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TOKYO – Japan’s factory activity contracted at a faster pace in July, a business survey showed on Tuesday, taking a hit from soft orders amid weakening global economic conditions. The …

By Makiko Yamazaki and Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) -Two of Japan’s megabanks reported solid quarterly profits on Monday amid hopes the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) nudge towards policy normalisation will …

By Naomi Rovnick, Alun John and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Japanese yen is on a bumpy path towards strengthening after Friday’s central bank policy change, threatening to upend …

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – One of Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda’s main challenges will be to phase out yield curve control (YCC), which has come under criticism …

By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Core inflation in Japan’s capital slowed in July but remained well above the central bank’s 2% target, data showed on Friday, …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s business-to-business service inflation slowed in June, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that companies remained slow in passing on rising labour costs despite a tight job market. …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top financial diplomat on Friday suggested the central bank may tweak its approach to monetary stimulus at its next policy meeting, due to …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Core inflation in Japan’s capital likely stayed above the central bank’s 2% target but slowed sharply in July, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, suggesting that easing …

(Reuters) – Nissan on Wednesday became the first Japanese automaker to agree to adopt Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging technology in the U.S. and Canada, joining global peers in expanding their fast-charger …

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Pasit Kongkunakornkul BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Siam Motors partnered with Nissan Motors in 1962 with a factory that rolled out four cars a day, leading to …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese firms offered the biggest pay hikes in three decades at this year’s negotiations with workers, the country’s largest trade union group said on Wednesday, …

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s government raked in record tax income last fiscal year, the finance ministry said on Monday, which could help Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party forego the politically …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate was flat at 2.6% in May from the previous month, government data showed on Friday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate also matched economists’ median …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with SkyDrive Inc to make “flying cars”. The companies will use a Suzuki Group …

By Takaya Yamaguchi and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will pledge to pull the economy out of deflation through bold monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy and a growth …

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese stocks rose on Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei index closing at a three-decade high, after U.S. lawmakers voted to raise the debt limit …

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy likely grew more than initially estimated in the first three months of this year, thanks to solid investments by manufacturers, a Reuters …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Hitachi Astemo said on Thursday an auto industry veteran will take over as top executive from Brice Koch, who handled the automotive supplier’s response to misconduct …

TOKYO – Japan’s factory activity expanded in May for the first time in seven months thanks to increases in output and new orders and buoyed by a positive outlook for …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will closely watch currency market moves and respond “appropriately” as needed, the country’s top currency diplomat said on Tuesday after top financial authorities met …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate fell to 2.6% in April from 2.8% in the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was below economists’ …

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei 225 share average will drop 4% from 33-year highs, returning to the psychologically key 30,000 level by year-end and trading around the …

By John Irish HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – As Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy touched down in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday, cameras zoomed in on the plane: a French government-labelled …

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – More than a year after escaping her native Kyiv with a broken leg one winter night, Lidiya Bibko lives in a tidy two-bedroom Tokyo …