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TOKYO -- The net inflow of foreign residents into Japan was the largest ever during the last statistical year, as the government pushes policies to attract foreign workers to lessen the economic repercussions from a declining and graying population. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan is mobilizing the remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to resurrect the agreement without the United States, seeking a path forward for free trade in Asia with Tokyo as the senior partner. President Donald Trump ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Naruhito Nogami, a 37-year-old systems engineer in Tokyo, drives to discount stores on weekends to bulk buy cheap groceries, even though he earns enough to make ends meet and the prospects for Japan's economic recovery are brighter. ( read original story ...)

HONOLULU, April 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Pacific Bank (CPB), primary subsidiary of Central Pacific Financial Corp (NYSE: CPF), and each member bank of the TSUBASA Alliance enhancing Financial System (TSUBASA) of Japan today signed memorandums of ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Bankers Association (JBA) is working toward the development of a common blockchain platform for the country’s banks to begin trials of core banking processes including money transfers. The JBA is essentially an association that represents ... ( read original story ...)

Demand for electronics components from Asian nations likely continued to bolster Japan's exports, analysts said. The finance ministry will publish the trade data at 8:50 a.m. Japan time on Thursday (2350 GMT Wednesday). Japan and the United States will ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO The Bank of Japan should maintain quantitative easing until inflation exceeds its price target but it must be alert to the risks posed to asset prices and the financial sector, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Kei Nishikori drops a point. Japan’s Nikkei index dropped more than 200 points early Thursday. President Donald Trump’s comments on the U.S. dollar sent the currency lower against its Asian counterparts, prompting a selloff in key regional ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan and the U.S. plan to conduct prior consultations on any military action by the latter against North Korea, broadening a decades-old framework to include operations by American forces other than those stationed here. The U.S. agreed in 1960 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan Atomic Power will form a joint venture with American energy provider Exelon to snag orders overseas for operating and maintaining nuclear power plants, with the first involving a Hitachi-led project in the U.K. The new company will be ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A firm majority of economists expect Japan will engage in bilateral trade talks with the United States in the near future, a Reuters poll showed ahead of next week's high-level economic talks between the two nations. Japan and the United ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 13 Japanese stocks posted fresh four-month lows on Thursday morning as the yen spiked against the dollar after U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S currency was too strong, hitting automakers and tech shares hard. The Nikkei 225 share ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 12 Japanese stocks fell to their lowest in more than four months on Wednesday as rising geopolitical tensions curbed risk appetite, with exporters badly hit as the safe-haven yen spiked to a five-month high. The Nikkei 225 share average ... ( read original story ...)

This follows on from a fairly quiet start to the year in terms of public offerings from biotech, although just this week Biohaven Pharmaceutical filed to raise up to $100 million in its IPO attempt to ... Ovid help out on the Osaka-based company’s ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Wednesday that a lack of clarity on why auditors did not sign off on Toshiba Corp's (6502.T) earnings is problematic for shareholders and financial markets. Aso, who is also head of the country's ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, - Japanese bank lending rose 3.0 percent in March from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday. Outstanding loans held by the country's four main categories of banks, including "shinkin" or credit unions, stood at 513.060 trillion yen ($ ... ( read original story ...)