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Japan manufacturers' mood turns negative for the first time in 10 months - Reuters poll
Japanese manufacturers' business sentiment soured further in December amid worries over U.S. protectionist policies and the Chinese economy, with pessimists outnumbering optimists ...
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Japan's bankruptcies set to hit 11-year high in 2024, data shows
Japan's bankruptcy filings this year are set to surpass 10,000 and hit the highest since 2013, private-sector data by Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR) showed on Monday, ahead of a closel...
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Japan's main opposition leader calls for gradual BOJ rate hikes
The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates and continue phasing out a controversial stimulus programme blamed for causing unwelcome yen declines, Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the cou...
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Japan's revised Q3 GDP likely to show slow recovery in test of BOJ's optimism: Reuters poll
The Japanese economy likely expanded in the third quarter at the same moderate pace as initially reported, a Reuters poll showed, but a bump in private consumption may be temporary...
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Japan consumer spending falls at slower pace, but underlying weakness persists
Japanese household spending fell at a slower pace than expected in October, but the broader consumption trends remained soft in a challenge to policymakers' quest to engineer a sol...
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Japan Oct wages show 32-year-high base pay growth, positive for BOJ hike
Japan's base salary grew at a 32-year-high pace in October, government data showed on Friday, boosting real wages after two months of decreases and offering statistical support for...
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Trump's easing of regulations to trigger Japan outbound M&A, Citi exec says
Japanese companies will find it easier to gain approval for U.S. acquisitions under the incoming Trump administration, the vice chairman of Citigroup in Japan said, even as Preside...
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Japan PM Ishiba says no plan to revise joint BOJ statement
Japan's government has no plans to revise a joint statement with the central bank that focused on pulling the economy out of deflation, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Thursd...
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Japan's centuries-old sake tradition recognized on UNESCO cultural heritage list
UNESCO recognized Japan's ancient process of sake brewing as an "intangible cultural heritage" on Wednesday, which producers hope will boost global interest in the traditional rice...
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Japan's factory activity falls at fastest pace in 8 months, PMI shows
Japan's factory activity shrank at the fastest pace in eight months in November as soft demand prompted firms to trim production, a private-sector survey showed on Monday.
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Japan's stronger Q3 corporate capex points to solid domestic demand
Japanese corporate spending on plant and equipment rose 8.1% year-on-year in the third quarter, Ministry of Finance data showed on Monday, signalling that solid domestic demand was...
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BOJ's Ueda says wage trends key to possible rate hikes, Nikkei reports
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the next interest rate hikes are "nearing in the sense that economic data are on track," the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.
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BOJ's Ueda says rate hike timing 'approaching', Nikkei reports
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the timing of the next interest rate hike was "approaching" as the economy was moving in line with the central bank's forecasts, the Nikkei n...
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes near west coast Honshu, Japan, says EMSC
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the west coast of Honshu, Japan on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
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Japan's space agency halts Epsilon S rocket engine test after explosion
Japan's space agency aborted an engine test for the Epsilon S rocket on Tuesday after it exploded and caught fire, a repeated failure that will likely push the rocket's debut launc...
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Japan's steady service inflation keeps alive BOJ rate-hike prospects
A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation held near 3% in October, data showed on Tuesday, offering further evidence that conditions for another near-term interest ra...
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Japan's core inflation steady above BOJ target, service prices firm
Japan's core inflation in October held above the central bank's 2% target and an index stripping away the effect of fuel accelerated, data showed on Friday, keeping pressure on the...
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Former employee of Japan's Nomura charged with attempted murder
A former employee of Japan's Nomura Holdings has been charged by the Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors' Office for a number of crimes, including attempted murder, the financial...
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