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A leading indicator of Japanese consumer prices likely rose in January at more than twice the speed of the central bank's target, hitting another four-decade-high, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Two of Japan’s top-ranked universities will be called the Institute of Science Tokyo after their planned merger in fiscal 2024, the two institutions announced on Jan. 19. ( read original story ...)

Japan Tobacco Inc , the cigarette conglomerate one-third owned by the government, is facing a shareholder motion to sell off its listed drug unit Torii Pharmaceutical Co. to boost shareholder value. ( read original story ...)

Masami Fujino got his first raise in 20 years recently, but it's still not enough to let the Tokyo day labourer treat himself to plain McDonald's hamburgers as much as he used to. ( read original story ...)

A crewmember of a ship sailing near the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line Expressway called a sea emergency number at around 1:20 p.m., saying that they had seen "a whale spouting and going under water." A patrol ... ( read original story ...)

Fans waited up to four hours on Friday at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens to catch a glimpse of a popular female giant panda, with on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will consider revising COVID-19 measures as early as this spring, downgrading the disease to a less serious category and relaxing guidance that people wear masks in public indoor places, Prime ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's central bank appears to have scored an interim win in its long-drawn battle with bond bears. The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) policy meeting this week was, at first glance, a damp squib for excited ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki cautioned against making any change to the government's debt redemption rule as it helps the government maintain fiscal discipline. Suzuki made the comments ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s core inflation rate rose to a new 41-year high of 4 per cent in December, adding to mounting market pressure on the Bank of Japan to abandon its yield curve control policy which has helped ... ( read original story ...)

Nobuko Kobayashi of the professional services firm explains why Japan's labor market isn't as fluid as the United States'. ( read original story ...)

Japan's inflation rate has jumped to a fresh 41-year high as businesses pass on higher costs to their customers. © . Core consumer prices for last month rose by 4% fr ... ( read original story ...)

The government and local authorities are currently able to take stricter infection control measures for Covid-19 than they are for tuberculosis, not only by giving hospitalisation advisories but also ... ( read original story ...)

Takatoshi Ito of Columbia University says the country's inflation rate is still on an "upward trend." Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. Sign up for free newsletters and get more ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's inflation rate has jumped to a fresh 41-year high as businesses pass on higher costs to their customers. Core consumer prices for last month rose by 4% from a year earlier, double the Bank of ... ( read original story ...)

A historic accord that ties the Bank of Japan to a 2% inflation goal is approaching its 10th anniversary amid speculation it may be revised to support a change of direction at the central bank under a new governor. ( read original story ...)