Japan's stock markets have recently shown mixed performance, with the Nikkei 225 Index experiencing a slight decline while the broader TOPIX Index has seen gains. This variable landscape underscores ...
Japan’s Suzuki Says Currency Intervention Had Some Effect
(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s finance minister defended the government’s record intervention in the currency market in his first acknowledgment of the action. Most Read from Bloomberg Key Engines of US ...
Push to build museum as tribute to ‘Dragon Ball’ creator Toriyama in native Aichi Pref.
NAGOYA -- There are signs of momentum for a museum dedicated to the late "Dragon Ball" and "Dr. Slump" creator Akira Toriyama to be built in Aichi Prefecture, where he was born, after the prefecture's ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks fall as automakers hit by firm yen, safety test scandal
Tokyo stocks retreated Tuesday for the first decline in three days, as automakers were hit by a firm yen and a safety test scandal th ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Governor Koike Says Her Policies to Have Lasting Impact
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said her policies would have a lasting impact on the Japanese capital, while declining to reveal whether she’ll seek reelection next month for a third term in one of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Suzuki Says FX Intervention Was Effective to Some Extent
Japan’s finance minister said the government’s intervention in the currency market a little over a month ago was effective to some extent, in the first official acknowledgment of the action after the ...
Japan’s record market foray curbed speculative moves: finance chief
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's record currency market intervention between April and May was aimed at curbing excessive yen movements driven by speculators and proved effective "to a certain extent," ...
Japan’s yen intervention was effective to an extent, finance minister says
Japan’s finance minister has said the government’s intervention in the currency market a little over a month ago was effective to some extent, in the first official acknowledgment of the action after ...
Japan finance minister: Forex intervention had a certain impact
TOKYO: Japan's foreign exchange market intervention in late April and early May had a certain impact, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday. Japanese authorities spent ¥9.79 trillion (US$62 ...
ETFs to Watch on Japan’s First Yen Intervention Since 2022
Japan's Ministry of Finance revealed that the country has conducted its first currency intervention since October 2022, aimed at stabilizing the yen following its decline to a 34-year low in April.
Japan’s govt to warn of weak yen pain in policy roadmap, draft shows
Japan's government will warn of the pain a weak yen may inflict on households in this year's long-term economic policy roadmap, a draft seen by Reuters showed, as policymakers grow increasingly ... ( read original story ...)
Japan auto safety scandal widens, Toyota halts some shipments
A safety test scandal at Japanese automakers widened on Monday, with Toyota Motor and Mazda both halting shipments of some vehicles after Japan's transport ministry found irregularities in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s UK state visit to go ahead despite election
The King would traditionally spend a week in Scotland, known as “Royal Week” or “Holyrood Week”, at the end of June and the beginning of July. If this clashes with the result of the 4 July election, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Kishida will not call snap election before parliament closes, Asahi reports
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making final arrangements not to call a snap election during the current parliament session ending June 23, the Asahi daily reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources in his administration. ( read original story ...)
China’s new aircraft carrier pushes India, Japan, South Korea to upgrade: ‘source of anxiety’
China currently operates two aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and the Shandong. It launched the Fujian, a next-generation 80,000-tonne aircraft carrier larger than those operated by India or Japan, ... ( read original story ...)
Inside the BVI’s Hottest New Property, a $35,000-Per-Night Villa Carved Into a Cliff
The three-tiered, 23,500-square-foot Villa Katsura was carved into three acres of cliffside 20 years ago, as an exact replica of a home in Okinawa. “The patriarch of the original family that owned it ... ( read original story ...)