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U.S. bonds back in favour, despite cost of currency hedging * Core Europe, Japan bonds seen having limited upside * U.S. corporate, mortgage bonds seen as a main target By Hideyuki Sano and Daniel ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan on Monday cut its assessment for ... to rebound from a temporary soft patch," Yamada told a news conference. The report will be among factors the BOJ will ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Women won just 10.4 percent of the seats up for grabs in Japan’s regional assembly races yet still recorded a record high, Kyodo News said, highlighting the slow pace of improvement for ... ( read original story ...)

AKITA, Japan - Taeko Watanabe awoke one cold March night and found a trail of blood in the hallway, a bloody cleaver on her son Yuki’s bed and no trace of him in the house. Then police ... ( read original story ...)

Stephen Givens, an American lawyer who has been practising law in Japan since 1987, told AFP that the latest ... Ghosn emerged on Twitter to announce plans to hold a news conference on April 11. With ... ( read original story ...)

Qualified Person The technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Japan Gold’s President & Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Mike Andrews, PhD, FAusIMM, FSEG ... ( read original story ...)

A news item on the radio station’s website quoted ... untouchable,” the Slavko Curuvija Foundation said in a statement. Japan space drops explosive on asteroid to make crater: Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.1 percent to hold just below its recent seven-month top. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.2 percent to its highest of the year so far, while ... ( read original story ...)

The wife of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says she left Japan because she felt she was in danger following her husband's latest arrest. Carlos Ghosn was arrested for the fourth time last ... ( read original story ...)

For now, though, Ms. Osaka has a decision to make. When asked by reporters which nationality she intended to choose, she responded with trademark feistiness. “I’m pretty sure it’s obvious,” she said ... ( read original story ...)

Prince Hotels opened a new hotel, Nagoya Prince Hotel Sky Tower, in Nagoya, Japan. The hotel is located on the 31st to 36th floors of Global Gate, a mixed-use complex erected in a redevelopment area ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Japan’s space agency said an explosive dropped Friday from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully blasted the surface of an asteroid for the first time to form a crater and pave the way for the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one Naomi Osaka has agreed a deal with Nike, the sports apparel giant has announced. The Japanese, who had previously been tied to rival Adidas, will first wear Nike ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka signed with the Oregon-based company, making it official April 4. She passed on other offers, according to Japanese press, that included Uniqlo, making the Nike agreement work. Announcing the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo District Court on Friday said it had approved a request by prosecutors to detain ousted Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn for 10 days, a move the executive’s ... ( read original story ...)

A Tokyo detention centre has confirmed that former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn has been already detained inside the facility following arrest over his latest allegations. Tokyo Detention House ... ( read original story ...)