Japan's factory activity shrinks for 8th straight month, PMI shows
Japan's factory activity extended declines for an eighth straight month in February but at a slower pace, a private-sector ...
From Japan, a Hard Lesson About a Weak Currency
Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation ...
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Japan bank CEO plans to resign after $13.9 billion bond losses
TOKYO-Norinchukin Bank chief executive Kazuto Oku plans to resign to take responsibility for the Japanese lender’s massive losses from wrong-way bets on foreign bonds, according to a person ...
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Investors target Japan bank shares in bet on rising BOJ rates
TOKYO: Japanese bank shares have become highly popular with investors betting on rising Bank of Japan interest rates as uncertainty over the central bank's plans make the stocks a safer bet than ...
Japan finance minister to skip G20 meeting as state budget talks continue
Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday that he would skip next week's meeting of finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies in Cape Town, South Africa, to focus on ...
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Bank of Japan hikes interest rates to highest level in 17 years
This was the highest hike in borrowing rates in Japan since the 2008 financial crisis. Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on 29 July 2022 (AP) The central bank had last raised the rates in July ...