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More opportunities for investment exist in Africa for Japan if the recently concluded African Continental Free Trade Area agreement that is geared towards future investment collaboration and industria... ( read original story ...)

The monthly poll, which tracks the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) closely watched tankan quarterly survey, found non-manufacturers confidence sliding to its lowest in nearly two years as recent natural ... ( read original story ...)

Consumer inflation is expected to remain subdued, well below the Bank of Japan's 2 percent target. The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Saturday steady interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve were "basically good" for the world economy, shrugging off concerns that higher U.S. rates cou... ( read original story ...)

But that is the model we’d like to incorporate going forward,” he said on the sidelines of the annual International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Indonesia. Japan’s Economy ... ( read original story ...)

a source told Nikkei on Sunday. The number of accounts dwarfs the roughly 9,000 reported by Japanese citizens in 2016 through filings legally required for anyone keeping over 50 million yen ($ ... ( read original story ...)

SoftBank is planning to name at least four other Japanese banks and brokerage firms on the list of global co-ordinators for the IPO, said bankers close to SoftBank. The formal announcement of the IPO ... ( read original story ...)

a source told Nikkei on Sunday. The number of accounts dwarfs the roughly 9,000 reported by Japanese citizens in 2016 through filings legally required for anyone keeping over 50 million yen ($ ... ( read original story ...)

Much of it is held domestically at low interest rates, allowing Japan to avoid a Greek-style cash crunch. Critics say that raising the tariff from eight to 10 percent is crucial to finance snowballing ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The minister in charge of trade talks with the United States said Sunday that Japan has no intention of discussing measures to prevent competitive currency devaluations. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Only about a quarter of major Japanese companies meet the government target of having women occupy at least 10% of executive posts, a Nikkei survey shows, signaling a challenge of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - From tiny one-person cubicles in underground stations to camping tents under towering skyscrapers and even karaoke clubs: in workaholic Japan, salarymen are never short of a place to ... ( read original story ...)

ALSO READ: Osaka receives trophy in tears, amid audience boos The promoter holding in the bank currently stands around 82 per cent after a successful Initial Public Offer (IPO), launched in March this ... ( read original story ...)

Market volatility that started in the U.S. and rippled through Asia this week stemmed from rising U.S. Treasury yields, Japan’s central bank governor said. While the economic fundamentals for the U.S. ... ( read original story ...)

Household spending in the third-largest economy in the world, Japan, surged to its highest level in the last three years. Such upbeat data from Japan allayed fears that the Asian giant’s ... ( read original story ...)

Bloomberg News reported Friday that the Japanese investment and technology firm aims to sell around 3 trillion yen ($27 billion) of shares, the biggest IPO ever, listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in ... ( read original story ...)