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INFLATION 3

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 23, 2018
Bank of Japan keeps stimulus unchanged with nod to inflation progress
The Bank of Japan maintained its massive monetary stimulus program and kept its price and economic forecasts unchanged. In a small sign of progress, it said inflation expectations had stopped falling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 19, 2018
Despite jumpy market, Bank of Japan watchers don't expect a policy change anytime soon
Economists who follow the Bank of Japan aren't buying the idea that the central bank is nearing the point where it will begin to normalize its ultraloose monetary policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2018
Why we need to talk about a bubble
The prolonged program of quantitative easing has sent asset prices soaring, even if traditional signs of inflation are muted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2018
Japanese firms seen buckling on Abe's request for 3% wage hikes
Japan Inc. shows signs of bending to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call for wage hikes as the government cooks up legislation to cut corporate taxes this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2017
Workers in Japan may see 1% pay raise in 2018 as labor crunch intensifies
Workers will see a 1 percent increase in their total earnings next year, the most since 1997, as rising profits and the tightest labor market in decades add upward pressure on pay, a Bloomberg survey shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 21, 2017
Bank of Japan maintains stimulus as inflation lags behind economic growth
The Bank of Japan left monetary stimulus unchanged in the final policy meeting of 2017 on Thursday, remaining on cruise control as it waits for a pickup in stubbornly low inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2017
Wall Street economists at odds with traders, share Yellen's 'guess' of inflation comeback
Wall Street economists are clashing with Wall Street traders over whether inflation is poised to awaken around the world after a long slumber.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 14, 2017
Not easy to dispel Japan's deflationary mindset formed over 15 years: Kuroda
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank can help avoid negative price shocks and achieve its 2 percent inflation target by working on inflation expectations through forward guidance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 3, 2017
Venezuela to restructure foreign debt, raising the possibility of massive default
Venezuela on Thursday announced plans to restructure its burgeoning foreign debt, a move that may lead to a default by the cash-strapped OPEC nation whose collapsing socialist economy has left its population struggling to find food and medicine.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
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Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
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Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
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Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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