Column-Investors favor Japan’s rising sun over China’s fading star: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Long Japan, short China. If there is a general macro, relative value trade playing out right now, it …
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Japan’s Subaru sets out targets for EV push over five years
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Subaru Corp laid out targets for selling and making battery electric vehicles (EVs) on Thursday, aiming for global sales of …
Marketmind: US debt drama crashes Japan’s G7 party
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is highlighting three core priorities at …
Japan’s spending downturn, wages decline heighten pressure on economy
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s consumer spending unexpectedly fell in March at the fastest rate in a year, while real wages marked a …
Factbox-Old disputes overshadow visit by Japan’s Kishida to S.Korea
(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will be visiting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday in the latest effort to improve bilateral …
Japan’s factory activity contracts at slower pace in April – PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity contracted for the sixth straight month in April, but the details of a private survey released on Monday showed …
Japan’s ex-top FX diplomat sees BOJ keeping ultra-low rates this year
By Leika Kihara and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is set to keep monetary policy steady on Friday and may …
Japan’s business services inflation hits 8-year high in fiscal 2022
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s business-to-business service inflation hit an eight-year high in the fiscal year that ended March, data showed on Tuesday, a sign inflationary …
Japan’s factory activity shrinks at slowest pace in six months – PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s manufacturing activity shrank at the slowest pace in six months in April on a softer decline in sales, while the service-sector …
BOJ keeps upbeat economic view on seven of Japan’s nine regions
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan maintained its upbeat economic assessment for most regions on Thursday, saying wage hikes were broadening, …
South Korea and Japan’s finance ministers to hold first bilateral talks in 7 years
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – South Korea and Japan’s finance ministers will hold a bilateral meeting early next month for the first time in seven years, heralding …
Japan’s MUFG sets emissions targets for real estate, shipping, steel
By David Dolan and Simon Jessop TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on Tuesday laid out emissions-cutting targets for lending to the real …
Japan’s current account swings back to black on overseas investment
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s current account swung to a surplus in February, reflecting hefty returns on securities investments and easing some concerns …
Japan’s crackdown on truck driver overtime raises fears of economic breakdown
By Mariko Katsumura and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Truck driver Yuichi Tomita has been delivering packages all over Japan for two decades, often clocking …
Japan’s economy runs below capacity, low rates may stay in place
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economic output ran below full capacity for the 11th straight quarter in October-December, central bank data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that …
Japan’s business services prices perk up near BOJ’s inflation target
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s business-to-business services inflation picked up in February on a tourism rebound and rising labour costs, data showed, offering the …
Japan’s factory activity contracts for fifth month – PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s manufacturing activity contracted for a fifth straight month in March as output and new orders remained under pressure, a survey showed …
The long-running crisis at Japan’s Toshiba
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp’s board on Thursday accepted a buyout offer from a group led by private equity firm Japan Industrial …
Japan’s land prices up at fastest pace since 2008 on gradual econ recovery
By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s land prices rose for a second straight year at the fastest pace since 2008, a government survey showed …
Japan’s Kishida to announce new Indo-Pacific plan, seek India’s support
By Krishn Kaushik and Yukiko Toyoda NEW DELHI/TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will on Monday announce a new plan for an open …
Japan’s Feb consumer inflation seen slowing sharply on subsidies – Reuters Poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation likely slowed sharply in February from a 41-year high in the previous month, a Reuters poll of 20 …
Japan’s policymakers play down contagion risk from SVB collapse
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese policymakers on Tuesday played down the risk of the economy taking a hit from the collapse of U.S. lender Silicon Valley …
Japan’s February service-sector activity grows at fastest rate in eight months – PMI
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s services sector activity grew at the fastest pace in eight months in February, a private sector survey showed on Friday, as …
Japan’s jobless rate falls to 2.4% in January
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate fell to 2.4% in January, while the availability of jobs fell for the first time in nearly 2-1/2 years, …
Japan’s Kishida: Hope to meet new BOJ chief to confirm policy coordination
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday he hoped to meet the government’s nominee for next central bank governor, …
Japan’s modest business services price rise highlights dilemma for central bank
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, …
Japan’s Nikkei seen hitting 30,000 by end of 2023 on economic recovery: Reuters poll
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 …
Japan’s factory activity shrinks at fastest pace in 2-1/2 years-PMI
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 …
Japan’s Subaru cuts annual output target as chip shortage drags on
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 …
Japan’s Q4 economic growth likely rebounded on tourism reopening
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 …
Japan’s Takeda’s profit slips 13%, pipeline bolsters outlook
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 …
Japan’s factory activity extends declines for third straight month – PMI
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 …
Japan’s JERA signs ammonia supply MOUs with Yara, CF Industries
(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 …
What is happening in Japan’s bond market?
By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) – Market forces have pushed Japanese government bond yields above policy targets. The moves are the biggest test in seven …
Blinken says U.S. applauds Japan’s decision to double defense spending
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 …
Explainer: Why the U.S. is overhauling its marines on Japan’s Okinawa
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 …
U.S. wants to deploy missile-armed Marines along Japan’s Okinawa islands -Yomiuri
TOKYO (Reuters) -The United States wants to disperse U.S. Marine units throughout Japan’s Okinawa islands by 2026, arming them with missiles and lighter gear to …
Japan’s Kishida set to talk military buildup, chips on G7 tour
By Elaine Lies and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida starts a tour of key Western partners on Monday, after unveiling …
Japan’s output gap closes in positive sign for economy, BOJ
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 …
Japan’s Kishida urges companies to give wage hikes that exceed inflation
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday urged companies to increase wages faster than the rate of inflation. “In the past 30 …
Academic close to Japan’s Kuroda says BOJ moving towards policy normalisation
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 …
Japan’s Inpex signs 20-year LNG deal with Venture Global
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 …
South Korea protests Japan’s island claim in national security strategy
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 …
Japan’s Q4 tankan factory mood set to weaken on inflation, global slowdown: Reuters Poll
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturers’ sentiment likely weakened in the last quarter of 2022 on sustained cost pressures and a bleaker global …
Up, down, up again: Japan’s soccer-related stocks mirror Samurai Blue’s performance
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 …
Japan’s Nikkei seen rallying 6% to key 30,000 level by mid-2023: Reuters poll
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 …
Japan’s Kishida rules out changing policy agreement with BOJ
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 …
Japan’s top venture capital firm yields to activist for massive buybacks
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top venture capital firm JAFCO Group Co Ltd said on Friday it would buy back shares worth 42 …
Japan’s Olympus says moving from asset sales towards doing deals
By Rocky Swift and Mayu Sakoda TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese medical equipment maker Olympus Corp has largely completed a slew of asset sales and is …
Japan’s biggest bank Mitsubishi UFJ reports 70.5% slump in Q2 profit
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 …