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Interest rates are going up in the US, but in the UK they are going nowhere. That, bluntly, was the message from the Bank of England as it announced its latest decision on borrowing costs less than 24 hours after the US Federal Reserve not only tightened ... ( read original story ...)

Discussions of project details are now in the final stages. Among the projects is the joint provision of around 1 billion euros ($1.04 billion) in loans by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and a financial institution in Europe for ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON — Japan surpassed China in October as the largest foreign owner of U.S. Treasury securities, the first time the countries have swapped places in nearly two years. Total foreign holdings fell for a fourth month. The Treasury Department says ... ( read original story ...)

"[Japan] will be a very interesting market," Chairman Enrique ... a debate also likely to be revived in South Korea. Additional reporting by Nikkei staff writers Mayuko Tani in Singapore, Cliff Venzon in Manila and Kim Jaewon in Seoul. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Japan has dropped its long-standing ban on casinos, paving the way for the country to become a major player in the multibillion-dollar gambling industry. The Diet, Japan's parliament, passed a bill on Wednesday to legalize casinos and promote ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Having spent more than three years and trillions of dollars in a losing battle against deflation, the Bank of Japan is hoping that a little financial education will convince a nation of inveterate savers to put their cash to better use. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Dec 15 Japan's Nikkei share average edged down in choppy trade just before the lunchbreak on Thursday as investors took profits from the seven-day rally after pricing in the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates for the first time in a year. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, Dec 15 Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday morning as the dollar surged against the yen after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time in a year and signalled further hikes could come at a faster pace than the market had ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan must be in a party mood this morning. Donald Trump‘s surprise win has pushed the Japanese yen about 10% lower since his victory, something the BoJ has not been capable of doing itself. And Federal Reserve‘s hawkish dot plot overnight ... ( read original story ...)

The blue-chip index fell 0.6 percent after a seven-day streak of record closes. In Tokyo, financial stocks turned down with Mizuho Financial Group falling 0.27 percent to 219.5 yen and Nomura 0.65 percent off at 1,965 yen. But Hitachi rose 0.69 percent to ... ( read original story ...)