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TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan is poised to decide to end its yield curve control and purchases of risk assets as well as call time on negative interest rates Tuesday, Nikkei has learned, making the biggest change in Japanese monetary policy in nearly two decades.
TOKYO -- Japan will start training companies employing international workers about legal frameworks and best practices in response to increasing cases of compliance and human resources challenges.
TOKYO -- Japanese chemical and fiber manufacturer Toray Industries is developing a new technology that can recover more than 80% of lithium from used lithium-ion batteries, with the aim of commercialization by March 2028, Nikkei has learned.
SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- A Chinese professor at a western Japan university has gone missing after visiting his homeland last summer, the college said Monday, sparking fears that he has been detained by Chinese authorities.
TOKYO -- International discussions on deep-sea mining resume Monday amid growing interest in countries such as the U.S., which see resources under the oceans as a potential way of diversifying supply chains for critical minerals.
TOKYO -- Japanese stocks rose sharply on Monday as expectations built for the Bank of Japan to shed its negative interest rate policy.
TOKYO -- Asia must maintain the momentum for free trade and an open global economy after the U.S. presidential election this year, international affairs experts said at a symposium in Tokyo on Friday, as concerns grow over a possible increase in U.S. protectionism, depending on the outcome of the vote.
TOKYO -- Last week's paradigm shift -- big Japanese corporations promising record pay raises -- has lifted hopes that the country's ever-cautious employers have finally stopped economizing on salaries. The new dynamic came after three decades of low inflation and nominal wage growth, and days before a Bank of Japan policy meeting at which a possible overhaul is now firmly on the table.