By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s business-to-business service inflation accelerated in October as a tight job market lifted labour costs, underscoring a broadening of price pressures that could heighten the…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan passed on Friday an extra budget worth around 13.1 trillion yen ($88 billion) aimed at helping households cope with the rising cost of living and corporations…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity shrank for a sixth straight month in November, while modest growth in the service sector was little changed, a business survey showed on Friday,…
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group has sought to establish a securities company in China, becoming the latest foreign firm to make inroads into China’s onshore securities market with a…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei 225 share average will continue its more-than-28% rally this year into 2024 to reach a three-decade high of 35,000 by end-June, according…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday asked business leaders to raise wages in next year’s spring labour negotiations to a level higher than this year’s against…
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s efforts to regain its position as a leading manufacturer of chips are “impressive”, the head of a leading chip research organisation said on…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity contracted for a fifth straight month in October, a survey showed on Wednesday, as subdued demand and inflationary pressures squeezed businesses. The final au…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. It promises to be another dramatic day in Asia on…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s factory output rose much less than expected in September, government data showed on Tuesday, as demand slowed significantly, adding to uncertainty hanging over the export-reliant economy’s outlook.…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan’s capital Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends, unexpectedly accelerated in October, a sign of broadening…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida used his visit to Tokyo’s auto show on Thursday to call for the private sector’s help in ensuring the economy makes a…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s 10-year government bond yield touched a new decade-high on Wednesday on speculation that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may raise its cap for the benchmark yield.…
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – A key measure of Japan’s trend inflation accelerated to 2% in September, hitting a record and matching the central bank’s target,…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity shrank for a fifth straight month in October while the service sector saw its weakest growth this year, a survey showed on Tuesday, amid…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s largest labour organisation Rengo is planning to ask for a total pay hike of more than 5%, including a 3% increase in base salaries, at negotiations in…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top financial diplomat said on Monday the yen was still perceived as a safe haven asset like the Swiss franc…
By Andrea Shalal MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – Japan made a “very impressive pledge” to an International Monetary Fund account that provides subsidies to enable zero-interest rate loans to the poorest…
(Reuters) – Japan’s government is considering extending subsidies to curb gasoline prices beyond January next year, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday, a move that will likely moderate the pace…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Business morale at large Japanese manufacturers was subdued in October, although the services-sector mood edged up, the Reuters Tankan poll showed, as upbeat domestic…
By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s financial indiscipline amid rising inflation may disrupt its bond market, a senior executive of top lender Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday stressed the need to achieve sustained, broader wage hikes to cushion the blow to households from rising…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy has recovered and is running near its full capacity in the second quarter, data from the central bank showed on Wednesday, adding…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity fell at the fastest pace in seven months in September, a survey showed on Monday, as worsening global economic conditions continued to weaken demand.…
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is no longer in deflation but policymakers need to ensure prices do not slide back into contraction, economy minister Yoshitaka…