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(Reuters) - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 opened up 0.47 percent at 21,647.66 on Friday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.55 percent to 1,685.50. ( read original story ...)

Charge inflation continues to lag the rise in input costs. The Japanese economy gained growth momentum in June, according to Nikkei PMI surveys, ending the second quarter on a stronger note. Other sur... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Machinery and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, th... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, July 6 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average rose for the first time this week in a positive end to Friday, as investors took heart from gains in Chinese stocks and covered their short posit... ( read original story ...)

Tankan survey and Japanese GDP. But don't forget investment. Bank of Japan still hamstrung by inappropriate inflation target. By Robert Carnell, Chief Economist Head of Research, Asia-Pacific Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its price growth forecasts at a policy meeting later this month as long-term inflation expectations stall, sources said, highlighting the central bank’s difficulty i... ( read original story ...)

This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (June 20, 2018). TOKYO -- Japanese flea- ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (AP) — The executions Friday of a doomsday cult leader and six of his followers closed a chapter on one of Japan's most shocking crimes, the poison gas attack on rush-hour commuters in Tokyo's s... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese households’ inflation expectations improved and pessimism about current economic conditions eased slightly, a quarterly survey from the Bank of Japan showed on Friday. The p... ( read original story ...)

Israel Discount Bank recommends investors go overweight Japanese equities, underweight euro zone for the next three months based on findings from a model developed by strategist Shmuel Katzavian. Katz... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo police have been placed on special alert and the chief cabinet secretary pledged “all possible measures” for public safety after the half-blind guru who led the Aum Shinrikyo Japanese doomsday c... ( read original story ...)

In the U.S. versus China trade conflict, China isn’t the only loser for equity investors. Asian markets from Shanghai to Tokyo -- and even Ho Chi Minh City -- have been the biggest casualties ahead of ... ( read original story ...)

What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." He was given the 2018 prize for excellence in opinion writing by the Society of Publishers in Asia, for his work for the Nikkei Asian Review. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A Japanese proposal to set quotas on high-seas catches of the popular Pacific saury was denied for a second straight year at a fisheries conference that concluded here Thursday. China and Van... ( read original story ...)

Was “QQE” just a pretext for bringing the government bond market under control to avoid a Greek-style debt crisis? In June, total assets on the Bank of Japan’s balance sheet dropped by ¥3.79 trillion ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The ripple effects of the Bank of Japan's ultraloose monetary policy have exposed a fissure among policy board members. While Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda increasingly worries about the easing policy ... ( read original story ...)