As widely expected, the central bank maintained its pledge to guide short-term interest rates at -0.1% and the 10-year government bond yield around 0% by a 8-1 vote.
Pandemic Pushes Japan Geisha To Get Online
Beneath spotlights, the graceful 32-year-old geisha performs a traditional dance, moving like a butterfly and artfully unfolding and fluttering her fan. The audience would usually be a group of older, …
Bank of Japan boosts aid for coronavirus-hit firms
Japan’s central bank Tuesday ramped up aid for businesses struggling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, as it attempts to ease the recession in the world’s third-largest economy. The Bank …
Japan up 3% as Asia stocks jump following overnight Wall Street comeback
Shares in Asia jumped in Tuesday morning trade following a dramatic bounce back overnight on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 in Japan surged 3.11% in morning trade while the Topix index advanced 2.61%.
CEO Talks: Loro Piana’s Fabio D’Angelantonio on Ginza Store, Love Letter to Japan
The Italian luxury company has opened a store designed by Jun Aoki with a striking facade inspired by the brand’s textiles.
Chinese online learning platform ClassIn and Sony Global Education team up to develop Japan’s post-pandemic teaching system
PRNewswire/ — EEO (Empower Education Online) and Sony Global Education have formed a strategic alliance that will …
Japan’s Campaign to Revive Virus-Hit Tourism Sector Postponed Amid Cost Controversy
But in a sudden turn of events, prolonged coronavirus travel bans have brought Japan’s tourism industry to a standstill, with a 99.9 percent fall in tourists in April, the high time for cherry blossom …
Japanese business travel to Vietnam to resume with trial flight
TOKYO — The Japanese government plans to relaunch business travel links with Vietnam on a trial basis by the end of June, Nikkei has learned. The project will begin with a chartered flight for up to …
South Korea says Japanese exhibit ‘distorts’ historical facts
South Korea expressed regret and summoned the top Japanese diplomat to Seoul over information omission regarding Korean wartime laborers.
Japan’s defense minister says he has halted deployment of Aegis Ashore system
Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono said on Monday that he had halted plans to deploy the Aegis Ashore air defense radar that can track and target ballistic missiles in space in two parts of Japan.