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Japan Dec core CPI tipped at 41-year-high 4.0%, twice BOJ’s 2% target – Reuters poll
Japan’s core consumer prices likely rose 4.0% in December, double the Bank of Japan (BOJ)’s 2% target, hitting a fresh 41-year-high, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Friday, testing the central bank’s sustained easy-money policy.
Biden, Kishida to Discuss Japan ‘Stepping Up’ Security
The Oval Office meeting and signing ceremony at NASA’s Washington headquarters will cap a weeklong tour for Kishida that took him to five European and North American capitals for talks on his effort to beef up Japan’s security.
Japan racks up new security deals with eyes on China
Space defence, US troop deployments and a “hugely significant” deal with Britain: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is collecting more than souvenirs …
Foreign investors dumped Japan bonds in 2022 record sell-off
Foreign investors sold a record ¥10.79 trillion (US$82.9 billion) more in Japanese government bonds (JGBs) than they bought in 2022, ministry of finance data out Thursday shows, underscoring their …
Japan yields break central bank ceiling as markets press for policy shift
TOKYO (Reuters) -Yields on Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bonds breached the central bank’s new ceiling on Friday in the market’s most direct challenge yet to decades of uber-easy monetary policy.
Fukushima water to be released into ocean in next few months, says Japan
Authorities to begin release of a million tonnes of water from stricken nuclear plant after treatment to remove most radioactive material
Japan Estimates Fukushima Water Release to Start in ‘Spring or Summer’
An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan February 13, 2021, in this photo taken …
Why Japan is the latest ally moving Biden’s way
Many are doing exactly that — but on Biden’s watch. “What Kishida has announced is just as significant as what Scholz did,” said Ian Bremmer, the president of The Eurasia Group, a global risk assessment firm.
IMF’s Georgieva says Japan not facing increased inflationary pressures
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday said the Bank of Japan was conducting an appropriate review of its monetary policy stance, but should keep policy accommodative because the country faces low inflationary pressures.