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Finally, the North's Foreign Trade Bank, the country's main clearing house ... The US, along with its European allies, as well as Japan and South Korea, maintain that increased sanctions are needed to force Pyongyang to halt its weapons program. ( read original story ...)

When the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 broke out; the Japanese equity market is one of those that had taken a great hit. In October 2008, the Nikkei 225 had sunk below the 7,000 mark, down by about 80% from its all-time high. Miyazaki Bank Ltd is a stock ... ( read original story ...)

And every month, the ECB and the Bank of Japan add tens of billions of dollars more in assets to their balance sheets. A sudden move to sell those assets by Ms. Yellen or Mr. Draghi would send long-term interest higher and shock waves through financial ... ( read original story ...)

Japan, Sweden and Switzerland. Cutting rates below zero has been a factor in some central banks' struggle to help their economies recover from the financial crisis and its accompanying trend towards deflation. The European Central Bank, for example ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan hopes to hold economic talks with Washington in October, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Thursday. "I'm hoping to conduct rough preparations with Vice President (Mike) Pence in September and hold a formal talk in October," Aso ... ( read original story ...)

Along with Sunju’s move from her village to Osaka, characters also journey between city and ... their strength of character challenged by the added burdens of responsibility (emotional, financial, and otherwise) that they suffer as daughters, wives ... ( read original story ...)

Moritomo Gakuen planned to open an elementary school on the state-owned land lot in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. In May 2015, the school corporation signed a lease for the land with the ministry's Kinki Local Finance Bureau on condition that the corporation ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has chosen his new cabinet, reappointing key economic ministers but replacing his defense and foreign ministers in a sweeping reshuffle, the top government spokesman said on Thursday. Abe re-appointed Taro Aso as finance ... ( read original story ...)

With the Saudi national oil company, Aramco, preparing to list the overseas portion of its planned IPO, both Shinzo Abe and the Tokyo exchange have put out all the stops in hopes that the Saudis can be convinced to look past hot favorites London and New ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Friday as the yen's rise to seven-week highs overshadowed optimism on corporate earnings, while Mazda Motor rose ahead of an expected announcement of a capital alliance with Toyota Motor. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Friday as the yen's rise to seven-week highs overshadowed optimism on corporate earnings, while Mazda Motor rose ahead of an expected announcement of a capital alliance with Toyota Motor. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Thursday as investors wasted little time taking profits in tech shares which rallied the previous day on Apple's strong quarterly earnings. The Nikkei ended 0.3 percent lower at 20,029.26 points. ( read original story ...)

Japan's banks are in a difficult place. While the rest of the G-10 countries are moving toward higher borrowing costs, the Bank of Japan is spinning its wheels, with little sign of improved lending rates. A happy unintended consequence of that stasis ... ( read original story ...)

In its most recent minutes, the Bank of Japan used an Orwellian phrase to describe the trend: "securing the labor force." The unemployment rate is 2.8 percent and declining steadily as Japan goes through something of a growth streak. At the same time ... ( read original story ...)

New York was rated No. 9 after Singapore (No. 1), Hong Kong, Zurich, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Geneva and Paris ... according to a separate ranking from personal-finance website GoBankingRates.com. San Jose followed at $87,153 per year, with New York close ... ( read original story ...)

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