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Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said the financial markets may be overreacting and he’s not overly worried about recent market moves. Officials from the Bank of Japan, Finance Ministry and Financia... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei drops more than 4 percent, hitting its lowest since May 2017. The Topix brushes its lowest since November 2016. Japanese blue chips fall, as defensive shares prove unable to resist rout ... ( read original story ...)

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average skidded below the 20,000 level and was headed for bear market territory in the latest blow for Japanese equities experiencing their worst December on record. The Nikkei 22... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Nikkei slumped to a 20-month low on Tuesday after a deepening slide on Wall Street heightened investors’ aversion to risk. The Nikkei share average was down 4.57 percent at 19,247.08 as of 014... ( read original story ...)

The government plans to double the deposit limit of Japan Post Bank accounts to 26 million yen ($229,074) next fiscal year, prompting a backlash from private-sector banks who fear a depletion in funds ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japanese government is considering selling some F-15 jets to the U.S. to raise funds for purchases of cutting-edge F-35 stealth fighters, Nikkei has learned, with Washington in turn ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Momentum is growing for Japan and Russia to put aside their decades-old territorial dispute, as the two countries seek to strengthen strategic cooperation partly to counter the growing ... ( read original story ...)

An Icelandic farm and fishery official told Nikkei that the country understands Japan's long-standing frustrations with the IWC, but that Iceland does not plan to withdraw from the organization at ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s top finance ministry bureaucrat said on Friday that domestic financial institutions were facing severe strain as long-term interest rates remained low due to the Bank ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Underwriters for the IPO of SoftBank's mobile business on Wednesday ... so I sold my holdings at a loss on Wednesday afternoon," said one Osaka-based investor. Tomoichiro Kubota, senior ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's top Coca-Cola distributor plans to ... 1.5-liter bottles for 138 yen on average in October, according to Nikkei point-of-sale data. If stores fully reflect the suggested increases ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's SoftBank Corp began trading Wednesday in Tokyo in Japan's biggest-ever IPO and one of the largest the world has seen. Shares open down 6.40 percent at 1,404.00 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda warned of heightening risks to the economic outlook and signalled the central bank’s readiness to ramp up stimulus if needed, brushing aside concerns it lacks po... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Taku Takeuchi falls during an event in Poland. Japan’s Nikkei was down more than 2% Thursday. Asian stock markets sank Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates and Wall St... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei slipped to a fresh nine-month low on Thursday, weighed by a slide in U.S. shares, after the Federal Reserve disappointed some investors by not sounding as dovi... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy on Thursday and reaffirmed its view the economy is on a solid footing, even as fears of slowing global growth jolt market... ( read original story ...)