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TOKYO -- The yen should not be considered a safe-haven currency and its recent decline against the dollar can only partially be attributed to the Japan-U.S. interest rate gap, Hiroshi Watanabe, former vice minister of finance for international affairs, told Nikkei in a recent interview.
STRESA, Italy -- As Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Italy from Thursday, a major topic is the fragmentation of world trade, a problem that U.S. and Europe blame partly on overproduction in China.
TOKYO -- As the U.S. prepares fresh tariffs on Chinese products, Japan's top currency diplomat voiced concern about economic fragmentation "for geopolitical reasons" ahead of a meeting of senior Group of Seven finance officials this week.
TOKYO -- Japan needs to take action to make its economy more internationally competitive, Masato Kanda, the country's chief currency diplomat, told Nikkei, urging reform to tackle structural issues.
TOKYO -- Japan's small and midsize businesses have growing room to raise wages, official data published Monday suggests, stoking hopes of hikes across a wider range of companies this year.