The Tokyo High Court has upheld a ruling a lower court that sentenced a 37-year-old former nurse at a Yokohama hospital to an indefinite life term in prison for killing three terminally ill patients ... ( read original story ...)
Japan imposes trade curbs on China-based firms for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine
Japan imposed trade restrictions on China-based companies as part of a fresh round of sanctions against individuals and groups supporting Russia's war on Ukraine, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s June Factory Activity Eases as Costs Rise, PMI Shows
The au Jibun Bank flash services PMI shrank to 49.8 in June from 53.8 in May. The index contracted for the first time since August 2022. Japanese service providers suggested that output was limited ... ( read original story ...)
Most Japan Firms See No Need to Follow the US with Tariffs on China
Most Japanese companies see no need for their government to follow the US in raising tariffs on Chinese imports, saying excessive production capacity in China's industrial sector does not affect them, ... ( read original story ...)
European powers step up air, sea drills in Japan’s backyard — and China’s
TOKYO -- European countries are sending more air and sea forces to Asia for defense exercises with Japan, bringing them closer to what remains a distant security challenge: China. A destroyer from ...
Car owned by Japan Finance Ministry involved in suspected hit-and-run death
A car owned by the Finance Ministry fatally hit a pedestrian on a road near the Diet building in Tokyo on Thursday before overturning ...
Car owned by Japan Finance Ministry involved in suspected hit-and-run death
A car owned by the Finance Ministry fatally hit a pedestrian on a road near the Diet building in Tokyo on Thursday before overturning ...
URGENT: Japan to take appropriate step on forex volatility: currency diplomat
Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said Friday that the Finance Ministry will take an "appropriate step" to address excessive movements of the yen. The comment by Kanda, vice finance minister ...
South Korea, Japan to hold bilateral finance ministers meeting on June 25
The finance ministers of South Korea and Japan will hold a bilateral meeting in Seoul on June 25, South Korea's finance ministry said on Friday. The bilateral meeting takes place two months after Choi ...
Yen’s six-day slump highlights risk of Japan intervention
They now see the dollar-yen pair trading around 160 through the end of the year. This April and May, Japan’s Ministry of Finance ultimately spent some US$62.7 billion supporting the yen in moves that ...
Japan has no right to meddle in China-Philippines maritime issues, says Chinese embassy in Japan
Japan is not a party to the South China Sea issue and has no right to intervene in China-Philippines maritime matters, a spokesperson for China's embassy in Japan said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific markets set to fall as S&P 500 retreats from record; investors assess Japan inflation data
Asia-Pacific markets are set to open lower after the S&P 500 retreated from its record above the 5,500 level on Thursday. Investors in the region will assess Japan's inflation data for May after the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Inflation Picks Up, Backing Case for BOJ Rate Hike
Japan’s inflation accelerated after the government increased renewable energy-related levies, a result that backs the case for the central bank to consider raising interest rates in coming months. ( read original story ...)
Japan top currency diplomat says ready to act vs speculative FX moves
Japanese authorities are ready to take action against speculative and excessively volatile moves in the currency market that hurt the economy, the country's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on ... ( read original story ...)
Andreescu takes down former world No. 1 Osaka to reach the semis in the Netherlands
Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., outlasted Japan's Naomi Osaka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3), to reach the semifinals of the Libema Open. ( read original story ...)
The race to become Tokyo’s governor begins
As campaigning begins to become the governor of Tokyo, we hear from Tomohiko Taniguchi, a former special adviser to the cabinet of Shinzo Abe, on who’s in the lead to run the world’s most populous city. Then: Canada lists Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ... ( read original story ...)