Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told a regular news conference that the two sides have agreed on how to define what constitutes a "civilian contractor" at an American base and hope to sign the agreement "during President Barack Obama's term." ( read original story ...)
BANK OF JAPAN : Dissidence among Bank of Japan board members on bond buying amount
Tokyo, Dec 26 (EFE).- Members of the monetary policy meeting of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) are in disagreement over the volume of bonds the bank should buy in keeping with its new program to control interest rates, according to the minutes of its November ... ( read original story ...)
Kuroda defends BOJ's yield curve control, upbeat on global outlook
TOKYO Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda defended his yield curve control policy on Monday, saying it had kept Japan's long-term interest rates from joining the uptrend in global yields and was helping the economy overcome stagnation. Kuroda also ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Blood Banking Market: Reagent and Instrument Supplier Shares, and Market Segment Sales Forecasts Prices from USD $1850
This report provides an overview of the Japanese blood banking market, including sales and market shares of leading suppliers of blood typing, grouping and infectious disease screening tests, as well as test volume and sales forecasts by market segment. ( read original story ...)
BOJ's Kuroda says global economy entering new phase post-crisis
TOKYO Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the global economy seems to be entering a new phase and finally putting behind the negative legacy of the global financial crisis. The BOJ's new policy framework aimed at keeping long-term ... ( read original story ...)
Global Economy Week Ahead: Kuroda Speech, Japan CPI, U.S. Pending Home Sales
A spate of data out of Japan, after a recent upbeat economic assessment by the country’s central bank, highlights this week’s calendar. Also, a peek at home sales in the U.S. for November will offer early clues on how the rise in interest rates is ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ Kuroda hopes Japan's economy can capitalize on global growth
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday the world economy has entered a "new phase" after overcoming the 2008 global financial crisis, adding the BOJ's new policy framework is designed to capitalize on global growth. ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-77 Bank says uncollectible or delayed receivables of 5.31 bln yen
Dec 26 77 Bank Ltd : * Says concern of uncollectible or delayed receivables of 5.31 billion yen from a Miyagi-based gelatin products maker JELLICE, as result of debt being purchased Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/vHd0Qg Further company coverage ... ( read original story ...)
BoJ Minutes: Economic Recovery Continues Moderately
TOKYO (Alliance News) - Members of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy board said that the country's economic recovery was continuing moderately, although exports and production were sluggish, due to downside risks stemming from the slowdown in emerging ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks down, Shanghai up in thin holiday trade
Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday ... of almost $12.5 billion to settle disputes over the sale of mortgage-backed securities during the global financial crisis. Japan's MUFG dropped 1.22 percent while its rival Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group was ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo shares edge down in morning
Tokyo shares edged down Monday morning as overseas investors stayed away from the market for the Christmas holidays. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 17.24 points, or 0.09 percent, from Thursday to 19,410.43. The Tokyo market was closed Friday for a ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks open flat in thin holiday trade, many Asian markets closed
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened flat on Monday in quiet holiday trading following a three-day weekend, as investors cashed in on recent rallies. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which closed on Friday for a national holiday, fell 0.09 percent, or 16.89 ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo, Shanghai lower in quiet holiday trade
broker at Okasan Securities in Tokyo. Japan's banking sector remained under selling pressure on negative news in the sector from overseas. Italy on Friday approved a state-funded rescue of the world's oldest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS), while ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei falls in thin holiday trade as weak yen trend pauses
TOKYO, Dec 26 Japan's Nikkei share average edged down on Monday morning led by falls in banking and exporter stocks with risk appetite sapped by a pause in the yen's recent tendency to weaken. The Nikkei dropped 0.2 percent to 19,395.99 in midmorning trade ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ex-PM Yoshida's forgotten Pearl Harbor visit recounted
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will visit Pearl Harbor with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, wasn't even born when Japan's former leader Shigeru Yoshida went there just six years after the country's World War II surrender, by himself ... ( read original story ...)
Forget the turkey: When it comes to Christmas, 'we Japanese think of KFC chicken'
There are moms, dads, a kid or two and young couples, all waiting to pick up their Christmas meals. In Japan, the Christmas tradition isn't turkey — it's chicken. And to be specific, it's the Kentucky fried variety. It started back in the early '70s. ( read original story ...)