Category: Japan
Japan considers resuming talks with N Korea: media
Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan’s prime minister, the Asahi [...]
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Japan Keeps Monetary Policy Steady Amid Deflation Fight
The Bank of Japan stood pat on monetary policy Wednesday amid market jitters over volatility in bond markets, which has threatened to undermine the country’s battle to [...]
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Japan Confronts Pyongyang Abductions
A senior Japanese official said Tokyo will make its own overtures to North Korea on what it claims are abductions of Japanese citizens, dismissing US and South Korean concern [...]
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S’pore, Japan prime ministers express wish for enhanced bilateral ties
The prime ministers of Singapore and Japan have expressed the desire to enhance bilateral ties. Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Loong met his Japanese counterpart [...]
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Japan April exports rise 3.8 pct year/year – MOF
Japanese exports rose 3.8 percent in April from a year earlier, marking a second straight month of gains, Ministry of Finance data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that a [...]
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Bank of Japan may seek to ease bond market jitters, policy seen on hold
The Bank of Japan is expected to stand pat on monetary policy on Wednesday despite jitters over the recent volatility in bond markets, hoping it can prevent a renewed spike [...]
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What drives Japan’s prime minister Abe?
Shinzo Abe, now six months into his second try at being prime minister of Japan, is a puzzling man. In his first, spectacularly unsuccessful go in 2006-07, he was a crude [...]
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Fed’s Bullard Says ECB Needs ‘Aggressive’ QE to Avoid Japan Fate
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Europe risks an extended period of low growth and deflation like Japan’s unless the European Central Bank [...]
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Japan to Follow Own Path on Abductee Issue With N Korea
A senior Japanese official said on Tuesday that Tokyo will stick with its policy of making its own overtures to North Korea on what it believes are abductions of its [...]
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Japan mayor says S. Korean troops guilty of sex abuse
South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, Osaka’s mayor said in comments reported Tuesday, days after provoking a storm by labelling sex slaves a [...]
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Japan Plans Low-Interest Loans for Rooftop Solar, Nikkei Says
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to provide low-interest loans to companies that borrow residential rooftop space for solar power generation, the [...]
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Japan finmin: wants BOJ to have thorough dialogue with JGB mkt
Japanese Finance minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that he wants the Bank of Japan to have a thorough dialogue with markets in the wake of volatility in the government bond [...]
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Majority reject Japan mayor on comfort women: poll
A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during World War II were a military necessity, polls issued [...]
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Japan Pledges $2 Billion for African Projects
Japan is pledging $2 billion for energy and mineral projects in Africa, capping a conference with government resource officials from across the continent as it seeks to catch [...]
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Why Japan Is Bad For The World
Japan continues to be the world’s biggest financial story. The consensus seems to be that the country’s extraordinary economic measures are good for both itself [...]
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