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Main events scheduled in Japan for Tuesday, March 26: -- Bank of Japan to release summary of opinions from March 14-15 Policy Board meeting at 8:50 a.m. -- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to visit ... ( read original story ...)

Government data last Friday also showed Japan's annual core consumer inflation slowed in February, leaving its central bank in a bind. That followed a sell-off on Wall Street Friday, as an inverted ... ( read original story ...)

NHK has learned that one of Japan's three biggest banks is giving employees a higher pay raise than what they'd asked for. MUFG Bank apparently wants to boost motivation amid a tough business ... ( read original story ...)

The largest futures exchanges in Japan are set to announce a merger this week as part of a national effort to take on foreign rivals and restore Tokyo’s place as the financial centre of Asia. ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index dived more than three percent ... below those for 10-year notes -- the first time this had happened since before the global financial crisis in 2007. The yield curve has ... ( read original story ...)

REUTERS/Issei Kato Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Friday that the economy was in a moderate recovery and that there was no change in the government's plan to ... ( read original story ...)

Lyft and Uber have raced to be first with an IPO, and Lyft’s rival is expected to offer shares in the coming weeks. Lyft released financial details about the company for the first time this month, ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on Monday as chip-related stocks tracked strength in their U.S. peers, but weak February export data checked the market’s upside. The Nikkei share ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose on Monday as chip-related stocks followed gains in their U.S. counterparts on Friday, but weak February export data limited the market’s upside. The ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan will propose new guidelines on development ... influence through infrastructure projects, sources have told Nikkei. The new guidelines -- tentatively called "G-20 principles on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s exports fell for a third straight month in February in a sign of growing strain on the trade-reliant economy from slowing external demand and a Sino-U.S. tariff war. Ministry ... ( read original story ...)

What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." He was given the 2018 prize for excellence in opinion writing by the Society of Publishers in Asia for his Nikkei Asian Review work. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Listed Japanese companies are poised to retire ... according to data compiled by Nikkei. It is also expected to exceed total share buybacks in fiscal 2018, which came to 4.5 trillion ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee has told ... sources with knowledge of the matter told Nikkei on Saturday. Tsunekazu Takeda's decision, which could be announced at an ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese fish farmers are turning to drones, artificial intelligence and cloud computing to cut costs and improve operations as demand for seafood continues to soar. Farmed seafood is ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan will tighten oversight of pay for foreign employees through ordinances issued Friday, aiming to address major concerns over working conditions as the country prepares to accept more ... ( read original story ...)