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Japan’s inflation falls for 9th straight month

TOKYO"•Japan’s consumer prices fell for the ninth straight month in November, official data showed Tuesday, while household spending declined and unemployment ticked up.  It was...

Japan close to legalizing casinos

TOKYO"•Japan’s ruling party rolled the dice Friday on a long-awaited bill that could see casinos legalized in a market viewed as a potential global...

Joint exercises possible­–Rody

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he is open to having joint exercises with Japan, after he announced the end of military exercises with the...

Rody sets Japan visit; sea row main agenda

TOKYO—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is looking to offer 5 billion yen ($48.2 million) in loans when he meets with President Rodrigo Duterte this week,...

Balance

Tomorrow, the President goes to Tokyo to honor the invitation extended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the last Asean Summit held in Vientiane....

Japan’s economy flat in Q2

TOKYO"•Japan’s economy stalled in the April-June quarter, data showed Monday, missing market forecasts and rekindling worries about the government’s faltering bid to stoke a...

Japan’s declining jobless rate is due to aging

As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sees it, Japan’s tight labor market is a key success of his economic strategy: the unemployment rate is the...

Car firms seek Abe’s assistance

Japan’s auto industry is going back to tried-and-tested plays to ease the pain of yen strength as Toyota Motor Corp.’s prediction for a 37-percent...

Japan set to disburse $45b more

Japan’s government is set to announce 4.6 trillion yen ($45 billion) in extra spending for the current fiscal year, according to a draft of...

Japan unveils stimulus plan worth over $266b

TOKYO"•Japan launched an economic stimulus package worth more than 28 trillion yen ($266 billion) Wednesday, days before the central bank is expected to unveil...

Japan’s chance to resist a turn to the right

By Noah Smith After a landslide victory in Japan’s election on July 10th, the Liberal Democratic Party now has a supermajority in both the upper...
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