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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2016
Trump tantrum a double-edged sword for Japan
The yen's 17 percent slump is a win for Japan's exporters, but it may take the onus off Abe to deliver tough reforms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 20, 2016
Bank of Japan caps tumultuous year with upgrade to outlook
The Bank of Japan closed a tumultuous year for monetary policy with an upgrade to its assessment of the economy while keeping its yield-curve and asset-purchase programs unchanged.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 19, 2016
Japan logged ¥152.51 billion trade surplus in November
Japan posted a goods trade surplus of ¥152.51 billion ($1.30 billion) in November after imports fell more than exports on cheaper crude oil prices and the yen's strength, the government said in a preliminary report Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 19, 2016
Japan's volatile year in business: negative rates, Brexit and Trump
For investors in Japan's markets this year, it's been a case of one shock after the next in a pattern that might have prepared them well for the era of Donald Trump and his reputation for the unexpected.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 6, 2016
Trump's stimulus plan may give Japan a welcome tailwind in 2017
For now, the global winds are at Japan's back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2016
Trump win gives Kuroda breathing room, ex-BOJ executive says
Donald Trump's election win has given Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda room to breathe by easing concerns that the yen will strengthen, a former BOJ executive says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 16, 2016
Battered yen faces new reality: Trump reflationary pressure
The yen, jolted in a 750-plus point range against the dollar in the week since Donald Trump's presidential win, could fall back toward a February low of ¥115 on prospects of rapid U.S. interest rate increases.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 10, 2016
'Mr. Yen' says Japan's currency could rise to 90 to the dollar by May on Trump win
The yen may strengthen to 90 per dollar within six months of Donald Trump's election, former Japanese top currency official Eisuke Sakakibara said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2016
Abenomics hits new hurdle as Trump win roils outlook
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was expected to spark the structural reforms long promised under Abenomics, but Donald Trump's victory has all but doomed it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2016
Nikkei falls 5.36% on Trump's shock win in U.S. election
Financial markets are thrown into disarray by the result of the U.S. presidential race and the prospect of a Trump administration.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 24, 2016
Japan logs ¥2.46 trillion trade surplus for April-September half
Japan posted a goods trade surplus of ¥2.46 trillion ($24 billion) for the April to September half, reversing the ¥1.28 trillion deficit posted a year earlier, after imports plunged thanks to lower oil prices, the government said Monday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 15, 2016
U.S. keeps Japan, China, other nations on currency 'monitoring list'
The Treasury Department said Friday it has retained Japan, China and others on a list of countries it monitors over what it calls potentially "unfair" currency practices, but concluded that none of the U.S. trading partners is manipulating its currency to gain an unfair trade advantage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2016
As pound sinks, Japanese food businesses in London wring hands over British exit
The impact of Britain's vote to leave the European Union has been felt by businesses at home and abroad, and London-based sellers of Japanese food are among those reeling from the resulting shift in exchange rates.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 23, 2016
Fresh warning against excessive yen rises issued
Authorities are ready to act against excessive yen rises, the government's top spokesman said Friday, issuing a fresh warning to markets against recent yen gains that could hurt the country's export-reliant economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 21, 2016
OECD cuts world growth outlook amid weak advanced economies
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Wednesday cut its global economic outlook for 2016, as growth remains subdued in the United States, Europe and Japan amid sluggish trade activity.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 21, 2016
Strong yen resulted in trade deficit in August
Japan posted a goods trade deficit of ¥18.71 billion in August for the first red ink in three months, with a firming yen pushing down the value of exports, government data showed Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 30, 2016
Finance Ministry vs. the currency speculators
The Finance Ministry remains hesitant to back its tough talk with action, not least because of U.S. disapproval of supposed 'currency manipulation.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2016
Marilyn Monroe's Tokyo honeymoon spot frets over impact of yen rise
Tokyo's Imperial Hotel, the luxury inn that counts Marilyn Monroe among past guests, raised room rates last year to levels it last charged before the bubble economy imploded in the early 1990s. A surging yen now threatens those gains.
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2016
With eye on China, Japan offers ¥100 billion for infrastructure projects in Myanmar
Japan will give Myanmar ¥100 billion in loans for infrastructure development, a Japanese government source said Friday as Tokyo seeks to counter China's influence in the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2016
As Abenomics loses shine, Japan's shoppers seek bargains
Three years of Abenomics, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bold stimulus program, has failed to dislodge a deflationary mindset among businesses and consumers.

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