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I recently posted an article on the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee meeting held on November 1 and 2, 2011, focusing on who was to blame for the intransigence of the American labor market (hint – it was the drug-abusing, lazy unemployed ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded at a steadily slowing pace in 2016, though a modest recovery in exports helped offset sluggish spending by households and businesses. The 1.0 per cent annual pace of expansion for the year compared with 1.2 per cent growth in 2015 ... ( read original story ...)

Dollar gains against yen on relief over Trump-Abe meeting * Sentiment underpinned by record closes on Wall Street TOKYO Feb 13 Japan's Nikkei share average probed more than one-month highs on Monday, cheered by Wall Street breaking records, a weaker yen ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Feb 13 Japan's Nikkei share average rose to more than two-week highs on Monday, helped by Wall Street breaking records, a weaker yen and relief that talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yielded no negative ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei share average rose to more than two-week highs on Monday, helped by Wall Street breaking records, a weaker yen and relief that talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yielded no negative surprises. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan's economy expanded at a steady pace in the three months ended in December, logging growth for the fourth straight quarter. Economists, however, are still cautious about the outlook for the world's third-largest economy. Japan's real gross ... ( read original story ...)

But it has now given UD free rein over its entire brand strategy from development to sales in Japan and developing countries. Volvo CEO Martin Lundstedt told The Nikkei that he trusts the quality and durability of Japanese products and that the people ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s economy continued on a moderate growth path during the final quarter of 2016, driven by rising exports and business investment. Key Points Gross domestic product expanded 1 percent on an annualized basis in the three months through December from ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded 1.0 percent in 2016 as a bump in exports and capital investment offset weak spending at home, data showed Monday, although it was unlikely to erase concerns about Tokyo's faltering war on deflation. The gross domestic product (GDP ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy grew for a fourth straight quarter in the final three months of last year as a weaker yen supported exports, but tepid private consumption and the risks of rising U.S. protectionism cast doubts over a sustainable recovery. ( read original story ...)

Japan's economy expanded 0.2 percent in the last quarter of 2016, government data showed Monday, as exports and company investments propped up growth. The figures marked the fourth straight quarter of expansion in the world's third largest economy and came ... ( read original story ...)

On February 8, the Toyonaka municipal government filed a lawsuit at the Osaka District Court seeking cancellation of the finance ministry’s decision to sell the nearly 9,000-square-meter parcel, which is being used for the elementary school Mizuho No ... ( read original story ...)

As Japan prepares to celebrate Valentine's Day, a cranky group of Marxist protesters have called for an end to public displays of love, claiming it hurts their feelings. Members of 'Kakuhido', or the Revolutionary Alliance of Men that Women find ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—Japan’s central bank boosted its government-bond purchases by more than $6 billion on Friday, sending a message to investors that it wants to buck a global tide of rising rates. The move was prompted by an unusually sharp bond selloff—which ... ( read original story ...)

A day of market gyrations and pressure for higher interest rates has forced the Bank of Japan to tip its hand by intervening to keep 10-year yields below 0.11 per cent. It is the first time the BoJ has turned last September’s “around zero per cent ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's central bank has come up with a more optimistic assessment of growth prospects in the world's third-largest economy. It said a weaker national currency would boost Japanese exports and increase production. Ending its first policy meeting in the new ... ( read original story ...)