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TOKYO -- More than 60% of Japanese business leaders are against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to push back a key fiscal-health target, a Nikkei survey shows, indicating a deep wariness toward his commitment to reducing the nation's heavy debt load. ( read original story ...)

Change of plans Japan's primary balance indicates the ability of the national and local governments to offset spending with revenue without relying on debt. Even by the most generous official estimates, moving the primary balance into the black by March ... ( read original story ...)

Bank of Japan policymakers said they should stick with their current policy framework and had reason to be optimistic about consumer prices because measures of inflation expectations have stopped falling, minutes of the central bank's July 19-20 meeting ... ( read original story ...)

A consortium of banks, led by Mizuho Financial Group and Japan Post Bank, has won support from the country’s central bank and financial regulator to launch the J Coin, an electronic currency to pay for goods and transfer money using smartphones. ( read original story ...)

Japan has long endeavored to develop its capital, Tokyo, as one of the top global financial — given the status of the Japanese yen as the third international currency after the U.S. dollar and the euro; and large financial markets with abundant capital. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The Philippine government has called on cash-rich Japanese companies to invest more in the country, with senior officials and the central bank governor making the case for the fast-growing economy at a seminar in Tokyo. To attract that cash ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan is set for an October election ... The general public seems to agree. According to a Nikkei/TV Tokyo survey conducted between Sept. 22 and 24, the LDP enjoys support levels of 44%, no other party in the Diet has more than 10%. ( read original story ...)

Investing.com - Asian shares were narrowly mixed on Tuesday with sentiment subdued on continued tension on the Korean peninsula that have raised conflict risks. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) suppliers in Asia were mostly lower after it reportedly informed suppliers ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei average edged lower on Tuesday as tech shares and Apple suppliers declined, tracking their U.S. counterparts overnight, while concerns over North Korea sapped risk appetite. The Nikkei ended 0.3 percent lower at ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- The second-round float of shares in government-owned Japan Post Holdings will have a price of 1,322 yen each, the Ministry of Finance said Monday, choosing a discount at the low end of its planned range. This week's release consists of a 1.3 ... ( read original story ...)

Pedestrians walk past a post office in Tokyo. A government sale of Japan Post Holdings Co stock raised $11bn in the world’s second-biggest share sale this year. A government sale of Japan Post Holdings Co stock raised $11bn in the world’s second ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei average slipped slightly on Tuesday morning as tech shares and Apple suppliers declined, tracking their U.S. counterparts overnight, while concerns over North Korea sapped risk appetite. The Nikkei was ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the government would need to craft a new time frame for achieving its budget-balancing goal, currently set at fiscal 2020/21. He made the remarks a day after Prime Minister Shinzo ... ( read original story ...)

Kanuma (Japan) (AFP) - A series of fatal crashes caused by elderly drivers in Japan has left authorities desperately grappling for ways to clamp down on a problem that experts warn is only going to get worse as the population ages. Drivers over 65 were ... ( read original story ...)

"I'll demonstrate strong leadership and stand at the forefront to face a national crisis," Abe told reporters, mentioning Japan's fast-ageing population and North Korea. "This is my responsibility as leader and my mission as prime minister." Natsuo ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A government sale of Japan Post Holdings Co (6178.T) stock raised $11 billion in the world’s second-biggest share sale this year, with the postal and financial giant’s attractive dividend yield helping drum up sufficient, albeit ... ( read original story ...)