Leading Japan lawmaker seeks Trump meeting during New York visit, NHK reports
By Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – A senior figure in Japan’s ruling party will travel to New York next week and is seeking a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according…
Analysis-Wages, not yen, key to when Japan shifts away from ultra low rates
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Solid wage growth, not a spiralling yen, is likely to be the trigger that drives the Bank of Japan away from its ultra-low interest rates as…
Japan keeps warning on market volatility, raises view on capex in report
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan reiterated a warning that “full attention” should be paid to market volatility in its monthly economic report published on Tuesday, following the government’s repeated market…
Japan ruling party indicates stimulus to total around $174 billion -Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese ruling party secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi indicated on Monday that a planned economic spending package aimed at cushioning the blow from rising living costs will total around 26…
Analysis-Will they or won’t they? Japan uses guessing game to shore up yen
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities are relying heavily on psychological tactics to fight yen bears, which means keeping markets guessing about their foreign exchange intervention rather…
Japan govt urges BOJ to be vigilant to market swings – stimulus draft
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will urge the central bank to be vigilant to the economic impact of sharp market moves in a scheduled spending package aimed at cushioning the blow from…
Japan Oct factory growth slows to 21-month low, but services pick up – flash PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity growth slowed further to a 21-month low in October as relentless cost pressures torment manufacturers, but service-sector firms received a boost as the country reopened to…
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Makes its Highly Anticipated Japan Debut
Sunsheng (Jason) Lin, owner of Japan Barbecue Franchise Company Co., LTD World’s largest barbecue concept set to open its doors in Tokyo on May 12 Tokyo (RestaurantNews.com) Tokyo is about to get…
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit opens second location in Tokyo, Japan
The second grand opening celebration in Tokyo on September 20th, 2021. Dallas, TX (-) The world’s largest barbecue franchise opens its second location in Yoyogi, Tokyo serving Legit. Texas. Barbecue.™ Dickey’s Barbecue…
Japan, U.S. to conduct major military drill from Nov. 10
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and the United States will conduct a joint military exercise from Nov. 10, the Japanese Defence Ministry said on Friday, as countries in the region and beyond are…
Japan travel industry’s recovery depends on China reopening- Narita Airport CEO
By Maki Shiraki and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is already seeing an increase in inbound travellers since relaxing its COVID-19 border controls last week, but a full recovery will remain…
Toyota-backed flying car firm Joby seeks Japan air certification
TOKYO (Reuters) – Joby Aviation Inc, a U.S. air taxi startup backed by Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp, said on Tuesday it has applied to Japan’s transport ministry for aircraft certification as…
Japan PM orders probe into Unification Church links to ruling party members
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday into the Unification Church after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe in July revealed close…
MOF’s Suzuki: Japan will act resolutely on forex volatility – Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) – There are no changes to Japan’s position that it will act resolutely in case of volatility in the currency market, the Kyodo news agency quoted Japan’s Finance Minister Shunichi…
Japan would decide appropriately on any excess yen moves -ruling coalition party official
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan would decide appropriately on whether to intervene to stem any excess yen weakening, a senior lawmaker in the country’s ruling coalition party said on Friday, as the Japanese…
Japan LDP tax chief says corporate tax hike an option for defence funding -Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of tax policy at Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) said on Friday that raising corporate taxes was an option to fund the country’s defence build-up, the Nikkei…
Japan Sept consumer inflation seen at 8-year high, above BOJ’s target for 6th month: Reuters Poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation rate likely hit an eight-year high in September as firms sought to offset pressure from high raw material costs and a sliding yen by hiking…
Japan Inc strongly backs defence spending, many firms near limit on weak yen – Reuters poll
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese firms overwhelmingly support increasing defence spending amid heightened sabre-rattling in Asia, according to a Reuters monthly poll on Thursday, which also showed half of companies…
Japan PM Kishida ‘not thinking of shortening’ BOJ Kuroda’s term – FT
(Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is not considering shortening the term of Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, he told the Financial Times on Tuesday, adding he would continue to…
Japan Kishida’s support hits low on his party’s ties to controversial church
TOKYO (Reuters) – Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government slid to the lowest of his one-year tenure on doubts about his party’s disclosure of ties to the controversial Unification Church,…
Google to invest $690 million in Japan, CEO Pichai tells Nikkei
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google plans to invest a total of 100 billion yen ($690.13 million) in Japan through 2024, its Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai told Nikkei in an interview on…
Japan real wages fall for 5th month in August as weak yen fuels inflation
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s real wages fell in August for a fifth straight month, government data showed on Friday, as a plunge in the yen lifted consumer prices at the fastest pace…
Japan says no pact yet with Sri Lanka on debt restructure talks
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan has not yet reached an agreement to co-chair a debt summit with Sri Lanka’s creditors, a government official in Tokyo said on Thursday, as the island nation struggles to…
Japan targets farm export gains to blunt weak yen’s pain
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – When Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed this week to wring more gains from the weak yen, which has become instead a source…
Japan firms eye ammonia, methanol projects in Canada, Alberta minister says
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese companies are looking to invest in the Canadian province of Alberta to produce ammonia and methanol in the effort to build global supply chains of…
Japan warns market fluctuations could impact economy
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government on Friday warned that attention should be paid to any possible impact of financial market fluctuations on the economic outlook, while affirming its view…
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