He declined to comment on specific yen levels. In Japan, the finance ministry decides whether and when to intervene in the currency market. The BOJ acts as an agent and executes orders made by the …
China and Japan Agree to Try to Resolve Fukushima Water Dispute Through Dialogue
China imposed an import ban on Japanese seafood in response to Japan’s ocean discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Warren Buffett’s stamp of approval helps Japan’s Mitsubishi shed conglomerate stigma
Warren Buffett’s vote of confidence in Japanese trading houses is helping Mitsubishi Corp overcome long-held investor wariness about its complex global business that covers everything from sausages to …
China, Japan reaffirm strategic relations in rare leader talks
By Sakura Murakami and Ethan Wang (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida committed to pursuing mutually-beneficial relations in their first face-to-face …
BOJ’s Ueda Says Weak Yen Isn’t Only Negative for Japan’s Economy
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said that there are both positives and negatives to the weak yen’s impact, suggesting he’s determined to keep stimulus unchanged for now despite heightened concerns …
Japan’s bathing water that can boil eggs
CNN’s Will Ripley finds out why visitors to this town in Japan are bottling its stream water to take home.
Is Japan’s economy at a turning point?
The world’s third-largest economy is awakening from its decades-long torpor. After years of deflation or low inflation, Japan is seeing its fastest price growth in more than 30 years. Wages, long stagnant,
Voter Support for Japan PM Kishida Slides to Record Low -Poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government slid to a record low, a poll conducted by Jiji news agency showed on Thursday, as Kishida’s tax cut plans to …
Japan, Philippines agree to boost security cooperation
The foreign ministers of Japan and the Philippines have agreed to enhance security cooperation between the two countries with China’s increasing maritime activities in mind.
Germany to overtake shrinking economy of Japan as No. 3
Private demand, exports dwindling as shrinking economy of Japan strugglesALBAWABA – Germany’s also-faltering economy is set to overtake the shrinking economy of Japan as the third-largest in the world,