meeting revealed that policymakers discussed the possibility of a near-term rate ...
BOJ debated rate-hike timing, some called for near-term move, Dec summary shows
Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw conditions falling into place for an imminent rate hike with one predicting a move "in ...
Breaking: Japan's Tokyo CPI inflation rises to 3.0% YoY in December vs. 2.6% prior
As of writing, the USD/JPY pair was down 0.13% on the day at 157.76.
Japan Regulator Orders Aeon Bank to Fix Money Laundering Gaps
Japan’s financial regulator ordered Aeon Bank Ltd. to fix its anti-money laundering system, saying it failed to detect and ...
SOCCER/ Chinese soccer clubs bank on Japan coaches to lift game
Japanese soccer fans may find familiar faces on the sidelines of games in China’s football leagues.Chinese soccer officials ...
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Japan's Sekisui Chemical to make solar films in state-backed venture
TOKYO -- Japan's Sekisui Chemical will mass-produce lightweight, flexible solar cells in a joint venture with the Development Bank of Japan, with government subsidies covering half the 314.5 billion ...
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Japan to sell more short-dated bonds next year as BOJ shifts policy
TOKYO - Japan's finance ministry plans to increase sales of government bonds for the first time in four years, with more issues of shorter-dated debt, as the Bank of Japan exits from ultra-loose ...
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Bank of Japan bids final farewell to radical policy experiment
TOKYO – In rare criticism of its past policies, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said former governor Haruhiko Kuroda’s stimulus did ...