NHK television issued the message on its internet and mobile news sites as well as on Twitter, saying North Korea appeared to have fired a missile at Japan. It said the government was telling people to evacuate and take shelter. “North Korea appears to ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese public TV says staffer sent missile alert in error
... public broadcaster NHK says its erroneous alert of a North Korean missile fired at Japan was sent by a staff member who meant to file a different news flash. NHK denied any mechanical flaw and said Wednesday it is studying preventive measures. The ... ( read original story ...)
As Japan plans fiscal consolidation, Abe looks for loophole
TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to use hefty supplementary budgets over the next several years to ramp up economic stimulus even as a fiscal consolidation plan due out in June urges restraint. As the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy ... ( read original story ...)
American contractors swoop in as Japan boosts defense spending
TOKYO -- Japan plans to spend record sums on defense in fiscal 2018, but the gains will flow not to high-tech Japanese manufacturers but to US companies backed strongly by President Donald Trump. This has dismayed Japanese corporates who watched Mr Trump ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks eke out small gains as strong financials offset resources-related stocks
TOKYO: Japanese stocks eked out small gains on Monday, with strength in securities and insurers offsetting falls in resources-related sectors including trading houses, steelmakers and shippers. The Nikkei index was flat at 23,816.33 and the broader Topix ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese retail investors pull out of bear fund as Nikkei hits 26-year peak
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retail investors are pulling out of a popular bear market fund as a rally in the benchmark Nikkei index to 26-year highs prompts many market participants to ditch their contrarian strategies. The fund is designed to pay investors ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei gains, with real estate shares in spotlight
TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average pushed higher on Tuesday, reaching for fresh multi-decade highs, with real estate and precision machinery shares gaining. The Nikkei was up 0.9 percent at 24,037.86 at the end of morning trade. ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan Sticks to View on 2% Inflation
TOKYO—The Bank of Japan stuck to its view that inflation will likely reach 2% in two years and left policy unchanged Tuesday, but offered no new clues on whether it will join other global banks this year in dialing back its support for the economy. ( read original story ...)
The Bank Of Japan Will Rock The Interest Rate Market, Maybe Tonight
We talked last week about the prospects of a government shutdown and the little-to-no impact it would likely have on markets. Here we are, with a shutdown as we open the week, and stocks are on to new record highs. Oil continues to trade at the highest ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Central Bank Keeps Stimulus Unchanged, Maintains Inflation Outlook
The Bank of Japan maintained its massive monetary stimulus and kept its price and economic forecasts unchanged. The central bank kept its policy interest rates and asset purchases unchanged, it said in a statement released on Tuesday, a result forecast by ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: A frontrunner to solve social challenges
Japan, in a sense, is far ahead of the rest of the world in realizing this new society, as it is compelled to do so. About 27.3 percent of Japan’s 127 million people were aged 65 or higher in 2016, with the ratio expected to reach 38.4 percent by 2065 ... ( read original story ...
Japan industry representatives visit India to discuss bilateral economic activities
The 42nd round of the Joint Meeting of JCCI’s Japan-India Business Cooperation Committee and FICCI’s India-Japan Business Cooperation Committee will also be held on the January 23. ( read original story ...)
Focus shifts to executions in Japan’s 1995 sarin gas attack
When they will be sent to the gallows, though, remains a mystery in Japan's highly secretive death penalty system. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal in the final case last week, so the condemned are no longer needed as potential trial witnesses. ( read original story ...)
Hundreds Hurry for Cover During Tokyo’s First Missile Drill
As a siren warned of an approaching North Korean missile, hundreds of people in central Tokyo hurried for cover in buildings ... The budget for the financial year starting in April includes funds for a new land-based missile defense system, which will ... ( read original story ...)
Halep beats pain, Osaka to reach quarter-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Simona Halep shook off a sleepless night racked with ankle pain to sweep past rising Japanese star Naomi Osaka and into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-2 victory on Monday. The scoreline did not ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stages missile drill as fears linger of North Korean attack
Tokyo (CNN)Hundreds of Tokyo residents wearing gray bibs took ... The message, received by phone users with the NHK app installed on their devices, read: "NHK news alert. North Korea likely to have launched missile. The government J-alert: evacuate inside ... ( read original story ...)