Japan’s top pension fund likely to brush off political pressure
Japan’s biggest public pension fund will likely ignore Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama’s call to boost domestic investment, at…
Japan’s summer vacation budgets rise for first time in three years
Japanese summer travel budgets increased for the first time in three years to an average of ¥58,902 ($363)…
Japan’s appeal to foreign workers falls on low wages and weak yen
Japan immigration Survey shows 83.7% interested in working outside country, with South Korea top choice A Vietnamese technical…
Editor’s Choice: Weakening Yen leaves weeping foreign students and families
Hello from Tokyo. As I’ve mentioned in this newsletter a few times, I studied abroad at a university…
First-half bankruptcies reach highest level since 2022 as weak yen takes toll
Japan’s weak currency has caused the most bankruptcies during the first half of a year since 2022, underscoring…
BOJ will probably raise rates in June, former board member says
The Bank of Japan will probably raise its benchmark rate next month at a meeting that will determine…
Japan may have spent $32 billion in additional yen-buying intervention
By Atsuko Aoyama and Rocky Swift TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) – Japan may have spent as much as…
Japan can intervene twice more before November under IMF rules, official notes
Japan can conduct only two more sessions of three-day interventions by November if it wants to maintain its…
The world’s central banks are wrestling with a gigantic problem
The world’s leading central bankers are stuck. In stately succession in the past week, policymakers in Tokyo, Washington,…
Bank of Japan rushes to pave way for rate hikes amid rising oil prices, weak yen
Bank of Japan April increase seen as likely after March meeting opinions, studies The market anticipates a 70%…
Japan begins its largest-ever oil release from strategic reserves
Japan started the largest-ever release of oil from its strategic reserves on Monday, an 80 million-barrel effort as…
Asian stocks gain after optimism about AI sends Wall Street higher
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose in Wednesday morning trading, with Japan’s benchmark hitting a record high,…