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This post was originally meant to be about how Japanese investors have slowed their selling of Treasuries in recent months. Then the Bank of Japan announced its big year-end surprise! The BoJ decided ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea has threatened "bold" military action against Japan after Tokyo announced plans to double its military spending, something the U.S. has long encouraged. ( read original story ...)

A man wearing a protective mask walks past the headquarters of Bank of Japan amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon ... ( read original story ...)

CNBC contributor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera and Bleakely's Peter Boockvar, join 'The Exchange' to discuss Bank of Japan shocking the markets with bond yield shift. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government looks ready to revise its inflation blueprint. A change at the top of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) could mark the end of a decade-long regime of low interest rates. ( read original story ...)

Sapporo officials and the Japanese Olympic Committee are “reviewing” the promotion of their bid to land the 2030 Winter Games, news agency Kyodo reported Tuesday. Kyodo gave few details and neither ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. President Joe Biden is considering a trip to the Japanese city of Nagasaki with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a G-7 summit visit next year, media reported on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

North Korea is threatening to take "a resolute and decisive military step” against Japan while it slammed Tokyo’s adoption of a national security strategy as an attempt to turn the country into an agg ( read original story ...)

The city of Sapporo and the Japan Olympic Committee will be pausing active promotion of Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics for "a while", Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo lodged diplomatic complaints with Beijing over alleged intrusions into Japanese territorial waters by a Chinese naval vessel, according to the Japanese government. ( read original story ...)

A hit exhibition showcasing Christian Dior's work opens in Tokyo this week with a focus on the French designer's fascination with Japan and the country's influence on his pieces. ( read original story ...)

If you want to go shopping in Tokyo, bring your passport. Tourists can shop tax-free in many stores in the city! ( read original story ...)

A magical world of blue is lighting up the winter nights in a popular area in Tokyo as a seasonal illumination show returned to the capital for the first time in three years. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan made a surprise tweak to its longstanding ultra-loose monetary policy that prompted the yen to appreciate against the dollar ... ( read original story ...)

The five-year plan unveiled on Friday will double Japan's defence spending and add new capabilities, including long-range missiles and an expanded cyber warfare unit. It will not, however, boost the size of its military, ( read original story ...)

North Korea on Tuesday condemned a Japanese military buildup outlined in a new security strategy, calling it dangerous and vowing counteractions, while also warning of another imminent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. ( read original story ...)