The BOJ's monetary meeting concluded Tuesday with no change to its current ultra-low interest rate at -0.1%, a stance it's held since 2016. ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes south of Kermadec Islands -EMSC
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck south of the Kermadec Island region on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. ( read original story ...)
Earthquake that hit Mie shook faraway Ibaraki and Fukushima
“Even a deep-focus earthquake can cause a tremor of 5 or more on the Japanese seismic intensity scale if it reaches a bigger magnitude,” he said. “I want the (Nov. 14) earthquake to be an ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Surprises Markets With Policy Change
The adjustment to bond buying policies was a rare move for the central bank, keen on helping the country battle rising inflation and a weak currency. ( read original story ...)
Japan trade up 13%, but surplus shrinks
The bilateral merchandise trade volume between Cambodia and Japan totalled $1.789 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, rising by 13.11 per cent on-year, with Cambodian exports accounting for a ... ( read original story ...)
Yen soars to 4-month peak, global markets jolted after surprise Bank of Japan policy tweak
TOKYO - The yen surged to a four-month peak against the US dollar on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) stunned markets by deciding to review its yield curve control policy and widen the trading ... ( read original story ...)
Faxes and floppy disks: Japan’s bureaucracy needs an upgrade
For a country where emoji were invented, Japan’s bureaucracy remains steadfastly analog. © Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters People watch Sony’s robotic dogs, known as Aibo, d ... ( read original story ...)
FTSE 100 Live: TSB fined over IT failure, Japan policy shift hits markets
Evening Standard FTSE 100 live.jpg . Shares in Tokyo have fallen sharply after an unexpected move by the Bank of Japan signalled the beginning of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s recent approval of long-range strike capability is a big change, think tank says
Sheila Smith of the Council on Foreign Relations says that's "a kind of offensive capability that the Japanese have not had to date." ... ( read original story ...)
S Jaishankar says Japanese businesses make ‘more serious investments’ in other ASEAN countries, China than in India; tells why
"There were a number of reasons for this. I think partly the enabling environment did not meet Japanese expectations which essentially meant that the Indian system did not particularly make an effort ... ( read original story ...)
Ha Nam, Japanese prefecture consider more business opportunities
Director of the Mayoral Office of Izumiotsu city of Japan’s Osaka prefecture Nakayama Hideto paid a working trip to the northern province of Ha Nam on December 19 to learn about its investment ... ( read original story ...)
Suntory Beverage’s first female CEO wants more women managers, global business
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd's incoming CEO Makiko Ono, one of only a handful of women to lead a big Japanese company, wants to see more opportunities for women in management and more business for her ... ( read original story ...)
Yen Rises on Report of Japan Govt Move for More Flexible Inflation Target
The yen was last 0.6% stronger at 135.91 per dollar, after having touched a high of 135.80 earlier in the session. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is aiming to make the BOJ's 2% inflation target a more ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo couple caught making stickers with police mascot flipping bird
It’s widely known that just about everything in Japan has a mascot character associated with it, from train stations to hemp. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is no different with Peopo-kun ... ( read original story ...)
Majority of Japanese oppose raising taxes to fund military expansion -Kyodo
The majority of Japanese people do not support raising taxes to fund military expansion, Kyodo reported on Sunday, citing a survey the news agency conducted after the government announced Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
More year-end parties in east Japan pref. this year, but most companies still abstaining
According to a survey by Tokyo Shoko Research's Maebashi office, 61.6% of businesses in Gunma Prefecture are not planning to have year-end parties, a 14.1-point drop from 2021. Th ... ( read original story ...)