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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Mar-a-Lago did not yield much on trade. Tokyo and Washington stuck to their positions, with President Donald Trump continuing to press Japan to enter bilateral negotiations, reportedly promising an exclusion ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 20 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei share average was flat in choppy trade on Friday morning as worries about slower smartphone demand hit technology shares, while financial stocks rallied helped by higher U.S. yields. The Nikkei was flat at ... ( read original story ...)

The poll also showed the Bank of Japan is expected to keep monetary policy unchanged at its meeting next week, with consumer inflation still far from the bank’s 2 percent target. Industrial production is seen rising 0.5 percent in March month-on-month. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 20 (Reuters) - Japan’s headline inflation slowed in March from February, highlighting the central bank’s struggle to hit its 2 percent price growth target after five years of heavy stimulus, keeping it under pressure to maintain an ultra ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan had been making progress in generating inflation, with domestic demand picking up, although the yen’s rise has complicated the outlook. This month Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he was confident the target would be reached next year ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan warned on Thursday of a potential spike in credit costs stemming from a rise in bank loans to companies undertaking low profit businesses if the economy should slow or interest rates rise. Financial institutions are ... ( read original story ...)

For Abe, amending the U.S.-drafted charter - seen by some conservatives as a humiliating symbol of Japan's defeat in World War Two - has long been a top priority. On the economy, Kishida has said the Bank of Japan's hyper-easy monetary policy - a pillar of ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan's 2% inflation target begins to look grim as inflation continues to droop in the Japanese economy. Despite the limited impact of the monetary easing policy, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the Bank has no plans to drop the policy. ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- While Japan’s key price gauge ticked down in March, the inflation trend remains intact as Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda begins his second term. Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 0.9 percent in March from a year earlier ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's underlying inflation slowed for the first time in 20 months in March, posing a challenge to the Bank of Japan as it struggles to attain its 2 percent target, government data showed Friday. Supported by high utility costs ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has resisted Trump's urging that it increase imports ... which agreed to cap steel exports to the U.S. at 70% of recent levels. Nikkei staff writers Takeshi Kawanami in Palm Beach, U.S., and Yasuo Takeuchi in Tokyo contributed to this article. ( read original story ...)

Japan has resisted Trump's urging that it increase imports ... which agreed to cap steel exports to the U.S. at 70% of recent levels. Nikkei staff writers Takeshi Kawanami in Palm Beach, U.S., and Yasuo Takeuchi in Tokyo contributed to this article. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Japanese shares rose to a seven-week high on Thursday, with investors relieved that the United States did not make new trade demands at this week’s summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Japanese shares rose to seven-week high on Thursday, with investors relieved that no new U.S. demands on trade came out of this week’s summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump. ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten Inc will issue as much as 200 billion yen ($1.86 billion) to prepare for its entry into the country’s mobile phone service market, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday. Rakuten plans to launch the ... ( read original story ...)

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Banking sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.26% to hit a new 1-month high. Declining stocks ... ( read original story ...)