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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 13, 2013
Iwata: BOJ only needs to buy longer-term bonds
Kikuo Iwata, Bank of Japan deputy governor nominee, said Tuesday the central bank can end deflation solely through buying government debt and doesn't need to purchase riskier assets to meet its inflation target.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2013
Abe's success with BOJ picks likely to boost LDP prospects for July poll
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is riding a popularity wave unseen by six immediate predecessors, including himself in his first short-lived stint, as he pushes his Bank of Japan nominees through a divided Diet, raising the odds of the ruling party winning a July election.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 9, 2013
Colleagues to decide amount of Shirakawa's farewell bonus
After five years running the Bank of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa will get a cash bonus of as much as ¥29.6 million or as little as nothing, depending on how Policy Board members rate his tenure.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 8, 2013
Nation on 'right path' to beat deflation, Shirakawa says
Departing Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Thursday that the country is on the "right path" to ending its decades-long deflation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2013
The pope of Japanese finance
As with the deliberations at the Vatican, politics — not doctrinal debate — underpins the decision-making process for the next Bank of Japan governor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 5, 2013
Kuroda assures Diet of inflation goal
Haruhiko Kuroda blames the Bank of Japan for failing to pursue an effective course of quantitative easing and vows, if he becomes BOJ chief, to do 'everything possible' to end deflation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2013
Kuroda should keep his wits on Abe's doorstep
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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 28, 2013
Diet asked to OK Kuroda as next BOJ chief; opposition seen falling into line
Haruhiko Kuroda, a strong advocate of aggressive monetary easing, is officially nominated as the next Bank of Japan governor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2013
Currency veteran offers BOJ credibility on reflation
The Bank of Japan may pack a bigger punch under Haruhiko Kuroda, an opponent of deflation who ran the nation's currency policy and then built an international reputation leading the Asian Development Bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2013
Top currency official eyed for ADB presidency
The administration is considering Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Takehiko Nakao, the nation's top currency official, as a candidate to lead the Asian Development Bank under the assumption that current ADB head Haruhiko Kuroda becomes the next Bank of Japan governor, Finance Minister...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 26, 2013
BOJ should have Kuroda at helm: Abe
The government will nominate Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda as the next Bank of Japan governor and scholar Kikuo Iwata as one of two deputy governors.
Alerts issued for Tokyo area cities as Shanshan crawls across Japan
A submerged area of Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Thursday after Typhoon Shanshan dumped torrential rain throughout the Kyushu region.
Typhoon Shanshan batters Kyushu ahead of likely landfall
A satellite image shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu on Wednesday afternoon
From tropical storm to 'violent': Japan’s typhoon classifications
A satellite image from Wednesday shows Typhoon Shanshan south of Kyushu as the storm was rapidly intensifying.
Tropical Storm Shanshan soaks Japan as flood and landslide risks rise
People walk in front of closed ticket gates for the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo Station as train operations between Tokyo and Nagoya remain suspended due to Tropical Storm Shanshan on Saturday.
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Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman, Bangladesh's army chief, arrives at Dhaka International Airport to receive Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Aug. 8 to lead the country's interim government.
Japan seeks another record-breaking defense budget for fiscal 2025
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force hold a live-fire exercise at the GSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in May. Japan's Defense Ministry is seeking another record-breaking budget for fiscal 2025.
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
A member of the Self-Defense Forces wipes away sweat as he conducts a search and rescue operation at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 11, 2018.
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A map of western Japan shows the Nankai Trough and, to its north, the hypocentral region where the energy for an earthquake is thought to be building.
This English schoolboy has big dreams of becoming yokozuna — and more
Nicholas Tarasenko trains at Minato stable in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Tuesday. Tarasenko’s potential in sumo was made obvious when he won U18 gold in the 90-kg weight class at the 2023 Baruto Cup in Estonia despite being four years under the age limit and having only had a total of one hour of sumo training before the meet.
Kitakyushu clashes with academics over Meiji Era remains
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