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Japanese Inflation to Lose Momentum Keeping BoJ on Stimulus Path
Early on Friday, data out of Japan are expected to show that inflation in the world’s third-largest economy was unable to speed up in March as the winter season was coming to an end, adding more uncertainty as regards the timing the Bank of Japan (BoJ ... ( read original story ...)
JPY In the Spotlight: Yen Weakness Shows Ahead of Japanese Inflation
Tonight brings Japanese inflation numbers for the month of March, and of recent this has become a hot-button topic around the Bank of Japan as price growth in the Japanese economy printed faster than Europe in February. This highlights the potential for a ... ( read original story ...)
Tour company owner arrested after Thais dumped in Osaka
The owner of a Thai tour company has been arrested for deceiving 33 tourists left abandoned in Osaka, Japan, in early February. Tourist Police deputy chief Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal said on Thursday that Sonthaya Phosri, 35, had been arrested the day ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese bank shares tumble on collapse of investment scheme
The collapse of a company that persuaded hundreds of salarymen to invest almost $1bn in ultra-cheap “shared house” developments for single women in Tokyo has triggered a probe into lending practices at one of Japan’s most successful regional banks ... ( read original story ...)
Japan finance official denies sexual misconduct allegation
Japan's Vice Finance Minister Junichi Fukuda ... citing difficulty carrying out his duties due to escalating criticism and attention. (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP) Fukuda's case is the latest embarrassment for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government. ( read original story ...)
Par-tee time! Trump FIST BUMPS Abe as the president drives the Japanese prime minister between shots during 18-hole round on his own golf course
President Trump treated the Japanese prime minister to a round of golf Wednesday morning at his luxurious West Palm Beach, Florida, property and even played driver, shuttling Shinzo Abe around between holes. A photo released by Japan's foreign ministry of ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Turns Back on State-Issued Cryptocurrency
Digital currencies issued by central banks may have a large impact on the current financial system, the Deputy Governor of Japan’s central bank Masayoshi Amamiya said during a fintech conference. He told attendees, including representatives of the ... ( read original story ...)
San Francisco Earthquake Risks: Questions and Answers
Susan Rose, Berkeley “I wonder what California can learn from that most earthquake-prone nation — Japan. What has been the experience of the engineers in Tokyo? What’s their engineering and skyscraper codes like?” — Luboman411, New York City ... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japan finance official quits over alleged sexual misconduct
TOKYO | April 18, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) A senior Japanese finance ministry official resigned Wednesday after being accused of sexual misconduct in the latest embarrassment for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s embattled government, already hit by cronyism and ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka: Parlor concealed sex requirement in recruiting teen employees
OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have busted a sex business in Osaka City that masqueraded as a massage parlor in recruiting female employees, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Apr. 19). Between January of last year and this past February, Hiroyuki ... ( read original story ...)
Economic ties with China still thorny / Intellectual property, steel remain problematic
citing the infringement of intellectual property rights. Facing trade friction with the United States, China apparently aimed to use the latest economic dialogue to present a united front with Japan and thereby send a warning to Washington. ‘One Belt ... ( read original story ...)
Trump says he prefers bilateral trade deal with Japan
Trump tweets dislike for TPP while hosting Japanese PM Trump asks trade officials to look into getting back into TPP Trump said Wednesday during a joint news conference in Florida with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that if he could reach a new trade ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Abe says Japanese steel would be hard to replace
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his country's steel and aluminum supplies "would not exert any negative influence" on the security of the United States. Abe says in a joint news conference with President Donald Trump that the quality of Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Donald Trump cites ‘very big deficit’ with Japan during meeting with Shinzo Abe
Trump and Abe are scheduled to hold a news conference Wednesday evening before the president and first lady host the Japanese delegations for dinner. Abe secured a commitment from Trump on Tuesday to raise with Kim the issue of Japanese citizens abducted ... ( read original story ...)