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INFLATION

BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 10, 2015
June consumer confidence rises for first time in three months
Consumer confidence improved slightly in June, rising for the first time in three months amid higher share prices and improving employment conditions, the government said Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 2, 2015
BOJ must achieve 2% inflation target, new board member Funo says
The Bank of Japan's newest board member Yukitoshi Funo said the central bank must achieve its price target, indicating his support for Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2015
Tankan shows unexpected improvement in manufacturer confidence
Sentiment among large manufacturers improved for the first time in three quarters in June, a Bank of Japan survey showed Wednesday, in a positive sign that runs counter to indications of a slowing economic recovery.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2015
Land prices rise in 10 prefectures, but overall trend is down
Land prices in Japan rose in 10 prefectures over the year to Jan. 1, the National Tax Agency said in an annual report released Wednesday. In the previous year of measurement, prices rose in eight prefectures.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 29, 2015
Salarymen's allowances lowest in three decades as living costs rise
Salarymen's allowances have fallen to their lowest level in 33 years even as the cost of lunch has surged, showing the pinch felt by workers that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is counting on to drive a recovery in the economy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 26, 2015
Consumer prices inch higher as Kuroda pumps stimulus
Consumer prices rose fractionally in May, as Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda tries to generate inflation with unprecedented monetary stimulus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 24, 2015
BOJ's 2015 stimulus reluctance spurs debate over tapering
With its reluctance to add to record monetary stimulus even as inflation remains well below its target, the Bank of Japan has stoked speculation about it scaling back its asset purchases as soon as early 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jun 22, 2015
Kuroda's inflation optimism winning over consumers, bond investors
Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's faith he can push inflation from zero to 2 percent in about a year is starting to win over consumers and bond investors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 12, 2015
Pricy beef bowls show how to beat deflation
Restaurants, food producers and retailers are among a small but growing number of companies doing what few managed for long during Japan's lost decades: raising prices.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 10, 2015
BOJ policymaker foresees more difficulty in monetary easing policy
A Bank of Japan policymaker said Wednesday it appears to be becoming more difficult for the central bank to implement its large-scale monetary easing, citing the limited effects of additional easing steps introduced last October.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 9, 2015
Japan consumer confidence fell in May for second straight month
Consumer confidence worsened in May for the second straight month amid rising prices of goods such as food, data showed Tuesday, prompting the government to downgrade its assessment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 4, 2015
Kuroda ally says yen's excessive strength now corrected
The excessive strength in the yen that damaged Japanese manufacturing in recent years has now been corrected, according to an ally of Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
May 29, 2015
Spending slump casts doubt on Bank of Japan optimism
Household spending slumped unexpectedly in April and consumer inflation came in roughly flat, casting doubt on the central bank's view that a steady economic recovery will help move inflation toward its ambitious 2 percent target.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2015
BOJ inflation gauge slows to zero as oil weighs
The Bank of Japan's main gauge of inflation slowed to zero, as cheaper oil prices counter Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's effort to reflate the economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2015
Reflation foes warn Kuroda, 'Abenomics' heading nation toward debt meltdown
Two years after unleashing record monetary stimulus, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda and his allies are confronting increasingly vocal opposition from the opponents of reflation who once dominated the policy debate.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 28, 2015
April retail sales disappoint as consumption tax weighs
Retail sales rose less than forecast in April, signaling a weak start to the second quarter for an economy that is still weighed down by last year's sales-tax increase.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 21, 2015
Status of economy tops agenda at BOJ policy meeting
The Bank of Japan started a two-day policy meeting Thursday at which it is expected to debate whether to raise its opinion on the Japanese economy.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 8, 2015
Japan joining global bond rout as BOJ shifts on inflation target
The Bank of Japan's equivocation on its inflation target is adding to the shifting global monetary policy picture that has sparked a sovereign debt rout.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2015
Japan's monetary base rose 35.6% to another record in April
Japan's monetary base stood at a record ¥305.88 trillion ($2.56 trillion) at the end of April, up 35.6 percent from a year earlier, as the Bank of Japan continued to provide more liquidity to raise the inflation rate to its targeted 2 percent, BOJ data showed Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
May 1, 2015
Kuroda shifts to defense in BOJ's struggle to reach inflation target
For the first time, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said his original two-year time frame for reaching 2 percent inflation will not be reached. But it did not prompt him to step on the stimulus accelerator.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
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
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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.
Fuchu Prison adapting to foreign prisoners
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The politicians moving Japan forward on climate
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Seoul's eclectic Art OnO shines light on Japan's artists and galleries
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