The Bank of Japan on Monday ramped up its emergency monetary easing and cut growth forecasts for the world's third largest economy, as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the globe. After a meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan expands stimulus again as pandemic pain deepens
The Bank of Japan expanded monetary stimulus on Monday for the second straight month to ease corporate funding strains and finance huge government spending aimed at combating the deepening economic ... ( read original story ...)
To Help Businesses Borrow, Bank of Japan Will Pile On the Corporate Bonds
Japan’s central bank said it would nearly triple its holdings of corporate debt to $186 billion to ease fundraising for coronavirus-struck businesses, and it forecast a sharp contraction in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s shift to work-from-home blocked by paper-pushing office rules
Shinzo Abe asked people to work from home to stem the spread of COVID-19. But low-tech homes and hidebound office rules keep most of them in the office. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Osaka to Name and Shame Pachinko Parlours Defying Coronavirus Lockdown
"A lot of places have closed down after we named the six last week. We are now conducting a survey of pachinko parlours and will announce the results accordingly," a spokesman for Osaka Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
Telemedicine reduces burdens placed on hospitals as coronavirus grips Pakistan
Khawaja Burhan Uddin doctHERs nurse connecting patient with a doctor via video. — Photo: doctHERsA developing country like Pakistan is facing a severe health crisis as hospitals are receiving a huge ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: How India will play a major role in a Covid-19 vaccine
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last fortnight that India and the US were working together to develop vaccines against the coronavirus. Mr Pompeo's remark didn't entirely come as a surprise. ( read original story ...)
India’s Modi urges citizens to follow lockdown as coronavirus spreads
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to comply with a nationwide lockdown and social distancing measures on Sunday, a day after some of the world's toughest restrictions were eased slightly ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus latest: China industrial profit plunges 35% in March
China reported no new deaths linked to the virus. National Australia Bank is raising $2.2bn in capital and slashing dividends. The US has recorded its lowest daily death toll in three weeks. ( read original story ...)
Back to school in China as lockdowns start to ease
Children in China's two most important cities went back to school Monday after more than three months at home, as coronavirus restrictions eased and governments around the world began charting a path ... ( read original story ...)