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Bank Of Japan Keeps Rate Unchanged

Bank of Japan keeps benchmark interest rate steady as it treads cautiously on normalizing policy

The decision came as the central bank seeks to wean its economy off the long-held ultra-easy monetary policy and curb the yen's slide against the U.S. dollar.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 2h

Japan’s Central Bank Keeps Rates Unchanged

The Bank of Japan left its short-term policy rate unchanged Friday as it examines how the economy and markets are digesting its most recent interest-rate increase.

Barron's · 2h

Bank Of Japan Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged

The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged on Friday, after a decision to hike them in July pushed the yen sharply higher and fuelled turmoil across world markets.

Hezbollah, Lebanon and Japan

Associated Press · 1h

Japan electronics company: walkie-talkie used in Hezbollah attacks discontinued 10 years ago

Japanese wireless communication equipment-maker Icom said Thursday it cannot confirm whether a walkie-talkie used in the explosive attacks against Hezbollah was related to the company, noting the production and sales of that device and its battery were discontinued about a decade ago.

BBC on MSN · 20h

Japan firm says it stopped making walkie-talkies used in Lebanon blasts

A Japanese handheld radio manufacturer has distanced itself from walkie-talkies bearing its logo that exploded in Lebanon, saying it discontinued production of the devices a decade ago. At least 20 people were killed and 450 injured after hundreds of walkie-talkies, some used by the armed group Hezbollah, exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Hundreds more hurt in Lebanon after walkie-talkies, pagers explode in new round of blasts

Walkie-talkies and pagers used by Lebanon's Hezbollah group detonated in homes and businesses across the country.

Japan, inflation

Reuters · 6h

Japan's core inflation accelerates for 4th month in August

Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, keeping alive expectations for further interest rate hikes.

NHK · 3m

Japan's inflation quickens for 4th straight month

Japan's consumer inflation quickened for the fourth straight month in August. A major factor was soaring food prices.

Bloomberg L.P. · 6h

Japan’s Inflation Accelerates for Fourth Month as BOJ Meets

Japan’s key inflation gauge accelerated in August for a fourth consecutive month, hours before the Bank of Japan is scheduled to wrap up its latest policy decision meeting.

Aircraft carrier, Japan

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Chinese aircraft carrier comes closer than ever to Japan

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered an area near Japan's shores for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive military actions around Japan,

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

China Says Carrier Accused of Entering Japanese Waters Was on Routine Training

China said on Thursday its Liaoning aircraft carrier had been on a routine training mission in the western Pacific and dismissed charges by Tokyo that the vessel and its escorts had entered Japanese waters.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Japan says Chinese carrier entered its contiguous waters for first time

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's defence ministry said, the latest in a string of military manoeuvres that has ratcheted up tensions between the neighbours.

46mon MSN

Japan cheers as national hero Ohtani becomes the majors first 50-50 man

Japan erupted in cheers on Friday morning after national hero Shohei Ohtani blasted his way into Major League Baseball ...

Japan Eyes Deal to End Chinese Ban on Seafood Imports, Media Say

China and Japan may be close to a breakthrough over Beijing’s ban on seafood imports from Japan, imposed last year in ...

Nikkei Asia18m

Japan overtakes EU, U.S. as global climate leader for ASEAN, survey shows

TOKYO -- Japan is more likely to be identified by Southeast Asians as an international climate leader than the European Union ...

6hon MSN

As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers

Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly ...

ジャパンタイムズ5h

Japan FTC warns pro baseball body over agent rules

The Fair Trade Commission on Thursday warned an internal body of the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization that rules ...

1don MSN

Japan’s leader demands answers from China over schoolboy’s fatal stabbing

A 10-year-old boy attending a Japanese school in southern China has died after being stabbed on his way to class on Wednesday ...

3hon MSN

Japan's Nikkei leads gains in Asia Pacific after Wall Street soars; China holds benchmark rates

Traders in Asia will also look toward August consumer prices index from Japan and Hong Kong, and central bank decisions from ...

5hon MSN

Final preparations underway for China to resume Japan seafood imports, NHK says

Japan and China are making final preparations towards the resumption of imports by China of Japanese seafood and other marine ...

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