Medical personnel in central Japan are on guard as the "11th wave" of coronavirus infections and the intense summer heat simultaneously hit the country, making it difficult to immediately distinguish ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan raises its key interest rate, aiming to curb yen’s slide against the dollar
TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate Wednesday to about .25% from zero to about 0.1%, acting to curb the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s central bank raises its benchmark rate to 0.25%, aiming to halt the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar
Japan's central bank raises its benchmark rate to 0.25%, aiming to halt the yen's slide against the U.S. dollar ...
Tokyo Disney’s Value Almost Hits One Year Low
The stock price of the company which controls Tokyo Disneyland crashed last week to almost its lowest value of the past year despite opening a $2.1bn expansion just one month earlier. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan to debate rate hike, outline bond taper plan
The Bank of Japan is expected to detail plans to taper its huge bond buying on Wednesday and debate whether to raise interest rates, signalling its resolve to steadily unwind a decade of massive ...
Bank of Japan hikes key interest rate to 0.25%
The Bank of Japan addressed the weakening yen by raising its key interest rate to 0.25%. The move briefly strengthened the yen and boosted Tokyo's sto ...
Mizuho posts 17.9% Q1 earnings increase, bolstered by Japan’s end to deflation
Japan's third-largest lender by assets, Mizuho Financial Group , reported 17.9% growth in first-quarter profit on Wednesday as the long-awaited end of negative interest rates lifted profit margins on ...
Parkway Life Reit acquires Osaka nursing home property for 2.4 billion yen
Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) is acquiring a nursing home property in Osaka, Japan, for 2.4 billion yen (S$20.7 million), its manager said on Tuesday (Jul 30). Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)
Japan hikes interest rates for second time since 2007
Japan's central bank has raised the cost of borrowing for the second time this year as it tries to ease rising prices in the world's fourth largest economy. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) increased its key ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Raises Interest Rates for Second Time Since 2007
The Japanese central bank increased its target policy rate to 0.25 percent, up from a range of zero to 0.1 percent. The rate was last bumped up in March, when the bank raised interest rates for the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s transport ministry to issue corrective order to Toyota, NHK says
Japan's transport ministry is planning to issue a corrective order to Toyota Motor due to violations in the company's vehicle certification procedures, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
US-Japan Alliance Robust Regardless of Election, Ambassador Emanuel Says
Deepening security integration between the US and Japan will help ensure ties between the allies remain strong regardless of political changes, Washington’s top envoy to Japan said. ( read original story ...)
Appellate court dismisses compensation collection bid by victims of Japan’s sexual enslavement
An attempt by victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery to collect court-ordered compensation from the Japanese government has fallen through as Tokyo refused to submit a list of its assets in South ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan to Decide on Rates Hours Before Fed
Welcome to our TOPLive coverage of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy decision. We’ll start at about 11:30 a.m. Tokyo (10:30 a.m. Hong Kong), with the central bank typically announcing its decision ...
Asia: Yen rises ahead of Bank of Japan decision as rate hike talk swirls
THE yen extended its rally against the dollar on Wednesday ahead of a much-anticipated Bank of Japan announcement, with debate centred on whether it will hike interest rates, while equities mostly ...
4.7-magnitude earthquake jolts Tokyo area: JMA
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 on early Wednesday rocked the Tokyo metropolitan area, the country's weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 01:47 a.m. local time, measuring 3 ... ( read original story ...)