The Bank of Japan has scrapped its pledge to buy an average of ¥6tn a year in equities as the central bank edged away from aggressive monetary stimulus in favour of a more “sustainable” policy.
Bank of Japan Drops Stock-Buying Target After Market’s Rise
The Bank of Japan dropped its annual target for stock purchases, a shift for the central bank after years of building a stock portfolio worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
The U.S.-China Talks: A Meeting of Friends and Foes
The run-up to this meeting has only brought those tensions into clearer focus. Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, traveled last week to visit the two closest American allies in Asia, Japan and …
These Japanese Startups Are Powering Space Development
Japanese startups are helping power global space industry growth by supplying two essential tools for space development: robots and satellites.
Third Generation Covid-19 Variant Described In The Philippines
A new SARS-CoV-2 variant has emerged once again, this time in the Philippines. The new variant bears a resemblance to the recently discovered Japanese variant (B.1.1.248) and the infamous Brazilian …
In rare move, Japan bank lobby head apologises for Mizuho’s system failures
The head of Japan’s banking lobby took the rare step of apologising for a series of system failures at Mizuho Financial Group Inc on Thursday, highlighting how the lender’s inability to fix chronic IT …
Better Trade Policy Could Have Avoided Japan’s Beef With American Farmers
Japanese tariffs on U.S. beef are rising, while they fall for other nations. The U.S. is disadvantaged both economically and strategically without an alternative to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Universal powers up Super Nintendo World. What Japan opening foreshadows for Florida, California lands
On Thursday, the brand leapt off the screen and into theme parkdom when Universal Studios Japan officially debuted Super Nintendo World. Universal also has plans to open Nintendo lands at its parks in …
Japan raises tariffs on US beef after hitting import limit
Imported American beef in Japan has proved so popular it’s topped the annual limits called “safeguards,” and the U.S. Meat Export Federation on Thursday urged Tokyo to raise the threshold. Japan’s …
Change in way Japan does business arising from coronavirus pandemic forecast to continue by Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
THE coronavirus pandemic is “likely to usher in a raft of structural changes in the way Japan does business”, the £761 million Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has declared. The investment trust …