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Japan will fail to reach its two-percent inflation target even by 2022, the central bank predicted on Thursday as it also revised down its estimate for growth in the world's third-largest economy. In ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Thursday and clarified its intention to keep interest rates very low for a prolonged period, committing to do so at least through around the spring of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO--The Bank of Japan revised its forward guidance on Thursday, saying it expected to keep extremely low interest rates until at least the spring of 2020. The central bank had previously said it ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s central bank left its key policy rate unchanged on Thursday, committing itself to substantial stimulus into 2020 to address slow growth and low inflation. The Bank of Japan opted to hold its ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo, Apr 25 (EFE).- The Bank of Japan in a statement Thursday reported its decision to maintain its ultra-low interest rate monetary policy and massive asset purchases at least until 2020. It said ... ( read original story ...)

Largely as expected, the Bank of Japan maintained its policy balance rate at -0.1% and 10-year JGB yield target about zero, and adjusted forward guidance. It maintained its forecast for 2019 core ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 25 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged higher on Thursday morning in choppy trade as investors looked to profit guidance from corporate earnings and awaited a Bank of Japan policy decision. ... ( read original story ...)

The offering is expected to be the largest U.S. IPO this year and among the 10 largest of all time ... reversed losses and gained as much as 1.9 percent in Tokyo trading on Wednesday. Investors will ... ( read original story ...)

Goldman Sachs co-leads the 1998 initial public offering of NTT Mobile Communication Network, Inc., (NTT DoCoMo), the largest IPO in history at the time. Coming in the midst of Japan's worst recession ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 24 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei edged lower in choppy trade on Wednesday as investors stayed cautious before earnings results, but it remained around a 4-1/2-month high as sentiment was ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s “bubble economy” of soaring asset prices was in its final stages when Akihito ascended the throne. The Nikkei share average hit a record high of 38,957.44 on Dec. 29, 1989, but began to slide ... ( read original story ...)

The app launched in September in Osaka, a popular destination for Chinese tourists, where it tied up with taxi firms to enter an increasingly crowded market for such apps that includes rivals backed ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's convenience culture covers not only ... Gwen Robinson is editor-at-large of the Nikkei Asian Review. ( read original story ...)

In Japan, for example, per-capita coffee consumption more than ... Luckin has not yet revealed the pricing for its IPO, but the company was valued at $2.2 billion in its latest funding round last ... ( read original story ...)

The unit of Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will no longer look at sales of such asset management products as investment trusts, insurance and foreign-currency deposits in evaluating branches. ( read original story ...)

Tennis world number one Naomi Osaka has agreed a deal with sportswear giant Nike. Osaka has been on an incredible run of form in the past year, which has seen her win her first and second Grand Slam ... ( read original story ...)