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May 12 Japanese shares slipped from near 1-1/2-year highs on Friday as the market took a breather from its rally since mid-April, while trading was also influenced by a mixed bag of earnings with Nissan Motor rising on a surprise dividend hike. The Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- After years of biding his time, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is poised to make a serious attempt at revising the country's constitution. The changes he envisions would bestow constitutional recognition on the Self-Defense Forces, as well as ... ( read original story ...)

May 12 Japanese shares slipped from near 1-1/2-year highs on Friday as the market took a breather from its rally since mid-April, while trading was also influenced by a mixed bag of earnings with Nissan Motor rising on a surprise dividend hike. The Nikkei ... ( read original story ...)

Indications have emerged in the media that three of the biggest Japanese banks are already doing effective business with Iran – what could show a major portion of post-sanctions banking problems in dealing with the Islamic Republic has been removed. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan Display's dismal fiscal 2016 earnings stood out in the sea of good results from electronic-device makers, but the company has only itself to blame for misreading a clear shift in demand from its biggest customer -- Apple. The major LCD panel ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan plans to conclude separate treaties on defense-equipment and technology transfers with Italy, Germany and Sweden that will give Japan's Self-Defense Forces access to advanced technology from those countries. Strengthening cooperation in this ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL -- Given Moon Jae-in's uncompromising stance on hot historical issues like wartime "comfort women," Japan is increasingly wary of dealing with a tough-minded South Korean president amid a challenging political landscape in Asia. Tokyo is particularly ... ( read original story ...)

Saudi officials have said the IPO, planned for 2018, will be worth about $100 billion ... New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Toronto are all seeking pieces of the offering, with Hong Kong currently the frontrunner among bourses in Asia ... ( read original story ...)

While Japan has taken a lead in developing cutting-edge technologies, its workers are in a particularly dangerous position. A study by The Nikkei and the Financial Times based on data collected by McKinsey Global Institute indicates that the country has ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda gave a spirited defence of multilateralism on Tuesday, saying that questioning the value of globalization along the lines of U.S. President Donald Trump was at odds with 21st century reality. Kuroda said solely ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO May 9 Policymakers must seek ways to put the wall of money printed by central banks to better use to foster growth, such as prompting financial institutions to lend more to innovative industries with potential, Japan's top financial regulator said on ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi UFJ is the biggest Japanese retail and corporate bank with an important international corporate banking organization particularly strong in East Asia and the US. In terms of price earnings, Mitsubishi, as the rest of Japanese banks, is ... ( read original story ...)

The Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s (MUFG) Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan’s largest bank, has reportedly begun issuing MUFG coin, its own digital currency to its employees this month. Japan’s biggest banking corporation is on its way to ... ( read original story ...)

* Bank of Japan emerging as main source of affordable funding for government * Structural factors weighing on net savings rates will constrain private sector's capacity to fund new government debt in future * Share of its government bond market will ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA -- Thailand's central bank chief said Saturday he welcomed moves to wean Southeast Asia off its reliance on the U.S. dollar, as Japanese representatives put forward a bilateral currency swap proposal on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bank ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kikuo Iwata said on Tuesday the central bank was conducting a study of how it could end its massive monetary stimulus in the future, but acknowledged it was still far from achieving its inflation target. Iwata, speaking ... ( read original story ...)