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TOKYO Japan is beefing up its anti-terrorism measures with a special focus on protecting foreign residents and visitors during the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The Cabinet Secretariat recently held a counterterrorism drill ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON -- The man expected to become America's next chief trade negotiator indicated Tuesday that the new U.S. administration will put heavy pressure on Japan to make concessions in agriculture imports on the way toward a bilateral free trade agreement. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- About 50 Japanese companies are joining forces to support the commercialization of methane hydrate, a fuel anticipated in Japan as a next-generation energy source. Methane hydrate, also known as "burning ice" for its icelike form, releases methane ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan's central bank opted Thursday to keep its monetary policy steady, as the U.S. Federal Reserve tightens and European Central Bank edges in that direction. The Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting by keeping the minus 0.1 per cent benchmark ... ( read original story ...)

From York, U.K. to Montreal, and Osaka to Seattle, it’s a pretty good time to be ... the last year of expansion before the financial crisis. “I hate to say it but we may be in a new normal for wage growth,” said Omair Sharif, senior U.S. economist ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese investment bank Daiwa is understood to be finalising plans to set up a new European base in Frankfurt as part of its Brexit strategy, a move that will see a number of London staff relocated to Germany. Daiwa currently serves European clients ... ( read original story ...)

MUFG, Japan’s biggest bank, sought to build its Amsterdam offices even before Brexit became a reality because it wanted the city to serve as a hub for operations on the European continent. Three of the lender’s European offices started reporting to ... ( read original story ...)

The financial regulators of Japan and Singapore have signed a “co-operation framework” for regulating financial technology, they announced on March 13. The agreement allows for information-sharing on relevant issues and also the regulatory fast ... ( read original story ...)

BRUSSELS (Alliance News) - The Japanese yen climbed against its major counterparts in the European session on Wednesday, ahead of the Bank of Japan's policy decision due tomorrow, which is expected to keep its rates and yield-curve policy unchanged. ( read original story ...)

West Texas Intermediate crude was up 1.4 per cent at $48.40 a barrel. Policy decisions at the Bank of England and the Japanese central bank along side a Dutch election vote within the next 36 hours were further reasons for investors’ caution. Despite the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 15 Japanese government bond prices inched down on Wednesday as the debt market braced for upcoming central bank meetings, although sagging equities and a regular debt purchasing operation by the Bank of Japan helped limit the losses. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 15 Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Wednesday, dragged down by a firmer yen and Wall Street's overnight retreat. The market's losses were limited as a wait-and-see mood prevailed before the Federal Reserve policy decision due later on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, March 15 Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Wednesday, dragged down by a firmer yen as investors await the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy outlook later in the day. The stock under the spotlight was again Toshiba Corp , which nosedived ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei Jasdaq index, Japan's largest market for start-ups, had a 21-day winning day streak until Friday, the longest since early 2004. So far this year, it has gained 11 percent, while the index of another start-up market, Mothers, has jumped 14 percent. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese automakers are savoring signs of an apparent recovery in a domestic market that nevertheless has a murky outlook beyond next March. Meanwhile, they are left with uncertainty in a U.S. market now under the rhetorical siege of President ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese and Vietnamese technology outsourcing companies have joined hands to send engineers to Japan's workplaces in an effort to ease the country's serious manpower shortage. Japan's Toppan Forms is partnering with FPT Software, a leading Hanoi ... ( read original story ...)