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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Mar-a-Lago did not yield much on trade. Tokyo and Washington stuck to their positions, with President Donald Trump continuing to press Japan to enter bilateral negotiations, reportedly promising an exclusion ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 20 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average was flat in choppy trade on Friday morning as worries about slower smartphone demand hit technology shares, while financial stocks rallied helped by higher U.S. yields. The Nikkei was flat at ... ( read original story ...)

The poll also showed the Bank of Japan is expected to keep monetary policy unchanged at its meeting next week, with consumer inflation still far from the bank’s 2 percent target. Industrial production is seen rising 0.5 percent in March month-on-month. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 20 (Reuters) - Japan’s headline inflation slowed in March from February, highlighting the central bank’s struggle to hit its 2 percent price growth target after five years of heavy stimulus, keeping it under pressure to maintain an ultra ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan had been making progress in generating inflation, with domestic demand picking up, although the yen’s rise has complicated the outlook. This month Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he was confident the target would be reached next year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan warned on Thursday of a potential spike in credit costs stemming from a rise in bank loans to companies undertaking low profit businesses if the economy should slow or interest rates rise. Financial institutions are ... ( read original story ...)

For Abe, amending the U.S.-drafted charter - seen by some conservatives as a humiliating symbol of Japan's defeat in World War Two - has long been a top priority. On the economy, Kishida has said the Bank of Japan's hyper-easy monetary policy - a pillar of ... ( read original story ...)