Japan is ready to respond "resolutely" to volatile yen movements after its recent currency intervention "served as a warning" to speculators behind the currency's rapid depreciation, Finance Minister ...
Suspected arsonist tried to ‘kill apartment manager’: Hokkaido police
A man suspected of setting fire to an apartment building in Hokkaido, which killed two people, has told police that he ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business mood worsens as costs cloud outlook
Japanese manufacturers' business mood worsened in the three months to September, a central bank survey showed on Monday, bolstering views that the weakening yen and its inflationary impact on business ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is reopening in early December
You can purchase its popular oat cookies and butter sandwiches that come in flavours that are limited to Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse. Operated by Spiral Market in Aoyama, lifestyle shop +S offers a ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka nursing home worker nabbed on suspicion of trying to strangle resident to death
A 37-year-old care worker was arrested on Oct. 2 for allegedly attempting to strangle an 82-year-old resident to death at a special nursing h ... ( read original story ...)
Sliding output, orders hit Japan’s factory activity in September
Japan's manufacturing activity grew at its slowest pace since the start of last year in September as a slide in output and new orders intensified due to weakening demand from China, the United States ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei rises on boost from chip and energy shares
Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday, recovering from early losses as chip-related stocks rallied and energy shares tracked gains in crude oil prices. The market's mood was also buoyed by Japan ...
Japan’s Finance Minister Says Ready to Take ‘Decisive’ Steps on Yen
Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki stands up from a table as he finishes his news conference after Japan intervened in the currency market for the first time since 1998 to shore up the battered ...
Japan finance minister Suzuki says sharp FX moves are undesirable
Japan finance minister Suzuki statements crossing the wires. USD/JPY is not too far from 1450 again so Japanese authorities are trotting out the verbal intervention attempts. Suzuki begins with this ...
Low-inflation Japan a relative oasis in a troubled world
As global recession fears intensify, Japan’s stagnant economy increasingly looks like a haven from the world’s inflation woes.
Japan’s yen intervention will bring no relief amid dollar’s strength
The Japanese government intervened in foreign-exchange markets for the first time in over two decades in an attempt to stabilize the yen. However, with the Japanese central bank diverging from its ...
Tokyo stocks open lower on Wall St. falls, weak BOJ Tankan
Tokyo stocks opened lower Monday after sharp declines on Wall Street late last week and weaker-than-expected results from the Bank of ... ( read original story ...)
How the assassination of Shinzo Abe became a political scandal in Japan
The killing of the former prime minister shocked Japan, and the ensuing scandal has shaken the government, says Justin McCurry in Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s business mood worsens in third quarter, Bank of Japan ‘tankan’ survey shows
Japanese manufacturers' business mood worsened in the three months to September, a central bank survey showed on Monday, bolstering views that the weakening yen and its inflationary impact on business ... ( read original story ...)
Pro-Russian groups are raising funds in crypto to prop up military operations and evade U.S. sanctions
However, experts said that there is not enough liquidity in the crypto system on the scale Russia would require to move money. But with the paramilitary groups, they're moving money on a smaller scale ...
Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius Founder, Alex Mashinsky, Withdrew $10M Weeks Before Company Froze Customer Accounts: Report
Alex Mashinsky, the embattled founder and former CEO of Celsius Network, removed $10 million from the now bankrupt crypto lender weeks before Celsius halted customer withdrawals in June, the Financial ...