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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
The Bank of Japan’s quarterly “tankan” survey for March is expected to show that business sentiment among large manufacturers has improved for the first time in three quarters, according to estimates by 17 think tanks. The March survey, due on April 1, will be ...
New Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda will appear before the Diet on Tuesday for a confirmation hearing to continue as central bank chief beyond the remaining term of his predecessor, lawmakers said Friday. Kuroda, a former Asian Development Bank president, has been appointed ...
New Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda reiterated his determination to end Japan’s decades-long deflation after officially being named to the position Thursday by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “I was told to do all I can and bring the Japanese economy out of deflation,” ...
Departing Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa expresses regret for not being able to end a decades-long struggle with deflation during his "turbulent" five years in office, but adds that he believes a recovery is possible.
Incoming Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda and his two deputies are the “right people” to lead the Bank of Japan because of their ability to convey the central bank’s intentions to investors, a former BOJ official said. “These are the right people, the appropriate people, for ...
Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda stepped down Monday after more than eight years of leading the Manila-based multilateral lending bank. The Diet last Friday approved the nomination of Kuroda as governor of the Bank of Japan. P. Chidambaram, who chairs the ADB Board ...
Masayoshi Amamiya, head of the Bank of Japan’s Osaka branch, has returned to Tokyo after only a year to oversee policy planning at the central bank, adding to a leadership reshuffle under incoming Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda. Amamiya, 57, takes up his new job as ...
The Diet approves the nomination of Haruhiko Kuroda as Bank of Japan governor, paving the way for drastic monetary easing to invigorate the deflation-beset economy.
“Abenomics” looks ready to bloom just in time for spring, given the Diet’s approval Friday of Haruhiko Kuroda as the next governor of the Bank of Japan. As head of the central bank, Kuroda, currently president of the Asian Development Bank, will have vast ...
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved the nomination of Asian Development Bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda for Bank of Japan governor, paving the way for a new team to take control of the central bank later this month. The opposition-controlled House of Councilors will ...
Even though his nomination is opposed by the largest opposition party, Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata appears to be a shoo-in to become a deputy governor of the Bank of Japan later this month, after the Diet holds its confirmation vote, likely Friday. The ...
The Democratic Party of Japan will support Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda as the next Bank of Japan governor but will oppose Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata as a BOJ deputy governor.