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TOKYO Nov 2 Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a two-week low on Wednesday as worries over the U.S. presidential election prompted a recoil in global markets, with a stronger yen adding to the cautious mood. The Nikkei fell 1.8 percent to 17,134.68 ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan and South Korea are joining the U.S. in punishing companies that have helped North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons development, starting with a Chinese trading company suspected of money laundering. Pyongyang conducted its second nuclear ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan is making a renewed push to tackle the problem of karoshi, or death from overwork, after the work-related suicide of a young woman grabbed headlines and caused a public outcry. But changing a deeply entrenched corporate culture that takes ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo shares opened lower on Wednesday, following global sell-offs sparked by a new poll that put Republican candidate Donald Trump slightly ahead of his Democratic rival in the US presidential race. "The Trump risk is in revival," said Chihiro Ohta, a ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan has given up its starring role in Abenomics, for now. After refitting its tool kit in September, the central bank opted Tuesday to leave policy unchanged, despite sharply cutting its inflation forecasts. And the bank doesn’t ... ( read original story ...)

The Bank of Japan is sitting back for the ride. The central bank kept policy unchanged on Nov. 1, even as it trimmed inflation forecasts. Adding extra stimulus weeks after introducing a new, yield-focused framework would look nervous. The BOJ also needs ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo shares closed higher Tuesday ... accounting for roughly one-third of Japan's non-financial listings, the paper said. Energy firms tracked a plunge in oil prices Monday after OPEC's failure last week to hammer out details of an agreement to cut ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Oct 31 Japan's Nikkei fell on Monday as heightened uncertainty over the U.S. presidential election kept investors on edge, but shares of major shipping firms jumped after news that they will merge their container shipping businesses. Trading was ... ( read original story ...)

Inpex Corp dropped 1.4 percent, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co shed 1.0 percent. The broader Topix fell 0.3 percent to 1,389.25 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 declined 0.3 percent to 12,455.73. ( read original story ...)

Buz Investors Japan Nikkei Manufacturing PMI The IHS Markit/Nikkei Japan final Manufacturing PMI came in at 51.4 in October of 2016, compared to a preliminary figure of 51.7 and a final 50.4 in September. It was the highest reading since January and ... ( read original story ...)

A man looks at price lists outside a store in Tokyo. Japan’s core consumer price index slipped 0.5% from a year earlier in September. The Nikkei was the bright spot Friday during a generally downbeat day for Asian markets, amid yen weakening and as gains ... ( read original story ...)

Shipping of such goods as metals, crude oil and cars will be the main business of the three major Japanese ocean freight companies after the containership spinoff. But the outlook for these areas is dimming. Nippon Yusen and Kawasaki Kisen forecast pretax ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Some in the Japanese government are concerned that long-standing issues with South Korea will hamper progress at a three-way summit including China later this year. The Tokyo meeting will mark South Korean President Park Geun-hye's first visit to ... ( read original story ...)

while Japan’s three major shippers jumped after news that they will merge their container shipping businesses. The Nikkei fell 0.5 percent to 17,353.04 by midmorning, after ending at a six-month high on Friday. US shares fell and the dollar dropped on ... ( read original story ...)

After successful tests of its broken multi-decade downtrend, Japan’s Nikkei 225 has a chance to commence a new up leg... We’ve been pointing out the thinning nature of the stock market rally of late. In fact, as recently as yesterday we noted that just ... ( read original story ...)