Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Retail and Fishery sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.56%. The best performers of ...
Asia-Pacific markets rise as Japan’s inflation data reaches highest since 1981
This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets. Markets in the Asia-Pacific traded higher on Friday as investors digested Japan's inflation data. The nationwide core consumer price index rose ...
Why Bank Of Japan Needs A Female Leader
Yuri Okina tops shortlists of potential female candidates to replace Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan governor. Over the next few weeks, Tokyo financial circles will buzz with intrigue over who’s ...
Tokyo core inflation likely double BOJ’s 2% target in January: Reuters Poll
Inflation data in the world's third-largest economy has received unusual attention amid market expectations of a shift in the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) ultra-easy monetary policy. The core consumer price ...
Tokyo core inflation likely double BOJ’s 2% target in January
A leading indicator of Japanese consumer prices likely rose in January at more than twice the speed of the central bank's target, hitting another four-decade-high, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)
2 universities in Tokyo that plan merger settle on new name
Two of Japan’s top-ranked universities will be called the Institute of Science Tokyo after their planned merger in fiscal 2024, the two institutions announced on Jan. 19. ( read original story ...)
Japan Tobacco urged to sell drug unit by activist shareholder LIM
Japan Tobacco Inc , the cigarette conglomerate one-third owned by the government, is facing a shareholder motion to sell off its listed drug unit Torii Pharmaceutical Co. to boost shareholder value. ( read original story ...)
First raise for Japan day labourer in 20 years, but McDonald’s out of reach
Masami Fujino got his first raise in 20 years recently, but it's still not enough to let the Tokyo day labourer treat himself to plain McDonald's hamburgers as much as he used to. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Governor asks people to wear a polo neck to cut climate emissions, save power
Japan’s winter weather has so far been unseasonably warm and scarves have long been popular to keep necks warm ... ( read original story ...)
Why UK banks are blocking transfers to and from crypto exchanges | The Crypto Mile
Many UK high street banks are blocking payments to and from major cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase.
Possible whale spotted spouting in Tokyo Bay
A crewmember of a ship sailing near the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line Expressway called a sea emergency number at around 1:20 p.m., saying that they had seen "a whale spouting and going under water." A patrol ... ( read original story ...)
Fans wait hours at Tokyo zoo to see panda being sent to China in Feb.
Fans waited up to four hours on Friday at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens to catch a glimpse of a popular female giant panda, with on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to consider downgrading COVID-19 to less serious infectious disease
Japan will consider revising COVID-19 measures as early as this spring, downgrading the disease to a less serious category and relaxing guidance that people wear masks in public indoor places, Prime ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Bank of Japan’s grit chills bond bears
Japan's central bank appears to have scored an interim win in its long-drawn battle with bond bears. The Bank of Japan's (BOJ) policy meeting this week was, at first glance, a damp squib for excited ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Finance Minister Cautions Against Changes to Debt Redemption Rule
Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki cautioned against making any change to the government's debt redemption rule as it helps the government maintain fiscal discipline. Suzuki made the comments ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s core inflation hits 41-year high with central bank under policy pressure
Japan’s core inflation rate rose to a new 41-year high of 4 per cent in December, adding to mounting market pressure on the Bank of Japan to abandon its yield curve control policy which has helped ... ( read original story ...)