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6242843717e81dfd437b49122f7f5648 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-orders-idUSKBN19V02B?il=0 | Japan's May machinery orders unexpectedly fall, government downgrades outlook | Japan's May machinery orders unexpectedly fall, government downgrades outlook
By Minami Funakoshi4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core machinery orders unexpectedly tumbled in May on persistent weakness in the services sector, and the government downgraded the outlook for orders for the first time in eight months, ... |
2c426c7166b0c93b488ad0e5a8af4379 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-orders/japan-machinery-orders-rise-covid-emergency-clouds-outlook-idUSKBN29J08W | Japan machinery orders rise, COVID emergency clouds outlook | Japan machinery orders rise, COVID emergency clouds outlook
By Tetsushi Kajimoto3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core machinery orders unexpectedly rose for a second straight month in November, data showed on Thursday, although a renewed coronavirus emergency in Tokyo and 10 other areas may cool business appetite f... |
014c0e82188224201695b67c5f2008d1 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-orders/japans-core-machinery-orders-rise-6-3-month-month-in-july-idINKBN2603J0?edition-redirect=in | Japan's rebounding July machinery orders tempered by fragile business outlook | Japan's rebounding July machinery orders tempered by fragile business outlook
By Daniel Leussink3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s machinery orders rebounded in July from a sharp fall in the previous month, a welcome relief for the coronavirus-stricken economy but the outlook for capital spending remained uncertain d... |
ceae72b2635bb57f3a63136184b85cb3 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-orders/japans-february-machinery-orders-beat-expectations-wholesale-prices-slow-idUSKBN1HH3N4 | Japan's February machinery orders beat expectations, wholesale prices slow | Japan's February machinery orders beat expectations, wholesale prices slow
By Stanley White3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s core machinery orders rose unexpectedly in February for a second consecutive month thanks to increased orders from manufacturers, a positive sign of corporate investment supporting economic gr... |
f65f48b6e26e76b3babe0ad8784ac134 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-output-poll-idINKBN2780Y3?edition-redirect=in | Japan September factory output to rise for fourth straight month: Reuters poll | Japan September factory output to rise for fourth straight month: Reuters poll
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s factory output likely grew for a fourth straight month in September thanks to a recovery in external demand as economic activity gradually picked up, a Reuters poll found on Friday.
FILE P... |
531ca5ae881b73797adec54cec0e2905 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-output-poll/japan-factory-output-retail-sales-seen-up-virus-resurgence-clouds-outlook-reuters-poll-idINKBN28709O?edition-redirect=in | Japan factory output, retail sales seen up, virus resurgence clouds outlook: Reuters poll | Japan factory output, retail sales seen up, virus resurgence clouds outlook: Reuters poll
By Tetsushi Kajimoto2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: A worker cycles near a factory at the Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s factory output probably grew for a fifth st... |
df64e979c7677a41bebaaa792c0bdcac | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-output/japan-factory-output-grows-for-fifth-month-retail-sales-surge-idUSKBN28A044 | Japan factory output grows for fifth month, retail sales surge | Japan factory output grows for fifth month, retail sales surge
By Daniel Leussink3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s industrial output rose for the fifth straight month in October and retail sales in the same month grew the most in over a year, signalling the economy was recovering further from the damage caused by th... |
f4780ca5b44fc34dcf6bd800ec7a64e2 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-output/japans-fourth-quarter-factory-output-falls-at-fastest-pace-on-record-idINKBN1ZT3AF?edition-redirect=in | Japan's fourth-quarter factory output falls at fastest pace on record | Japan's fourth-quarter factory output falls at fastest pace on record
By Kaori Kaneko4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s factory output fell at the fastest pace on record in October-December amid sluggish demand at home and abroad, reinforcing views the economy likely contracted in the fourth quarter.
FILE PHOTO: Smok... |
99a9d94b3429d13f0cf207320cc5ceef | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-overwork-idUSKBN12Z0I5 | Suicide at Japan's top ad agency puts overtime on the reform agenda | Suicide at Japan's top ad agency puts overtime on the reform agenda
By Stanley White, Teppei Kasai6 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - In April last year, Matsuri Takahashi, a promising graduate of Japan’s top university, landed a job at Dentsu, one of the country’s most prestigious advertising agencies, renowned for its hard-... |
0d89eb19ffe004d2f7012e63a3477d1b | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-package/japans-abe-tells-cabinet-to-compile-stimulus-package-to-support-economy-idUSKBN1XI090 | Japan's Abe tells cabinet to compile stimulus package to support economy | Japan's Abe tells cabinet to compile stimulus package to support economy
By Yoshifumi Takemoto, Leika Kihara4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked his cabinet on Friday to compile a package of stimulus measures to support the economy and build infrastructure to cope with large natural dis... |
5817f97d1c582396ac9be1326cf1c2fd | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-pmi-idINKBN24402E?edition-redirect=in | Japan's service sector slump eases as pandemic curbs lift: PMI | Japan's service sector slump eases as pandemic curbs lift: PMI
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
People wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), takes a rest next to almost empty seats of a cafe and restaurant at the Roppongi Hills complex in Tokyo, Japan April 1, 2020. REUT... |
6f71ba7d97f7f7e9b23032dfeeaef980 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-pmi-idUSKCN0YE03I | Japan May factory activity shrinks most in over three years as orders slump: flash PMI | Japan May factory activity shrinks most in over three years as orders slump: flash PMI
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
Employees work at the main assembly line of V6 engine at the Nissan Iwaki Plant in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufactur... |
17f69dcf02742ee41d7270611aa883e3 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-pmi/japan-august-manufacturing-shrinks-for-fourth-month-as-export-orders-fall-flash-pmi-idUKKCN1VC021?edition-redirect=uk | Japan August manufacturing shrinks for fourth month as export orders fall: flash PMI | Japan August manufacturing shrinks for fourth month as export orders fall: flash PMI
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing activity shrank for a fourth straight month in August as export orders fell at a sharper pace, a preliminary business survey showed on Thursday.
FILE PHOTO: An enginee... |
fe3d8bcb4f5586c7d5477ef24697907d | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-pmi/japan-december-services-sector-shrinks-at-fastest-pace-in-over-three-years-pmi-idUKKBN1Z6023?edition-redirect=uk | Japan December services sector shrinks at fastest pace in over three years: PMI | Japan December services sector shrinks at fastest pace in over three years: PMI
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s services sector saw its deepest contraction in more than three years in December as business activity took a hit from weak demand at home and abroad, a private survey showed on Tuesday.
S... |
26cf876a412edeb12730936971c39bb0 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-pmi/japan-final-september-factory-pmi-shows-fastest-expansion-in-activity-in-four-months-idUSKCN1C700M | Japan final September factory PMI shows fastest expansion in activity in four months | Japan final September factory PMI shows fastest expansion in activity in four months
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: A worker cycles near a factory at the Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan, March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
TOKYO, (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing activity in September e... |
3e772d245a7e327e3a651ee65c880dd9 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-pmi/japans-december-factory-activity-contracts-at-faster-pace-as-output-slumps-pmi-idINKBN1Z503P?edition-redirect=in | Japan's December factory activity contracts at faster pace as output slumps: PMI | Japan's December factory activity contracts at faster pace as output slumps: PMI
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturing activity shrank at a faster pace in December than in the previous month as output slumped, underscoring growing pressure on businesses from sagging demand abroad and at ho... |
487fc3a423e6d39fb228c7b9bbab36b3 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-poll/bojs-next-move-to-dial-back-stimulus-most-economists-now-say-reuters-poll-idUSKBN1YL0BF | BOJ's next move to dial back stimulus, most economists now say: Reuters poll | BOJ's next move to dial back stimulus, most economists now say: Reuters poll
By Kaori Kaneko4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan’s next move will be to dial back its massive stimulus, according to an increasing number of analysts polled by Reuters, reflecting receding market expectations of imminent monetary ... |
41e38f6791680c799e43bf8adf8600cf | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-poll/pandemic-set-to-tip-japan-into-deep-recession-this-year-boj-seen-easing-again-reuters-poll-idUSKBN21Q0DO | Pandemic set to tip Japan into deep recession this year, BOJ seen easing again: Reuters poll | Pandemic set to tip Japan into deep recession this year, BOJ seen easing again: Reuters poll
By Kaori Kaneko4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected to slip into a deep recession this year with the economy set to contract for a third straight quarter in April-June, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, as the coron... |
3c2e462bb06423e84d04b6db6fd588bb | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-poll/two-thirds-of-economists-see-boj-easing-in-october-deeper-negative-rates-in-focus-reuters-poll-idINKBN1WV0A8?edition-redirect=in | Two-thirds of economists see BOJ easing in October; deeper negative rates in focus: Reuters poll | Two-thirds of economists see BOJ easing in October; deeper negative rates in focus: Reuters poll
By Kaori Kaneko5 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is laying the groundwork for deepening negative interest rates, analysts polled by Reuters said, with two-thirds of respondents expecting the central bank to loo... |
410dcf68b1fe7af54f5867da6631e70b | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-population/japan-targets-boosting-birth-rate-to-increase-growth-idUSKCN0T113A20151112?edition-redirect=in | Japan targets boosting birth rate to increase growth | Japan targets boosting birth rate to increase growth
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to include steps to raise the birth rate, such as easier access to childcare and tax incentives, in a package of reforms due this month to tackle the biggest bottleneck to economic growth.
Nursery school childr... |
a8b63f3ccf14cf49536cc66654da1d85 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-regulation/japan-to-limit-foreign-ownership-of-firms-in-its-it-telecom-sectors-idUKKCN1SX05F?edition-redirect=uk | Japan to limit foreign ownership of firms in its IT, telecom sectors | Japan to limit foreign ownership of firms in its IT, telecom sectors
By Leika Kihara, Tetsushi Kajimoto3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s government said on Monday that high-tech industries will be added to a list of businesses for which foreign ownership of Japanese firms is restricted.
A man uses his smartphone nex... |
5bf288282827a95bb900e092476edc0c | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-report/japan-government-downgrades-economy-view-as-u-s-china-trade-war-bites-idUSKCN1R10SD | Japan government downgrades economy view as U.S.-China trade war bites | Japan government downgrades economy view as U.S.-China trade war bites
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s government downgraded its assessment of the economy in March for the first time in three years, blaming a bruising U.S.-China trade war for slumping exports and industrial output.
FILE PHOTO: A ma... |
34e5b36dd8e1a1e2a54a619388bb6339 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-retail/japan-november-retail-sales-down-1-percent-year-on-year-idUSKBN0UA0OT20151227 | Japan November retail sales down 1 percent year-on-year | Japan November retail sales down 1 percent year-on-year
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
A shopper looks at packs of vegetables at a market at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, December 6, 2015. Picture taken December 6, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese retail sales fell 1.0 percent in November from a y... |
36a33bfa99853e32c4ea87fb0ef80a3b | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-spending/japan-november-household-spending-seen-falling-at-slower-pace-reuters-poll-idINKBN1Z70F7?edition-redirect=in | Japan November household spending seen falling at slower pace: Reuters poll | Japan November household spending seen falling at slower pace: Reuters poll
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s household spending likely fell at a slower annual rate in November as consumers were probably slowly getting over a hike in the sales tax in October, though its effect would still keep a lid ... |
636bab54c7c2d0cbd77bd018bbfa2537 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-spending/japan-october-household-spending-seen-falling-after-sales-tax-hike-reuters-poll-idINKBN1Y30EF?edition-redirect=in | Japan October household spending seen falling after sales tax hike - Reuters poll | Japan October household spending seen falling after sales tax hike - Reuters poll
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s household spending is expected to have fallen at the fastest pace in about 1-1/2-years in October after a hike in the sales tax, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: Shoppers lo... |
10d2b4249ec153c48df106a5d3f05d20 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-stimulus-idINKBN27R0P3?edition-redirect=in | Japan's third extra budget for stimulus may exceed 15 trillion yen: lawmaker | Japan's third extra budget for stimulus may exceed 15 trillion yen: lawmaker
By Yoshifumi Takemoto2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Hakubun Shimomura, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's policy research council chief, speaks during an interview with Reuters at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2020. Picture ta... |
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By Stanley White2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and Japan Yen notes are seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s top government spokesman said on Friday that recent moves in the currency ma... |
b77cc876bc2e81ea8dcab9ce01c3946f | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-suga/japans-suga-says-stable-currency-moves-extremely-important-idUSKBN27M049?il=0 | Japan's Suga says stable currency moves 'extremely important' | Japan's Suga says stable currency moves 'extremely important'
By Leika Kihara, Kaori Kaneko2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga gives his first policy speech in parliament as an extraordinary session opens in Tokyo, Japan October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime... |
6b07eaade8fda8df2f5cae4ef9ecd891 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-tankan/boj-to-revamp-tankan-survey-to-add-details-on-fx-rates-idINKBN1YR0O8?edition-redirect=in | BOJ to revamp 'tankan' survey to add details on FX rates | BOJ to revamp 'tankan' survey to add details on FX rates
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO : A security guard walks past in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will make changes to its closely watched “tankan” qu... |
54f0d73406409b6844b0df5bf6222113 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-tankan/japan-business-mood-gloomiest-in-nearly-seven-years-as-trade-war-bites-idUSKBN1YG2U6 | Japan business mood gloomiest in nearly seven years as trade war bites | Japan business mood gloomiest in nearly seven years as trade war bites
By Leika Kihara, Kaori Kaneko4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese big manufacturers’ business mood sank to a near seven year low in the fourth quarter, a closely watched central bank survey showed, as the U.S.-China trade war and soft global demand... |
d7c717c47828e77ca59f68cbba2f2b16 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-tankan/japan-business-mood-slumps-to-decade-low-on-coronavirus-hit-reuters-tankan-idUSKCN21X3GT | Japan business mood slumps to decade low on coronavirus hit: Reuters Tankan | Japan business mood slumps to decade low on coronavirus hit: Reuters Tankan
By Daniel Leussink4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese business confidence plunged to fresh decade lows in April as firms reported widespread damage from the coronavirus pandemic which is threatening to throw the world economy into recession, ... |
ae9f36f36ecd5a51d14ef37b6339ef2e | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-tankan/japan-manufacturers-remain-gloomy-reuters-tankan-idINKBN1ZE2XN?edition-redirect=in | Japan manufacturers remain gloomy: Reuters Tankan | Japan manufacturers remain gloomy: Reuters Tankan
By Tetsushi Kajimoto3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturers remained in a pessimistic mood in January as Sino-U.S. trade frictions and sluggish global demand weighed on the export-reliant economy, the Reuters Tankan survey showed.
FILE PHOTO: A man cycles pa... |
febfe391b0dbdafeee57cef844cf5b9c | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-tax-idUSKBN0TV02D20151212 | Japan to cut corporate tax rate to 29.74 percent in two stages: sources | Japan to cut corporate tax rate to 29.74 percent in two stages: sources
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
A man walks in the shadows of office skyscrapers in a business district in Tokyo August 20, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s government is set to cut the corporate tax to 29.97 percent in the 2016 fis... |
04d6df48b4aee35b477e02b42e3d451d | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-tax/japan-ruling-party-weighs-up-inheritance-tax-exemption-for-foreigners-idUSKBN28C0BX | Japan ruling party weighs up inheritance tax exemption for foreigners | Japan ruling party weighs up inheritance tax exemption for foreigners
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s ruling coalition is discussing inheritance tax exemption on overseas assets for foreigners, as it prepares to compile by about Dec. 10 an annual tax code reform measure for the next fiscal year.
Ak... |
ccd1438abd15d56ee0dad6402c027cce | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-trade/japan-exports-fall-for-first-time-since-2016-as-trade-war-fears-mount-idUSKCN1MS02R | Japan exports fall for first time since 2016 as trade war fears mount | Japan exports fall for first time since 2016 as trade war fears mount
By Tetsushi Kajimoto5 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s exports fell in September for the first time since 2016 as shipments to the United States and China declined, likely impeding third quarter economic growth and adding to concerns about the broa... |
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By Daniel Leussink4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s exports slipped for a 12th straight month in November, as declining shipments to the United States and China hit the trade-reliant economy, raising the risk of a fourth-quarter contraction.
FILE PHOT... |
1bd133ddcf0792a7f2c0f58cf5c641ce | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-trade/japans-exports-slip-for-eighth-month-sales-to-china-drop-as-recession-fears-grow-idUSKCN1V9015 | Japan's exports slip for eighth month, sales to China drop as recession fears grow | Japan's exports slip for eighth month, sales to China drop as recession fears grow
By Daniel Leussink, Tetsushi Kajimoto5 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s exports slipped for an eighth month in July, while manufacturers’ confidence turned negative for the first time in over six years as China-bound sales slumped agai... |
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering extending a special employment subsidy to help firms hit by the coronavirus pandemic that would keep furloughed workers on the payroll, but no decision has been made yet... |
f9b33101a1762754e3f77bb91e6393c9 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-wages-error-aso/japan-to-revise-wages-calculation-in-gdp-likely-also-amend-budget-due-to-data-errors-idUSKCN1P50KN | Japan to revise wages calculation in GDP, likely also amend budget due to data errors | Japan to revise wages calculation in GDP, likely also amend budget due to data errors
By Tetsushi Kajimoto4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s government said on Friday it will amend the calculation of workers’ compensation in the nation’s gross domestic product and probably revise its draft budget after it understated... |
bed28d3e99b6139aeb178d2c3ed73358 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-wages-idUKKBN24731W?edition-redirect=uk | Japan May real wages fall at quickest pace in nearly five years | Japan May real wages fall at quickest pace in nearly five years
By Reuters Staff2 Min Read
FILE PHOTO: A worker walks in a factory at the Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s May inflation-adjusted real wages dropped at the fastest pace in nearly five... |
b79ebb705227a9fd485ef2659f77a4e9 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-wages/japan-firms-wary-of-wage-hike-as-economy-wobbles-amid-trade-war-global-slowdown-idINKBN1QT10O?edition-redirect=in | Japanese firms offer smaller pay raises as economy wobbles | Japanese firms offer smaller pay raises as economy wobbles
By Tetsushi Kajimoto, Izumi Nakagawa5 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Big Japanese firms offered smaller pay increases at annual wage talks on Wednesday as the economy sputters, tempering hopes that domestic consumption will offset external risks to growth.
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74ef2b11baf81cae7f7b584a1bb115d2 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-wages/japans-real-wages-fall-in-november-posing-a-threat-to-demand-idUKKBN1Z62P0?edition-redirect=uk | Japan's real wages fall in November, posing a threat to demand | Japan's real wages fall in November, posing a threat to demand
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wages declined at their fastest pace in four months in November, government data showed on Wednesday, clouding the outlook for an economy already under pressure from a nationwide t... |
764b7f5e0febe8e8b8bcbe4f0f6fdc26 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-wages/japans-top-business-lobby-calls-on-members-to-raise-wages-by-3-percent-idUSKBN1F50ZU | Japan's top business lobby calls on members to raise wages by 3 percent | Japan's top business lobby calls on members to raise wages by 3 percent
By Reuters Staff3 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s top business lobby on Tuesday called on companies to raise wages by 3 percent during annual salary negotiations with unions this spring, a boost to the government’s efforts to encourage inflation... |
b30f786da1675022e2436ff66aaeceb4 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-elderly-drivers-idUST29921020080318 | Tokyo tries to entice elderly to give up driving | Tokyo tries to entice elderly to give up driving
By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo businesses are to start offering benefits to elderly people who give up their drivers’ licences, backing a police effort to cut back on the ballooning number of traffic accidents caused by drivers over 65.
Among more tha... |
41e9155b1ee146a897f5e1706e9570de | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-election-idUSKCN1UG017 | Japan's pro-constitution reform forces fall short of two-thirds upper house majority: NHK | Japan's pro-constitution reform forces fall short of two-thirds upper house majority: NHK
By Linda Sieg, Kiyoshi Takenaka4 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc won a solid majority in an upper house election on Sunday but his coalition and allies fell short of a two-thirds majorit... |
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By Reuters Staff1 Min Read
FILM PHOTO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to the media during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 21, 2020. Dita Alangkara/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s government will next week pledge to re... |
bf7b68e32badf3e1ec32b5f223b9d506 | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-emperor-comments-idUSKCN10G0XR?il=0 | Japan's Emperor Akihito to address nation on Monday following abdication report | Japan's Emperor Akihito to address nation on Monday following abdication report
By Stanley White, Elaine Lies2 Min Read
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Emperor Akihito will make a video address to the nation on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency said, amid media reports that the 82-year-old monarch wants to abdicate.
Slid... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Emperor Naruhito, 59, the nation’s first monarch born after World War Two, officially proclaimed his enthronement to the world on Tuesday in a centuries-old ceremony attended by hundreds of dignitar... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - When Japan’s youngest prince, Hisahito, visited Bhutan in August on his first overseas trip just months after his uncle Naruhito became emperor, his trip was regarded as the debut of a future monarch on the worl... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese expressed warmth and gratitude toward Emperor Akihito ahead of his abdication on Tuesday, but judged his three-decade Heisei era as a period of difficulty and transition for Japan after the eco... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - In the chill pre-dawn hours of Friday, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito emerged from a shrine compound where he had spent a symbolic night with the sun goddess from whom conservatives believe his family descends, c... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will seek to create a commercial hydrogen fuel supply chain by around 2030 to support reducing carbon emissions, Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said during a virtual hydrogen conference late on Wedn... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - An influential Japanese energy panel on Tuesday left the door open to building nuclear plants to help meet long-term emissions targets, urging rapid technology improvements to allow industry to develop safer ... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Central banks may see the impact of their monetary policies diminish significantly if Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency becomes widely used in their countries, a former Bank of Japan... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese financial firms risk falling behind on the world stage as efforts to adopt blockchain technology that promises to save billions of dollars in backroom processing and revolutionize the finance industry ar... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Eleven people were killed in a fire at a low-rent residence in northern Japan that mainly housed elderly people on welfare, police said on Thursday. Five people were rescued.
The cause of Wednesday night’s fire in the city o... |
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FILE PHOTO: People walk past debris on a road after floods caused by torrential rain, in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture southwestern Japan, July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will utilis... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s financial regulator is trying a new tack in its fight with asset managers by bringing in bloggers to shame an industry it says provides retail investors with poor service.
Motoyuki Yufu (C), Deputy Director-Genera... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Two Bangladeshi asylum seekers in Japan cleared up radioactive contamination from one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters on the false promise doing so would win them permission to stay in... |
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Seven ... |
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A Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) logo is pictured on a sign showing the way to the venue of the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Tokyo June 28, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Tokyo Electric Power 9501.T will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as it runs out of room to store it, the environment minister s... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday that he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel share a responsibility to work towards global peace and prosperity, with both hoping for a prom... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund will allow as much as 31% of its assets to be invested in foreign bonds, two sources familiar with the matter said, reflecting mo... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - An excavation in the western Japanese city of Osaka has unearthed more than 1,500 human bones at what is thought to be a burial site dating back some 160 years, city officials have said.
The s... |
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FILE PHOTO: Newly-appointed Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Yutaka Harada speaks during a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo March 26, 2015.
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Bank of Japan policymaker praised Adolf Hitler’s economic ... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A decision by Japan to stop recommending adolescent girls receive a HPV vaccination will likely result in almost 11,000 deaths from cervical cancer if it is not reversed, according to a study in a... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan said on Wednesday it will end its petrochemical joint venture with German chemical manufacturer BASF due to slumping demand at home and an oversup... |
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HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese insurance companies have spent more than $50 billion on acquisitions over the past five years to become the world’s second-largest buyer of insurance assets,... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co plans to triple its investment in domestic stocks this fiscal year as global monetary easing has crushed overseas bond yields, reducing the appeal... |
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(Reuters) - Japanese life insurers, among country’s largest institutional investors, are returning to the domestic bond market after many years of forays into foreign debt as the yield gaps between them have shrunk... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese banks are moving to stop handling all Iran-related transactions to meet a November deadline set by the United States, after President Donald Trump in May pulled out of a nuclear program agreem... |
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shake hands at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, May 16, 2019. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan would like to ... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to trim its overall government bond issuance to the market by 0.5% next fiscal year from current year’s levels, government officials said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe balances... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. man whose marriage to his Japanese husband is legally recognized in his country sued the Japanese government on Wednesday for the same right to stay that a heterosexual couple would get, saying he wa... |
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Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad exchanges smiles with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the end of their joint news conference at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
TOKYO (Reu... |
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TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japan’s traditionally overlooked stock market is winning new fans as global investors use the promise of a coronavirus vaccine and a new U.S. administration to hunt for mor... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese yen’s recent rise against the dollar has defied conventional market wisdom, but a stronger currency may actually support Japan as it confronts the Trump administration on matters of trade and f... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who has said he will take paternity leave here in a rare move for a Japanese man, announced on Friday the birth of his first child: a boy.
Koizumi, son of charismati... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - The seven-year-old Japanese boy abandoned in a forest by his parents for being naughty meant to follow his parents’ car but was crying so hard he went the wrong way, a newspaper said.
Feeling that... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo-based human rights activists on Wednesday decried recent remarks by Japan’s ambassador to Yangon, who told local media he did not think the Myanmar military committed genocide on the Rohin... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his New Zealand counterpart, Bill English, on Wednesday said they would work together to bring to fruition the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), even after the Unit... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A video ad from Nike Japan against bullying and racism that features biracial athletes and other minorities, such as those of Korean descent, has prompted a sharp online response including calls to boycott the comp... |
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Banners of Nintendo's new game console Switch are pictured at its experience venue in Tokyo, Japan January 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
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KAGOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - A Japanese court rejected a lawsuit to halt the restart of Kyushu Electric Power’s Sendai nuclear station, plaintiffs said on Wednesday, brushing aside the concerns of local residents... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s ruling party wants a revived nuclear power sector to eventually make up a fifth of electricity generation, local media said, a controversial move for a public opposed to nuclear power in the wak... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will cut reliance on nuclear power when it releases an updated energy plan as early as next year, reflecting public opposition and a recognition that current policy is unrealistic, three sources familiar w... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Exiting nuclear power in Japan is unrealistic, the country’s new industry minister said on Thursday, in comments that reiterated the government’s line but are at odds with those mad... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s newly installed environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, wants the country to close down nuclear reactors to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Wednesday formally pulled the plug on an $8.5 billion nuclear power project designed to realize a long-term aim for energy self-sufficiency after decades of development t... |
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A ship loaded with weapons-grade plutonium left Japan for the United States on Tuesday in what is the largest such shipment of the highly dangerous material since 1992, the environmental group Greenpeace said.... |
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