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Asian shares slip as China concerns trump U.S. election optimism

March 28, 2019 at 10:53 p.m.

Asian shares and commodity currencies dropped on Thursday as investor concerns about a slowing Chinese economy eclipsed optimism over the U.S. outlook, while Tokyo stocks stepped back after posting large...

Financial markets ‘hear but don’t listen to’ BOJ’s rosy talk

August 25, 2021 at 12:24 a.m.

By Hideyuki Sano and Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - "I hear but I don't listen to," Wim Duisenberg, the first president of the European Central Bank, famously said in 2001...

Don’t expect yen carry-trade surge after Fed tapering: analysts

August 24, 2021 at 3:24 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - As the U.S. Federal Reserve looks set to begin whittling away at its stimulus in a first step towards eventual rate increases, the yen could see renewed...

Japan’s temples, universities, hospitals haunted by yen bets

August 24, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

KOYA, Japan (Reuters) - Ryusho Soeda, 66, has taken on a job for which his career as a Buddhist priest never prepared him: forensic accounting. Soeda's temple is the 1,200-year-old...

Japan’s temples, universities, hospitals haunted by yen bets

May 13, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.

KOYA, Japan (Reuters) - Ryusho Soeda, 66, has taken on a job for which his career as a Buddhist priest never prepared him: forensic accounting. Soeda's temple is the 1,200-year-old...

As Japan insurers flirt with foreign bonds, yields may move more than yen

August 24, 2021 at 8:33 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's life insurers, potential global market movers with $3 trillion in assets, have signalled they may boost their holdings of foreign bonds without currency hedges to the...

JGBs gain on BOJ rate cut hopes, five-year yield hits record low

August 23, 2021 at 10:55 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese government bond yields slid on Thursday, with the five-year yield hitting an all-time low, as investors bet the Bank of Japan will adopt a zero interest...

Yen slumps to 33-month low, euro resumes rise

August 23, 2021 at 10:05 p.m.

TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The yen slumped to a 33-month low against the dollar and the euro on Wednesday as investors piled back into the easy one-way trade on viewd that...

Weak yen yet to reach corporate Japan’s bottom line

August 23, 2021 at 10:34 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Currency hedging cost Japanese companies such as Honda Motor Co the chance to fully cash in on a weak yen last quarter, raising the risk that investor...

Japan fund managers grow equity stakes, but not at home: poll

August 23, 2021 at 6:27 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese fund managers slightly increased their asset allocations to shares on the prospect of more monetary easing in the developed world and a pickup in Chinese economy,...

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