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TOKYO (Reuters) – Mizuho Financial Group, Japan’s third-largest lender by assets, on Monday reported a 29.3% increase in second-quarter net profit. Mizuho posted a profit of 174.67 billion yen ($1.25 …

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s wholesale prices rose 9.1% in October from a year earlier, slowing from the previous month’s record gain but remaining at high levels as the …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s services sector activity grew at the fastest clip in four months in October, a private survey showed on Friday, as the easing of restrictions on foreign …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday the government is ready to take appropriate action against excessive volatility in the currency market. “No one benefits from …

By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Core consumer prices in Japan’s capital, a leading indicator of nationwide figures, rose 3.4% in October from a year earlier, data …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s promised economic stimulus must be big enough to exceed the economy’s output gap of about 15 trillion yen ($100 billion), a senior ruling party official said …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympus Corp said on Friday that Stefan Kaufmann would become the endoscope maker’s chief executive next year, becoming one of the few foreigners to run a major …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s banking system remains stable as a whole but rising overseas interest rates could worsen the creditworthiness of highly leveraged firms, the Bank of Japan said on …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday the government will continue to take appropriate steps against excessive currency market volatility. “We absolutely cannot tolerate excessively volatile …

By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Japan’s top currency diplomat Masato Kanda on Friday said authorities are ready to take decisive action in the currency market if excessive moves in the …

By Yuka Obayashi and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s crude steel output is expected to fall for a fourth consecutive quarter in the last three months of the year, due …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Chubu Electric Power Co Inc said on Friday it would invest up to 5 billion yen ($34 million) in a Canadian geothermal venture, Eavor Technologies Inc, as …

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Friday it will host the third session of its workshop series to analyse the country’s price moves during the pandemic …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s monetary base, or the amount of cash circulating in the economy, fell 3.3% in September from a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, marking the first …

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Daikin Industries Ltd will begin assembling air conditioners in Nigeria as it renews a push into Africa that had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, a regional …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Stanley Electric has signed a capital and business alliance with Honda Motor Co to facilitate next-generation technologies for vehicles, it said on Tuesday. Stanley Electric will …

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese land prices rose in the 12 months to July 1 for the first time since before the pandemic, thanks to easing of measures …

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan has conducted a rate check in apparent preparation for currency intervention, the Nikkei website reported on Wednesday, …

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan has conducted a rate check in apparent preparation for currency intervention, the Nikkei website reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources, as policymakers stepped …

By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government said it was ready to take action if “rapid, one-sided” moves in the currency market continue, signalling their alarm …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan need not intervene in the exchange-rate market to stem yen falls, as such a move would be ineffective in countering …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s services sector activity shrank for the first time in five months in August as a resurgence of COVID-19 infections hurt demand, a business survey showed. The …

MANILA (Reuters) – Japan’s Universal Entertainment Corp said on Sunday its local representatives in the Philippines have taken over the operations of the Okada Manila gambling resort, the latest step …