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TOKYO, May 31 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average on Thursday bounced back from a six-week low as worries over Italy’s political crisis receded. The Nikkei rose 0.83 percent to 22,201.82. On Wednesday, it hit 21,931.65, the lowest since April 18. ( read original story ...)

The U.S. president's newly-floated 25% tariff on imported autos has industry executives from Japan to Germany reconsidering their American consumer calculus. Sure, Nissan's move, reported by Nikkei on Tuesday, seems partly about reducing inventories and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, June 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is holding a campaign to promote Tokyo's charms overseas and also in a broad scope in Russia using the logo and slogan "Tokyo Tokyo Old meets New." (Logo: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/img ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Osaka prosecutors decided Thursday not to indict former top Finance Ministry official Nobuhisa Sagawa for allegedly falsifying documents on a murky land sale that has sparked allegations of cronyism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration. ( read original story ...)

The Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office decided not to indict Finance Ministry officials for altering their approved documents on the sale of state-owned land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen. The officials include Nobuhisa Sagawa, 60, former ... ( read original story ...)

WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Japan called on the United States to join forces in stopping China from taking market-distorting investment practices in a bilateral finance leaders' meeting, a senior Japanese finance ministry official said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco Inc (2914.T) is set to slash prices on its heated tobacco products early next week after a similar move by bigger rival Philip Morris International Inc (PM.N), signalling increased competition in Japan's nascent market for ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Osaka prosecutors decided Thursday not to indict former top Finance Ministry official Nobuhisa Sagawa for allegedly falsifying documents on a murky land sale that has sparked allegations of cronyism by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei reported that Japan is growing frustrated by government assistance in China and South Korea to their ailing shipbuilding industries, with Prime Minister Mr Shinzo Abe even broaching the issue with his counterparts at a trilateral summit earlier this ... ( read original story ...)

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Tokyo Chuo Auction has filed for a stock market listing in Hong ... are trading at a record low of just below HK$13, compared with its IPO price of HK$33. China Art Financial Holdings is also barely trading above its debut price. Meanwhile, Whitestone ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to ease restrictions on unskilled foreign nationals seeking to work in Japan, Nikkei learned Tuesday, as the country grapples with a serious labor shortage. The new policy, which will ease Japanese language ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan’s net income rose in fiscal 2017 for a second straight year due to increased income from its holdings of exchange-traded funds. Net income for the fiscal year ended in March stood at 764.7 billion yen ($7.03 billion ... ( read original story ...)

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With the Bank of Japan’s fixing of the government bond yield curve decimating investor returns in the world’s second-biggest public debt market, it takes some creativity -- and a lot of math -- to come up with ways to make money. At least that’s the ... ( read original story ...)

Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 0.5% year-over-year in May. That was down from the 0.6% print in April. The Bank of Japan is targetting 2% inflation. Japanese inflation is weak, and moving further away from the Bank of Japan's target. That trend looks ... ( read original story ...)