Japan to chair G7 finance ministers meeting at IMF conference on Oct 12
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will chair a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced nations on Oct. 12 to…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will chair a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced nations on Oct. 12 to…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan likely won’t seek to reverse the yen’s downtrend with exchange-rate intervention as recent falls reflect economic fundamentals, former top currency diplomat Naoyuki Shinohara…
(Reuters) – Citigroup on Friday upgraded its recommendation on Japanese stocks to “neutral” as the country’s economy and earnings look resilient, but downgraded British equities to “underweight” due to high…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday there were many factors to consider in determining whether moves in the foreign exchange market were “excessive”, adding that…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan issued an advisory for a tsunami of 1 metre for the islands off of Izu peninsula on the eastern coast of the country. The warning followed…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s service activity in September expanded for the 13th month but at the slowest pace since the start of the year, a private survey showed, a worrying…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The slow pace of the yen’s recent fall makes imminent market intervention by Japanese authorities less likely than a year ago,…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday Japanese authorities have set no “defence line” in dealing with currencies, while also warning the yen’s weakness…
By Anton Bridge and Scott Murdoch TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan equity offerings have more than quadrupled in value this year, with investors encouraged by a surge in the Nikkei stock…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan won’t rule out any options to deal with excessive currency volatility, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, reiterating a warning against speculative…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japanese police jointly warned multinational companies of China-linked hacker group BlackTech in a cybersecurity advisory…
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese government panel will discuss over the coming months whether to give tax breaks to companies that invest in areas considered strategically important,…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan retained its view of a modest recovery in the world’s third-biggest economy, but upgraded its assessment of corporate earnings for the first time since March 2022…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s finance minister said on Tuesday that authorities won’t rule out any options in dealing with excessive currency volatility, underlining a warning that has kept…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s business-to-business service prices rose 2.1% in August from a year earlier, accelerating from a 1.7% year-on-year gain in July, central bank data showed on Tuesday. The…
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and South Korean, Japanese counterparts expressed “serious concern” over the discussion of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, including possible…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – A closely watched central bank survey is likely to show Japan’s business confidence improved slightly in the three months to September, according to a…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan, breaking news editor for finance & markets The odds the Bank of Japan would tweak its…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday he would not rule out any options on currencies as the dollar broke above 148 yen to the dollar, warning…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. The Bank of Japan on Friday rounds off one of…
(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that his government will not rule out any options in addressing excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market. “It is…
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan won’t rule out any options in addressing excess volatility in currency markets, the government’s top spokesperson said on Thursday, issuing…
(Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he will instruct his government to pull together the pillars of an economic package early next week under his new…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan could intervene again to support the yen if it declines further, former top currency diplomat Takehiko Nakao told Reuters on Wednesday, and said…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday whether Washington would show understanding over another yen-buying intervention by Japan “depends on the details” of the situation.…