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TOKYO—Japan’s central bank believes the nation can withstand a sales-tax increase scheduled for next year and avoid the sharp slowdown that followed earlier increases, say people familiar with the Bank of Japan’s thinking. The central bank will ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Monday as index heavyweight stocks such as SoftBank and Terumo lost ground, offsetting gains in financials, which rallied after U.S. yields rose. The Nikkei ended down 0.3 percent at 22,088 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average edged lower on Monday morning after index-heavy stocks such as SoftBank and Terumo lost ground, offsetting gains in financial stocks, which rallied after U.S. yields rose. The Nikkei fell 0.2 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- On April 16, a day before Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met U.S. President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Tokyo to meet his counterpart Taro Kono. It was the newly ... ( read original story ...)

Monetary police should remain accommodative until Japan hits 2 percent inflation, the country's central bank chief, Haruhiko Kuroda, told CNBC this weekend. He said he expects to reach that goal in fiscal 2019, warning that "risks are skewed to the downside." ( read original story ...)

Then Fukuda quit. However, the damage was already done. The Finance Ministry has already admitted to falsifying documents that could indicate favoritism toward Moritomo for its proposed Osaka primary school in deference to Abe’s wife, Akie, because she ... ( read original story ...)

A company that developed a smartphone application for the Japanese board game shogi has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ... Takahiro Hayashi was among those who celebrated the IPO by ringing the bourse's bell. The company's apps for board games ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre is honouring the bountiful season with a special event this weekend, Celebrate Spring: A Tribute to the Beauty of Japanese Culture. “In Japanese culture there are many traditions that do celebrate the ... ( read original story ...)

The index rose 1.8 per cent for the week, its fourth straight week of gains. TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average edged lower on Friday morning as worries about slower smartphone demand hit technology shares, while financial stocks rallied thanks to higher ... ( read original story ...)

When the ACM Research IPO lockup expires on May 2nd ... Cincinnati University, and Osaka University. He earned a Ph.D. and a Master of Engineering from Osaka University and a Bachelor of Science from Tsinghua University. CFO and Treasurer Min Xu has ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan should remain committed to its unprecedented monetary stimulus in order to hit a still-distant price target, according to the International Monetary Fund. “Communication has to be simple and straightforward,” Odd Per Brekk, deputy ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (CNN)A high-ranking Japanese political figure has resigned in the wake of sex harassment allegations, a further blow to a government beset by scandal. Junichi Fukuda, administrative vice minister for the Ministry of Finance, said Wednesday that he ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)