Japanese authorities are facing renewed pressure to combat a continued yen fall driven by market expectations that the Bank of Japan will keep interest rates ultra-low, even as other central banks ...
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on easy monetary policy: Underlying inflation is lower than 2%
CNBC's Sara Eisen speaks with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and other global central bank leaders Wednesday morning at a monetary policy forum in Sintra, Portugal. Joining Ueda at the event, ...
Bank of Japan Needs More Confidence Inflation Will Stay High to Change Policy, Ueda Says
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said he sees signs that the country’s inflation rate is heading toward target but isn’t yet confident enough to change monetary policy.
Bank of Japan chief defends monetary easing as yen keeps weakening
The chief of the Bank of Japan on Wednesday defended its policy of continuing with monetary easing as the yen briefly fell to a seven-and-a-half month low against the U.S. dollar in New York the same ...
Finance ministers of Japan and South Korea agree to resume currency swap agreement as ties warm
Japan and South Korea have agreed to revive a currency swap agreement for times of crisis. The move is the latest sign of warming ties as the countries work to smooth over historical antagonisms.
South Korea Shoppers Buy up Salt Before Japan’s Fukushima Water Dump
South Korean fisheries authorities say they will keep a close eye on salt farms for any rise in radioactivity. South Korea has banned seafood from the waters near Fukushima, on Japan's east coast. ( read original story ...)
Armed GSDF member goes missing overnight in Sapporo
A gun-carrying member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force was briefly unaccounted for in Sapporo, northern Japan, prompting local ... ( read original story ...)
Police raid Yokohama bars suspected of conning drunk patrons; 5 arrested
Police raided several bars here on the night of June 27 over suspicions they had been making heavily inebriated customers pay for items th ... ( read original story ...)
transcosmos opens BPO Center Osaka Midosuji, a center which offers IT one-stop services
With an IT center serving bottom to upstream processes, enhances services to meet accelerating DX needs TOKYO, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- transcosmos inc. hereby announces that the company ha ... ( read original story ...)
Column: China, Japan joined at the hip in FX war
Japan and China may be signaling that they want their currencies to stop weakening too much, but the reality is depreciating exchange rates will help give Asia's economic giants the inflation and competitive edge both are currently seeking. ( read original story ...)
Japan Retail Sales Growth Accelerates; Consumer Confidence Strengthens
Despite high inflation, Japan's retail sales grew at a faster pace in May suggesting strong contribution by private consumption to ... ( read original story ...)
Man held after 18-year-old woman stabbed to death in Yokohama
The woman's family called the police when they found her collapsed and covered with blood in an apartment complex Thursday morning. ( read original story ...)
Japanese shares extend gains as softer yen lifts exporters
TOKYO: Japanese stocks climbed for a second straight session on Thursday, as a softer yen boosted exporters while tech shares resumed a rally after traders assessed the prospects of further ... ( read original story ...)
Foreigners turned sellers of Japan shares after 12 straight weeks of purchases
Foreign investors turned net sellers of Japanese equities after 12 straight weeks of purchases that helped propel shares to three-decade highs, official data showed on Thursday.
Japan, S. Korea finance talks to seek deeper ties, swap arrangement
Japan and South Korea on Thursday will discuss ways to deepen bilateral economic and financial cooperation at their first finance dialogue in seven years, with the revival of a currency swap agreement ...
Japan, S.Korea to discuss FX swap deal in first finance talks since 2016
Japan and South Korea will hold their first bilateral finance dialogue in seven years on Thursday, with both looking to mend strained ties as they face common geostrategic risks from an increasingly ...