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The spread of online shopping in Japan is dragging down consumer inflation, the central bank said, highlighting the “Amazon effect” on prices and the challenges policy makers face as they try to pull the world’s third-biggest economy out of years of ... ( read original story ...)

PUTRAJAYA: Several Japanese banking institutions are receptive towards extending yen credit in the form of soft loans to Malaysia, said Japanese ambassador to Malaysia Dr Makio Miyagawa. He said the Japanese prime minister sent a “clear-cut” message ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - When flea market app Mercari (:4385.T) makes its market debut on Tuesday, it will mark the appearance of one of Japan's rarest beasts: a tech unicorn. In most countries, a billion-dollar IPO might suggest the return of an equity boom. ( read original story ...)

Japan was clearly marginalized in the run-up to and during the June 12 summit between the U.S. and North Korean leaders in Singapore. The dynamics suggest that Tokyo will not play any significant role in the follow-up negotiations. There is no way to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Osaka, Japan's second-biggest metropolis, early on Monday morning, killing three people, halting factory lines in a key industrial area and bursting water mains, government officials and broadcaster NHK said. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese city of Osaka has been struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake causing fatalities, damage and widespread disruption to transport. There were three reported deaths according to broadcaster NHK, including a nine year-old girl who was killed by a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo — The Bank of Japan (BoJ) downgraded its view on inflation on Friday, in a fresh blow to its long-held 2% price goal, giving the central bank barely any room to manoeuvre as it tries to map a path to roll back its crisis-era stimulus. As widely ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s central bank maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy on Friday and downgraded its view on inflation, signaling that it will lag well behind its US and European peers in rolling back crisis-era stimulus. Markets are on the lookout for clues ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese yen would have been expected to weaken on the Bank of Japan’s cautious policy update, but instead it defended its modest gains against the dollar, as traders deemed trade war fears more important the ultraloose BOJ status quo. The yen is not ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan on Friday downgraded its view on inflation in a fresh blow to its long-held 2 per cent price goal, giving the central bank barely any room to manoeuvre as it tries to map a path to roll back its crisis-era stimulus. As widely expected ... ( read original story ...)

CALGARY — The Canadian government is trying to reassure Japan and other trading partners that genetically modified wheat found in southern Alberta is limited to a few plants growing along a remote access road and has not been detected in the wider supply. ( read original story ...)

CALGARY — The chairman of the Alberta Wheat Commission says Japan has temporarily halted shipments after some unauthorized genetically modified wheat was found in southern Alberta. Kevin Bender says he hopes the suspension of imports is short-lived. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan downgraded its assessment on inflation and its governor stressed his resolve to keep the money spigot wide open, reinforcing views Japan will lag well behind its U.S. and European peers in dialing back crisis-mode policies. ( read original story ...)

As widely expected, the Bank of Japan kept its short-term interest rate target at minus 0.1 percent and a pledge to guide 10-year government bond yields around zero percent. "Consumer price growth is in a range of 0.5 to 1 percent," the BOJ said in a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Friday morning after the European Central Bank announced it would avoid raising rates until mid-2019, but chip-related stocks tumbled after a brokerage slashed the target price of Tokyo Electron. ( read original story ...)

As widely expected, the Bank of Japan kept its short-term interest rate target at minus 0.1 percent and a pledge to guide 10-year government bond yields around zero percent. "Consumer price growth is in a range of 0.5 to 1 percent," the BOJ said in a ... ( read original story ...)