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TOKYO, June 28 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei ended flat but near one-month lows on Thursday, taking its cue from weakness on Wall Street as a simmering trade row between the United States and China hurt investor risk appetite. The Nikkei eased 1.38 points ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average edged lower on Monday morning after a central bank survey showed manufacturers' confidence worsening amid trade tensions with Washington, although some firms found support on yen expectations. The Nikkei fell 0.2 per cent to ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei plunged 492.58 points ... an official of a bank-affiliated securities firm said. The latest Bank of Japan’s tankan quarterly survey, in which business sentiment fell slightly short of market expectations, had little impact on the market ... ( read original story ...)

where more than $2 of every $5 in the MSCI Canada Index is in financial stocks, is not normal or reassuring for a developed economy. 1 We should stop making like it is. In fact, it would be better for the TSX if the “T” stood for Tokyo, at least on ... ( read original ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its price growth forecasts at a policy meeting later this month as long-term inflation expectations stall, sources said, highlighting the bank’s difficulty in hitting its elusive price target. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday approved an energy plan that sets ambitious targets for nuclear energy use and sustains a struggling program for spent-fuel recycling despite setbacks after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The plan approved Tuesday by the Cabinet ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan trails much of the world as both a producer and a market for solar power technology, struggling to keep pace with the cheaper and plentiful competition overseas. PV Japan, one of the country's largest solar trade shows, was held in Yokohama ... ( read original story ...)

The 4-year-old economic policy program of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had such mixed results that there are radically different views on its performance. But there is little dispute that one of the least successful policy baskets is regional ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers worsened for the second consecutive quarter in April through June, the Bank of Japan's latest Tankan survey shows, reflecting deepening concerns over international trade and security as well as a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — A central bank survey released Monday showed Japan’s corporate outlook has worsened from three months ago, highlighting risks to this export-reliant economy from trade tensions. The Bank of Japan’s “tankan” survey measuring confidence ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's Self-Defense Forces will provide more support for United Nations peacekeeping operations in Africa and Southeast Asia this fiscal year amid Tokyo's concerns about China's growing presence on such missions. Ground Self-Defense Force ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japanese housekeeping agencies have struggled to secure foreign workers since deploying them last year, with potential hires put off by comparatively short visas or drawn to the pay in other Asian markets. Marianne Paragua Culaniban was hired by ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan looks to lower its price growth forecast for fiscal 2019 to the neighborhood of 1.5% in late July, with weak inflation in recent months undercutting the central bank's contention that its 2% target is drawing closer. The BOJ in ... ( read original story ...)

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The Bank of Japan reduced debt purchases for a third time in June, taking advantage of the recent stability in bond yields and the yen. The BOJ lowered buying in the five-to-10 year segment by 20 billion yen ($181 million) to 410 billion yen at a regular ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's parliament passed bills ratifying a comprehensive trans-Pacific trade deal on Friday, paving the way for the pact to take effect, which its backers say will create a "trade deal for the 21st century." With ratification complete ... ( read original story ...)