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BUSINESS
Nov 28, 2016
BOJ's Kuroda set to get 0.9% pay rise for current fiscal year
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda is getting a 0.9 percent pay rise for the fiscal year ending in March, leaving him ahead of his U.S. Federal Reserve counterpart, Janet Yellen, but behind Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 25, 2016
Retailers turn deaf ear to Kuroda's inflation pledge
While Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's vow to overshoot the Bank of Japan's 2 percent inflation target caused a stir among monetary policy watchers in September, it's yet to have an impact among retailers.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 20, 2016
Could Japan's bond bubble get Trumped?
Bond market vigilantes are keen to test the Bank of Japan's latest moves to keep yields low as U.S. rates rise.
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.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 16, 2016
BOJ inflation goal still too optimistic: ex-executive
The Bank of Japan is still too optimistic about the time needed to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, given the country's entrenched deflationary mindset, a former BOJ executive director said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2016
Bank of Japan signals economic onus is now on Abe government
The Bank of Japan is signaling that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government needs to do more to help achieve 2 percent inflation and revive the economy, former BOJ Policy Board member Sayuri Shirai said Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 27, 2016
Japan's household investors risk rupee-linked bonds amid low yields at home
Japanese household investors are buying rupee-linked bonds like never before as negative interest rates at home prompt them to take greater risks in search for yield.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 18, 2016
Japan Inc. unimpressed with BOJ's latest attempt to spur growth, poll shows
Japan Inc. has little faith in the central bank's latest shift in monetary policy, with companies saying it will not generate long-desired inflation, spur further business investment or have an impact on the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 13, 2016
BOJ may need to taper bond-buying stimulus next year, analyst says
The Bank of Japan will be forced to start tapering bond-buying stimulus as soon as a year from now as it runs out of willing sellers, says the nation's top-rated analyst. The good news, he says, is yields will not jump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2016
Kuroda signals BOJ may delay reaching 2 percent inflation target to 2018
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda gives the clearest signal yet that the bank may delay the forecast date for achieving its 2 percent inflation target to 2018.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Francis laid to rest as 400,000 mourn pope 'with open heart'
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Pope Francis at the end of the funeral ceremony in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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