TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya on Friday brushed aside the idea that central banks can boost the effectiveness of negative interest rate policies by issuing digital ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese households’ inflation expectations hit near four-year high: BOJ survey
TOKYO (Reuters) - The percentage of Japanese households anticipating inflation to accelerate a year from now hit the highest level in nearly four years, a central bank survey showed on Friday. A ... ( read original story ...)
Calls for boycott of Japan grow in South Korea as labor row simmers
The dispute is the latest flashpoint in a relationship long over-shadowed by South Korean resentment of Japan's 1910-1945 occupation of the Korean peninsula, in particular South Korean “comfort women” ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei subdued as investors await U.S. jobs data for Fed clues
TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei was little changed on Friday morning as investors kept to the sidelines before the release of a key U.S. jobs report, while oil and mining shares ... ( read original story ...)
Emerging Asia should learn from Japan’s demographic experience
It started in Japan, with its average growth of 10% between the mid-1950s and early 1970s, before spreading to the Four Dragons -- Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. The South East ... ( read original story ...)
Five things to know about Japan’s upper house election
TOKYO -- The campaign for Japan's upper house election officially ... Some 55% of respondents to the latest Nikkei-TV Tokyo survey said they want the ruling coalition to retain control of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei gains on Fed rate cut hopes
Headline indices of the Japan share market advanced on Thursday, 04 July 2019, on tracking solid gains on Wall Street overnight as data pointed to slowing economic growth in the United States, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks close higher after Wall Street records
Tokyo stocks closed higher on Thursday, taking a positive lead from record-setting gains on Wall Street, with investors waiting for the release of US unemployment figures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 ... ( read original story ...)
IPOs in Japan almost flat in January-June period
They included an IPO by Sansan Inc., a business card management service firm ... This year’s number is likely to be roughly the same as in recent years, Nagata said. Japan is considering imposing ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, US and Australia push back on China’s South Pacific expansion
Japanese government officials warn that China ... which maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, told Nikkei that he will send a mission to Beijing to explore the possibility of receiving ... ( read original story ...)
Japan and South Korea must avoid tit for tat over wartime row
Tokyo has launched a de facto countermeasure to South Korea's handling of a string of lawsuits against Japanese companies regarding wartime labor. While the South Korean side initiated the current ... ( read original story ...)
Japan-South Korea spat takes a toll on Tokyo tech shares
TOKYO -- Stocks in Japanese suppliers of chemicals and materials ... But that was short of the 2.2% two-day gain for the Nikkei Stock Average. In South Korea, Samsung Electronics, the world's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Nikkei extends gain on US-China trade ceasefire
Headline indices of the Japan share market advanced for second straight session on Tuesday, 02 July 2019, on following gains on the Wall Street overnight, as truce between the U. S. and China put ... ( read original story ...)
Global chip supply at risk as Japan and South Korea feud
A source at chipmaker SK Hynix told Nikkei the company does not have three months of inventory. The chipmaker would have to halt production if it cannot procure necessary materials from Japan for ... ( read original story ...)
Mint Globetrotter Index: Take a trip to Tokyo
The Mint Globetrotter Index compares the cost of 25 essential travel spends for 50 cities across regions. The analysis, published on May 15, can be seen on www.livemint.com/globetrotter2019. Today, in ... ( read original story ...)
McDonald’s Japan is one of the most popular places on Facebook
... in tourism could also be a big reason for the spiking foot traffic at McDonald’s Japan stores. Follow Yahoo Finance on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Flipboard, LinkedIn, and reddit. Read the ... ( read original story ...)