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Facebook and Amazon.com will face stricter rules on handling personal information in Japan, which looks to use antitrust law to stop unfair trade-offs between privacy and free services, Nikkei has ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei rose to a 4-1/2-month high on Wednesday as automakers soared on hopes of progress in Japan-U.S. trade talks, while companies with large exposure to China ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei retreated from a 4-1/2-month high on Thursday as investors took profits, while Canon tumbled on a report that it will cut its earnings forecast, pressuring ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's big three telcos have been under government pressure to reduce carrier fees to help stimulate consumer spending in other parts of the economy. "The ongoing rally in the Nikkei is not ... ( read original story ...)

The Markit/Nikkei Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to a seasonally adjusted 49.5 in April from a final 49.2 in March but remained below the 50 threshold that separates ... ( read original story ...)

Rakuten's shares jumped 10% on Wednesday as investors looked forward to Pinterest's public debut, cheered registrations for its new cryptocurrency exchange, and celebrated an analyst upgrade. ( read original story ...)

Japanese Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister ... the multilateral trade agreement that Washington later pulled out of. Nikkei staff writer Taisei Hoyama in Washington contributed to this report. ( read original story ...)

Rakuten's shares jumped 10% on Wednesday as investors bet on a strong public debut for Pinterest on Thursday. The e-commerce, online banking, and communications titan - nicknamed the "Amazon of Japan" ... ( read original story ...)

Credit Suisse Group AG has stopped underwriting certain types of bonds in Japan, a business that offered only limited profits for the Swiss bank given the low number of deals it handled, according to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is ready to deploy monetary policy tools if a financial crisis threatens to destabilize the country’s banking system, its deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya said on ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya said on Wednesday the central bank will scrutinize potential risks to the economy, including signs of financial imbalances, in guiding ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will overtake a state-run pension fund as the top shareholder in Tokyo-listed companies as early as 2020, Nikkei calculations show, as concerns rise regarding the ... ( read original story ...)

The economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter driven by business and consumer spending. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda last week stuck to his optimism that ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japanese government has urged the Asian Development Bank to stop granting new loans to China, on the grounds that the world's second-biggest economy is rich enough to "graduate" from ... ( read original story ...)

Everyone has heard of the Federal Reserve Bank or "The Fed" and that it has something to do with the value of our money — and so it must be very important. But few even claim to really understand what ... ( read original story ...)

Meanwhile, one of Japan’s biggest investors in both stocks and bonds looks likely to continue its stimulus program. It’s vital for the Bank of Japan to continue persistently with powerful monetary ... ( read original story ...)