Tokyo June core CPI unchanged from previous year

Core consumer prices in Tokyo were unchanged in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. The core consumer price index for Japan’s capital, which includes oil products but excludes ... ( read original story ...)

Japan buys 159,665 tonnes of food wheat via tender

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture sought 159,665 tonnes of food-quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender. Japan, the world's sixth-biggest wheat importer, keeps a tight grip ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Pot Calls European Kettle Black

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told European leaders that they should increase the continent’s military presence in Asia to help Tokyo put “tremendous pressure” on the People’s Republic of ... ( read original story ...)