Economy
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Japan Producer Prices Up 0.2% in Jan.
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Producer prices in Japan edged up 0.2 pct from a year earlier in January, up for ...
February 13, 2024
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Major Japanese Firms Post Higher Earnings in April-Dec.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Many publicly traded Japanese companies have reported robust earnings for the n...
February 11, 2024
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BOJ Lays Groundwork For Change in Monetary Easing Policy; Deputy Gov. Uchida Offers Reassuring Clues in Speech
The Bank of Japan is laying the groundwork for a change in its large-scale monetary easing policy. B...
February 10, 2024
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‘All-country’ Stock Mutual Funds Popular with NISA Investors
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Brokerage firms in Japan are being flooded with more buy orders than before fo...
February 9, 2024
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Current Account Surplus Doubles in ’23
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s current account surplus surged 92.5% in 2023 from the previous year, a...
February 9, 2024
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Pressure Mounting for Wage Increases in Shunto Negotiations; Fears about the Response of Struggling SMEs
With Japan’s real wages plummeting for the second year in a row, pressure is mounting for wage incre...
February 8, 2024
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Shippers to be Required to Make Plans to Reduce Cargo Waiting Time to Address Logistics Industry’s ‘2024 Problem’
The government plans to revise two logistics-related laws in a bid to address the so-called 2024 log...
February 7, 2024
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Japan Real Wages Fall at Steepest Pace in 9 Years in 2023
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index fell 2.5 pct in 2023 from the previous...
February 6, 2024
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Business, Labor Leaders Reaffirm Vow to Raise Wages in Shunto Talks
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Business leader Masakazu Tokura and labor leader Tomoko Yoshino Thursday reiter...
February 1, 2024
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Japan Eyes 45 B. Yen in Aid for Optical Semiconductors
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s industry ministry said Tuesday that it will provide up to ¥45.25 billio...
January 31, 2024
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Japan’s Job Availability Ratio Rises for 2nd Straight Year
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—The average ratio of effective job openings to seekers in Japan rose for the seco...
January 30, 2024
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Average Price of New Apartments in Tokyo’s 23 Wards Tops ¥100 million; Prices in Metropolitan Area Sets New Record
The average sale price of newly built apartments in Tokyo’s 23 wards jumped to ¥114.83 million in 20...
January 26, 2024
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Japan Business Delegation, Chinese Premier Li Meet; Both Sides Tout Importance of Bilateral Economic Ties
BEIJING — A delegation of the Japan-China Economic Association met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at ...
January 25, 2024
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Japan Logs Trade Deficit of ¥9.29 Tril. in 2023
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s customs-cleared trade deficit halved from the previous year to ¥9.29 tr...
January 24, 2024
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Japan 2024 “Shunto” Wage Talks Begin Effectively
TOKYO, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)—Japan’s 2024 “shunto” wage negotiations started effectively Wednesday wi...
January 24, 2024
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