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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s business-to-business services prices rose 1.6% in January from a year earlier, much slower than a 9.5% jump in wholesale goods prices, a sign the recent pick-up …

By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei 225 share index will hit the psychological 30,000 level by end-2023 on a better domestic corporate and global economic outlook in the …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s manufacturing activity contracted at the fastest pace in 30 months in February, a business survey showed on Tuesday, in a worrying sign for the world’s third-largest …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Subaru Corp slashed its annual output target by nearly 10% on Wednesday amid ongoing fallout from a semiconductor shortage that continues to hamper automakers around the …

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy likely returned to growth in the last quarter of 2022 as the country reopened to tourists, offsetting weakening corporate activity and exports …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co posted a 13% drop in operating earnings for the nine months ended December but kept its profit outlook for the fiscal year unchanged …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s manufacturing activity contracted for a third straight month in January as export weakness persisted amid a worsening global outlook, a corporate survey showed on Tuesday. The …

(Reuters) – Japan’s biggest power generator JERA signed ammonia supply memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with CF Industries of the United States and Norway’s Yara Clean Ammonia Norge AS, as it …

By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) – Market forces have pushed Japanese government bond yields above policy targets. The moves are the biggest test in seven years of yield control in …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States applauded Japan’s decision to double defense spending by 2027, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, ahead of planned talks later this …

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States plans to shake up its marine force on Japan’s Okinawa islands as Tokyo undertakes its biggest military build up since World …

By Elaine Lies and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida starts a tour of key Western partners on Monday, after unveiling his country’s biggest military buildup …

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economic output recovered to near its full capacity for the first time in nearly three years, data showed on Friday, a sign the …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday urged companies to increase wages faster than the rate of inflation. “In the past 30 years, wages did not rise …

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan’s decision to raise its bond-yield ceiling could be the first step toward normalising ultra-easy policy, Takatoshi Ito, a Columbia University professor who is …

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Inpex Corp, Japan’s biggest oil and gas explorer, said on Tuesday that it has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement with U.S.-based …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea issued a strong protest against Japan’s territorial claim over disputed islands made in a national security strategy released on Friday while cautiously responding to Tokyo’s …

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturers’ sentiment likely weakened in the last quarter of 2022 on sustained cost pressures and a bleaker global economic outlook, a Reuters poll …

By Nobuyo Saito TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese shares of soccer-related companies had a good day on Friday as they mirrored the national team’s roller-coaster performance at the World Cup where …

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei 225 share average will rally to the psychological 30,000 level by the middle of next year for the first time since September …

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday brushed aside the chance of adding wage growth as a new monetary policy goal the …

By Rocky Swift and Mayu Sakoda TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus Corp has largely completed a slew of asset sales and is now keen to do deals, …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc, Japan’s largest lender by assets, on Monday reported a 70.5% slide in second-quarter net profit because of another one-off loss related to …