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and he would explain Japan’s monetary policy to Trump if necessary. The government issued a speedy correction to Finance Minister Taro Aso’s comments Friday on whether the nation’s monetary policy was aimed at weakening the yen, underscoring the ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japan will stick to a G7/G20 agreement against competitive currency devaluation and continue to use monetary policy to achieve its inflation goal, without targeting currencies, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday. Aso declined to comment when ... ( read original story ...)

About 12,000 people attended the ceremony for Takayama Ukon in Osaka which was conducted by Cardinal Angelo Amato, representing Pope Francis, and is a step on the path to possible sainthood. Christianity came to Japan in 1549, introduced by Jesuit ... ( read original story ...)

His venture airfreights freshly caught fish from across Japan, processes them on the grounds of Tokyo’s Haneda airport, and distributes the produce to the city’s notoriously choosy eaters and restaurants across Asia - but Nomoto’s goal isn’t just ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Tobacco Inc said it was still confident about the prospect of its Ploom Tech tobacco-based electronic cigarettes, the launch of which has been delayed due to supply problems, and raised its dividend despite forecasting a ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday with investor sentiment buoyed by solid US job gains and a move by President Donald Trump to roll back financial regulations. US non-farm payrolls for January came in above forecast at 227,000 new jobs on Friday ... ( read original story ...)

I have advocated for Japan to prepare several protective measures, including the development of nationwide evacuation procedures and capabilities to attack North Korea's missile bases directly. In a Nikkei Asian Review article dated Nov. 25, 2016 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Feb 6 Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday morning as bank stocks soared following moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce regulation in the financial sector, but a slightly stronger yen kept gains limited. The Nikkei rose 0.2 percent ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Feb 6 Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday as bank stocks climed following measures ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce regulation in the financial sector, although a slightly stronger yen kept gains limited. The Nikkei rose 0.3 ... ( read original story ...)

The major index in Japan, Nikkei 225 came under pressure in its early trade on Friday after weaker than expected Chinese PMI data; however Bank of Japan came to the rescue as bond-buying operation ignited positive sentiments. The major index in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A swelling volume of parcels and an acute labor shortage are making Japan's delivery services increasingly difficult to operate. In mid-December last year, customer service representatives at a major online mail order company were busy answering ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - About 200 protesters marched through the streets of Tokyo's Shinjuku district on Sunday carrying banners to protest a hotel chain under fire for books its president wrote denying the Nanjing Massacre in wartime China ever happened. Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. issued a termination ... “For the past six years, we have been working in good faith with Tepco and with other customers to help relieve financial challenges resulting from the 2011 nuclear accident at Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)

But into that panic a crazy thing happened. Worried its bonds would trade at negative yields and pressure the financial system, the Bank of Japan pegged its 10 year yield at 0%. In doing so, the Bank of Japan moved from a set rate of balance sheet ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese government bonds were choppy in Asian trade on Friday, with wild gyrations in the benchmark 10-year bond yield, as investors turned jittery over the Bank of Japan’s yield-curve control. The yield on the benchmark 10-year JGBs TMBMKJP-10Y, -5.21% ... ( read original story ...)

The biggest tech IPO of 2016 was for Line, the Japan-based social network, which raised $722 million. "Snap is inventing the future of media, which incorporates everything from messaging to self-broadcasting to Spectacles," says Michael Moe, CEO of GSV ... ( read original story ...)