Economy
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Japan’s Producer Prices Rise 1.5% in Dec.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s services producer prices in December rose 1.5% from a year before, up f...
January 27, 2023
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Japan Electronics Union to Seek Pay Scale Hike of ¥7,000 or More
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The umbrella body for labor unions at Japanese electronics makers said Thursday...
January 26, 2023
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Labor, Management Agree Wage Hikes Necessary amid Inflation
Amid rapidly rising prices, this year’s shunto spring wage negotiations are getting into full swing....
January 26, 2023
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Japan Department Store Sales Up 13 % in 2022
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese department store sales in 2022 grew 13.1% from the previous year on a ...
January 25, 2023
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Event to Promote Japanese Rice Held in London
LONDON (Jiji Press) — Japan’s agriculture ministry held an event to promote Japanese rice in London ...
January 25, 2023
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BOJ Injects ¥1 trillion into Money Market to Curb Interest Rates
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Bank of Japan on Monday conducted a money market operation to supply ¥1 tri...
January 24, 2023
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Home Video Game Market Sees Turnaround in 2022
Domestic sales of home video games bucked a two-year slide last year, despite shortages of semicondu...
January 24, 2023
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Wage Negotiations Kick Off Amid Surging Prices
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — This year’s “shunto” wage negotiations in Japan started effectively Monday with...
January 24, 2023
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Japan Govt to Nominate New Bank of Japan Governor in Feb.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government will nominate the successor to outgoing Bank of Japan ...
January 22, 2023
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Japan Govt, BOJ to Discuss 2013 Joint Statement
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese government and central bank officials are expected to step up discuss...
January 22, 2023
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Foreign Tourists Key to Japan’s Economic Recovery from Pandemic
Overseas tourists will likely play a key role in the future health of the Japanese economy, which ha...
January 22, 2023
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Kuroda Defends BOJ Policy Revision at Davos
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday said that it was “perfectly right”...
January 21, 2023
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Some Japanese companies paying ‘inflation allowances’ to support staff
With the prices of daily commodities surging in Japan, a growing number of companies are paying infl...
January 19, 2023
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Japan Logs Record Trade Deficit in 2022
Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)—Japan posted a record customs-cleared trade deficit of ¥19,971.3 billion...
January 19, 2023
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Core Machinery Orders Fall 8.3% over Slowdown Worries
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s core machinery orders fell 8.3% in November from the previous month aft...
January 19, 2023
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