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…
Japan factory activity slips back into contraction in June on soft orders
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity contracted in June after expanding for the first time in 7 months in May, a private survey showed on Monday, dragged down by weak orders for…
Investors pour most money into Japan stocks since 2020-BofA
LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese equity funds have had $7.9 billion of inflows in the past four weeks, the most in a four-week period since April 2020, a report from Bank of America…
Japan finance minister warns against excessive yen weakening
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will take appropriate steps should the yen weaken excessively, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday after the currency plumbed seven-month lows against the dollar. Suzuki…
Marketmind: China, Japan data bring curtain down on H1
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets bring an eventful first half of the year to a…
Japan finance minister declines to rule out any options on weak yen
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will not rule out any options in responding to currency market moves that become excessive, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday, firing off a…
Japan raises view on employment in June for first time in 11 months
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s employment trends showed “improvement recently”, the government said in its latest monthly assessment of the economy, noting a decline in the jobless rate and the…
Japan sees 1.9 million visitors in May, down from cherry blossom rush
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan saw a slight decline in visitors in May from the previous month, when a rush of tourists came to see the nation’s famous cherry blossoms without COVID-19 restrictions,…
Japan big manufacturers’ sentiment positive for 3rd consecutive month -Reuters tankan poll
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Business morale at big Japanese manufacturers edged up in June, staying in positive territory for a second straight month and reflecting a post-COVID economic recovery though…
McDonald’s Japan hikes prices in city centres as costs bite
By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese operator of McDonald’s restaurants said on Monday it would raise prices at 184 city centre branches, equivalent to about 6% of its 3,000 stores,…
Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use the operators’ own…
U.S., Japan, Philippines discuss S China sea, North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The national security advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday discussed regional security issues and ways to strengthen the trilateral alliance, they said in a…
Marketmind: After the hawks, here comes the Bank of Japan dove
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. The Bank of Japan, the most dovish major central bank in the…
Japan will stop yen decline beyond USD/JPY 145, most economists say: Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government and central bank will act to stop the yen’s decline if it depreciates to the 145 per U.S. dollar level, more than half of…
Japan govt says volatile forex market ‘undesirable’
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top government spokesperson said on Thursday that volatile moves in the currency markets were undesirable and that authorities were closely watching the market and ready to take “appropriate”…
China aircraft monitored US, France, Canada, Japan navy drill – media
BEIJING (Reuters) -China deployed a reconnaissance aircraft over Pacific waters east of Taiwan last week that Chinese media said monitored and gathered intelligence on an exercise involving the navies of the United…
Japan to issue new bonds aimed at supporting child care – PM Kishida
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that the government would issue special bonds aimed at filling a projected funding gap as it boosts child care…
Toyota’s April global sales rise on stronger demand in Japan, China
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp’s global sales rose by nearly 5% in April from a year earlier, boosted by stronger demand for hybrids and gasoline-powered cars in Japan and China. The…
Japan finance minister Suzuki: Must maintain yen credibility in guiding fiscal policy
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Tuesday said he must guide fiscal policy based on common international understanding as global economic and financial situations change greatly. Suzuki told reporters…
Philippines, U.S., Japan to hold first-ever joint coast guard exercise
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The coast guard of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will hold trilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea this week, the first such…
Japan PM Kishida says willing to meet Kim Jong Un over kidnappings
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Saturday he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try and resolve the issue of…
Japan raises view on economy for 1st time since July 2022
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government raised its overall view of the economy for the first time in ten months in May, after recent data showed the country emerged from recession in the…
North Korea media slams missile warning pact between Seoul, US, Japan
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean media criticised on Thursday plans by South Korea, the United States and Japan to share real-time data on Pyongyang’s missile launches, describing the trio as discussing “sinister…
Japan won’t join NATO, but aware of liaison office plan – PM
By Kantaro Komiya and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday the country had no plans to become a NATO member but acknowledged the security alliance’s plan…
China says NATO’s plan for Japan office not welcomed in Asia-Pacific
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Asia-Pacific region does not welcome NATO’s plan to open a liaison office in Japan, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press briefing on Wednesday, after…
Japan govt eyes new budget account focused on childcare spending – media
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government may set up a new budget account to manage spending linked to childcare funding reforms, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has…
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