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Japan exports rise 3.1% year/year in Oct
Japanese exports rose 3.1% year-on-year in October, rebounding from a 1.7% drop in September, data from the Ministry of Finance showed on Wednesday.
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Japan marks modern-day adventurer's final stop on 46,000 km trek across Asia
Japan is seeing a record boom in tourism, but one recent visitor travelled more than the circumference of the earth to get there, using boats, trains, camels, and even hitchhiking.
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Japan's latest tourism headache is American arrested for damaging Tokyo shrine
An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism.
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Japan planning $87 billion extra budget to fund stimulus package, paper says
The Japanese government is making arrangements to compile a supplementary budget of about 13.5 trillion yen ($87 billion) to fund a stimulus package to help low-income households a...
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Japan's political lynchpin Tamaki aims to unleash Yellen-inspired economic boom
Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over how best to revive a moribund deflation-entrapped Japa...
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Japan to continue gasoline subsidies at reduced levels, Nikkei says
The Japanese government is planning to continue gasoline subsidies next year with phased in reductions, the Nikkei newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Japan to propose $65 bln plan to aid domestic chip industry, draft shows
Japan's government will propose a $65 billion plan to boost its chip industry with subsidies and other financial assistance over a period of "multiple years", a draft seen on Monda...
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Head of key Japan opposition party admits extra-marital affair
Yuichiro Tamaki, the head of the Japanese opposition party that has emerged as kingmaker as lawmakers select the next prime minister on Monday, said a tabloid report about his extr...
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Japan political turmoil a risk for BOJ December hike, former board member says
Political turmoil after Japan's ruling coalition lost its majority in a snap election last weekend could lead the Bank of Japan to delay its next interest rate hike until January, ...
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BOJ should wait at least six months for rate hike, says key opposition leader
The Bank of Japan should wait for at least six months before hiking interest rates, until there are signs of sustainable wage gains above inflation, the head of the opposition part...
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Japanese utilities book special gains by selling nuclear fuels
Japan's Hokkaido Electric Power and Chugoku Electric Power said on Thursday they had booked extraordinary profits for the April-September period from selling previously acquired nu...
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Japan's Tohoku Elec restarts Onagawa reactor after 13-year hiatus
Tohoku Electric Power resumed operations on Tuesday of the 825 megawatt (MW) No.2 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in northern Japan, for the first time since the Fukushi...
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BOJ should avoid policy shift now, says opposition party head Tamaki
The Bank of Japan should avoid making big changes to its ultra-loose monetary policy now because real wage growth is still at a standstill, Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition ...
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IMF sees weak yen beneficial for Japan's economy, urges gradual rate hikes
A weak yen is beneficial for Japan's economy as the boost to exports exceeds the increase in cost of imports, the International Monetary Fund's Japan mission chief Nada Choueiri to...
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Japan election to test ruling party, may bring uncertainty
Japan's voters could end more than a decade of Liberal Democratic Party dominance on Sunday, forcing the ruling party into power-sharing deals that could undermine the country's le...
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IMF calls on BOJ to hike interest rates at 'gradual' pace
The International Monetary Fund welcomes the Bank of Japan's decision to raise interest rates in July, but further hikes should proceed at a gradual pace, a senior IMF official sai...
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A man's world: Japan makes tepid push on gender gap in politics as election nears
Karen Makishima is the only female running for Japan's ruling party in her 20-seat prefecture for the Oct. 27 general election, reflecting the tough battle women face in breaking i...
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IMF cuts Japan's growth forecast, projects rebound in 2025
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday cut this year's economic growth forecast for Japan, but projected a rebound in 2025 on the view rising real wages will underpin con...
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