(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…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Ministry of Finance will raise its assumed long-term interest rate to 1.5% for the fiscal 2024/25 year from a record-low 1.1% this fiscal year, Kyodo news…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will begin restricting exports of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China in Spring after it amends a foreign exchange law to allow the change, Kyodo…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toru Kubota, a Japanese film maker held by authorities in Myanmar since being arrested in July, has been freed, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday, quoting sources.…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will ask the United States to be more flexible on electric vehicle (EV) purchase incentives for non-American carmakers, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday, citing unidentified government…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will likely spend 25.1 trillion yen ($170 billion) in its upcoming economic stimulus package, the Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday. Including municipal government expenditures and…
TOKYO (Reuters) -The preferred bidder to buy out Toshiba Corp, a group led by private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners (JIP), is likely to miss the deadline to secure bank…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese ruling party secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi indicated on Monday that a planned economic spending package aimed at cushioning the blow from rising living costs will total…
TOKYO (Reuters) – There are no changes to Japan’s position that it will act resolutely in case of volatility in the currency market, the Kyodo news agency quoted Japan’s Finance…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said he hopes to hold a meeting by the government and the heads of automakers to talk about the future of the…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and the United States are working on arranging a summit between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden in New York around Sept. 20 to…
(Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to visit Japan in August, Kyodo reported on Wednesday, citing sources. (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru)
TOKYO – Japan is considering banning exports of luxury cars to Russia, perhaps as soon as next week, as it toughens sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, the…