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With the ink now drying on an economic partnership agreement between Japan and the European Union, both sides must use their alliance to set an example for the world on trade as the U.S. retreats from ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan and the European Union on Tuesday signed a historic Economic Partnership Agreement, creating the world's largest free-trade bloc. The deal sends a clear message against the protectionis... ( read original story ...)

World’s first digital art museum opened in Tokyo by teamLab, a pioneering interdisciplinary creative group of “ultra-technologists,” with offices in Japan, Singapore and China. Called “Mori Building D... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the European Union signed a wide-ranging free trade deal on Tuesday that both sides hope will act as a counterweight to the protectionist forces unleashed by U.S. President ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Leaders from Japan and the European Union will put the finishing touches on the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement on Tuesday with a signing ceremony in Tokyo. The deal agreed by the EU ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has announced that its core banking subsidiary has been renamed MUFG Bank as part of a global initiative to bring together its banking operations under one brand. ... ( read original story ...)

Minutes from Bank of Japan meetings from January to June 2008, released to the public Tuesday, show that Policy Board members had difficulty reading signs of the impending collapse of U.S. investment ... ( read original story ...)

Standard Bank spokesperson Ross Linstrom said at the time that the incident involved the withdrawal of cash using a small number of fictitious cards at various ATMs in Japan. To date, the bank has not ... ( read original story ...)

Crude oil could surge to more than $120 a barrel, according to Bank of America Merill Lynch analysts ... "But these do not include the US, China, Europe, Japan." BAMLRising oil prices have stabilized ... ( read original story ...)

In the banking space, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial is gaining almost 2 percent and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial is adding 0.2 percent. Among oil stocks, Inpex and Japan Petroleum are declining more than 1 pe... ( read original story ...)

It is hard to see the pace of Japan’s economic growth accelerating only on domestic demand,” said Harumi Taguchi, principal economist at IHS Markit. Most economists polled said the Bank of Japan would ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will be the biggest economy in the world by far to be ... by shouting “total witch hunt” as he left the room." If you're a high-level banking official and EU national with five years to spare — ... ( read original story ...)