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Abe said the increasingly uncertain geopolitical landscape made the relationship between Japan and Australia more important than ever. "It is important to guard and increase the robustness of the free, open and rules-based international order," Abe said. ( read original story ...)

Japan and Australia will work together to ensure the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal comes into force, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday, making no mention of strong US opposition. After talks with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm ... ( read original story ...)

Military ties between Australia and Japan will be strengthened as both countries' leaders recommit to ensuring regional stability and strong trade links. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and during ... ( read original story ...)

KIYOSHI KIMURA does not like to lose. For the past six years he has outbid all comers for the first bluefin tuna of the year sold by Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market. Last week Mr Kimura, who owns a chain of sushi shops, paid ¥74.2m ($642,000 ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo shares rallied Friday morning, boosted by retailers and drugmakers while embattled Takata soared on news it may announce a settlement with US regulators over an exploding airbag crisis. But gains were capped after losses on Wall Street as a post ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co is bringing the Civic sedan back home after seven years, betting buoyant overseas demand for the model would help drive sales in Japan and allow the automaker to shake off its domestic image as a maker of only ... ( read original story ...)

The fast food chain is selling up to a third of its stake in its Japan unit, and private equity firms are considering making bids, according to the Wall Street Journal. Fred Katayama reports. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Nikkei fell Thursday as a higher yen hurt export stocks. Asian equity markets were slightly higher Thursday, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump largely avoided fresh attacks on global trade in his first news conference in six months. ( read original story ...)

Also, “The Japan Bank Consortium to Centrally Provide Domestic and Cross-border Payments” officially launched with 42 member banks. Using Ripple, customers of the banks will get real-time domestic and cross-border payments. Participants include Bank of ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo tumbled more than one percent Thursday, while the dollar sank as investors were left deflated by a lack of economic detail from Donald Trump at his first post-election press conference. Traders had hoped the real estate tycoon would flesh out some of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Jan 12 Japan's Nikkei share average dropped to a near two-week low on Thursday morning after President-elect Donald Trump failed to provide clarity on future fiscal policies in a highly-awaited press briefing. The pharmaceutical sector was heavily ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top government spokesman said on Thursday that its active trade investment in the United States was a source of "vitality" in the economic relationship between the two nations. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga also told ... ( read original story ...)

Overall bank lending in Japan was up 2.6 percent on year in December, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday, coming in at 509.555 trillion yen. That beat forecasts for an increase of 2.5 percent and was up from 2.4 percent in November. Excluding trusts, bank ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com - Japan’s bank lending rose unexpectedly in the last quarter, official data showed on Wednesday. In a report, Bank of Japan said that Japan’s Bank Lending rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.6%, from 2.4% in the preceding quarter. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Central banks' battle with the global financial crisis showed they could exert a "considerable" impact on long-term interest rates even under today's highly developed financial markets, a senior Bank of Japan official said on Wednesday. But more ... ( read original story ...)

The institutional investors own 77.1% of the company's stock pre-IPO. ObsEva is developing a lead candidate, OBE2109, which it in-licensed from Kissei Pharmaceutical Co of Japan, for the treatment of endometriosis and uterine fibroids. Endometriosis is a ... ( read original story ...)