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INFLATION 3

BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 12, 2015
BOJ unlikely to change monetary policy, economic view at Policy Board meeting
The Bank of Japan is expected to leave its unorthodox ultra-easy monetary policy unchanged and repeat its current assessment of the economy at its two-day policy meeting from Monday, sources close to the matter said.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 11, 2015
BOJ must drive yen to 140 to nail inflation target, economists say
The Bank of Japan is far from done driving down the yen if it wants to secure a 2 percent inflation target next year, a survey of economists by Bloomberg shows.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2015
BOJ's No. 2 says no additional easing imminent in near term
The Bank of Japan is not ready to take additional monetary easing measures soon, despite growing concern over disinflation triggered by a plunge in global crude oil prices, BOJ Deputy Gov. Hiroshi Nakaso implied Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2015
BOJ policymaker says achieving 2% inflation target 'very likely'
The Bank of Japan is "very likely" to achieve its inflation target of 2 percent thanks to improving economic conditions, a key Policy Board member claimed Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 18, 2015
Big firms face pay-hike calls as 'shunto' labor talks begin
Large firms kicked off their annual wage talks Wednesday, with labor unions demanding a pay-scale hike amid Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's repeated calls for an increase in salaries that would help boost consumption and shore up the economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 13, 2015
BOJ sees extra stimulus as counterproductive for now
Bank of Japan policymakers view further monetary easing to shore up inflation as a counterproductive step at present, amid concern it could trigger declines in the yen that damage confidence, sources said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 12, 2015
Ketchup-maker Kagome hikes prices but fears consumers aren't ready to pay more
For Tokyo-based condiments maker Kagome, and perhaps for the government, the challenge of breaking with a decade and a half of deflation boils down to the price of a bottle of ketchup.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 12, 2015
Wholesale prices logged sharpest fall in four years in January
Wholesale prices dropped 2.4 percent year on year in January, excluding the impact of last April's consumption tax hike, to mark the fastest fall in four years as crude oil prices continued to fall, the Bank of Japan said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2015
Russian inflation hits 15% as economic pain deepens
Russia's inflation hit 15 percent in January, official data showed on Thursday, underscoring the growing economic pain from sliding oil prices and Western sanctions linked to the Ukraine conflict.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 5, 2015
Abe boosts Kuroda reflation effort with BOJ board nomination
The Abe administration has nominated a proponent of reflationary monetary policy for the central bank's board, buttressing Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's effort to end a two-decade slump in the world's third-biggest economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 4, 2015
Families hit as inflation outruns wage rises
Increases in the cost of living outpaced annual earnings that rose for the first time in four years in 2014 as the Abe administration sought to reflate the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 30, 2015
Inflation slows more than forecast in December
Japan's inflation rate slowed more than forecast in December, adding to central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda's challenges in reflating the world's third-biggest economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 30, 2015
BOJ doesn't need more stimulus: top-rated economist
Japan's top-rated economist says the central bank doesn't need more stimulus, defying the consensus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 29, 2015
Retail sales unexpectedly slump, in challenge to 'Abenomics'
Retail sales unexpectedly fell in December, underscoring challenges to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's effort to stoke a recovery in the world's third-biggest economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 26, 2015
BOJ's 2% inflation target may prove elusive in 2015
When Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda met the press last week after the BOJ's policy meeting, he effectively admitted the central bank may miss what the market perceives as its deadline of next fiscal year for achieving 2 percent inflation to revive the economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 20, 2015
LDP lawmaker says he wants inflation targets fixed in law
A lawmaker who has advised Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on economic policy said he will urge the government to enshrine its inflation-targeting agreements with the Bank of Japan in law as early as next year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 15, 2015
BOJ says minimum 1% gain in base wage needed for recovery: sources
Bank of Japan officials figure that average base wage gains of 1 percent are needed in the coming fiscal year to sustain the economy's emergence from two decades of stagnation, say sources familiar with central bank's discussions.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 15, 2015
Regional economies showing moderate recovery, BOJ says
The Bank of Japan said Thursday that a moderate recovery remains underway in all regional economies, upholding previous upbeat assessments because of the expectation that cheaper oil will spur consumption.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 13, 2015
Reagan played key role in U.S. war on inflation
There is common agreement that the decline of double-digit inflation in the U.S. was the big economic event of the 1980s. But to say that President Ronald Reagan had almost nothing to do with that is wrong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jan 12, 2015
Lower oil prices spell good news for Japanese economy
Manufacturers, motorists and households and all stand to reap the benefits of falling prices for crude oil.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
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Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
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Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
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Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
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