Japan’s silver savers will bear the brunt of ‘Abenomics’
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kiyoko Kinugasa and her husband Minekatsu spent the last 49 years running a small, neighborhood snack shop in central Tokyo. "We're trying to save more for retirement,...
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Japan’s silver savers will bear the brunt of ‘Abenomics’
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kiyoko Kinugasa and her husband Minekatsu spent the last 49 years running a small, neighborhood snack shop in central Tokyo. "We're trying to save more for retirement,...
Exclusive: Tight-fisted Japan firms deal blow to Abe’s revival plan – Reuters survey
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tight-fisted companies in Japan may prove the biggest obstacle in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to push the sluggish economy into higher gear as they intend to...
Record low current account surplus shows Japan’s challenges
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan posted its smallest annual current account surplus on record in 2012 as exports weakened and energy imports grew, a signal to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that...
Japan’s incoming PM keeps up pressure on BOJ to attack deflation
TOKYO (Reuters) - Incoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kept up his calls on Tuesday for the Bank of Japan to drastically ease monetary policy by setting an inflation target...
Japan’s Abe to pick LDP veteran Aso as finance minister: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's next Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will offer the finance minister's job to Taro Aso, media said, a veteran lawmaker and former prime minister expected to toe...
Japan’s Abe to pick LDP veteran Aso as finance minister: media
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's next Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will offer the finance minister's job to Taro Aso, media said, a veteran lawmaker and former prime minister expected to toe...
Japan’s war on deflation runs into psychology of hard times
TOKYO (Reuters) - The war against deflation in Japan will start with a battle for the pocketbooks of recession-hardened consumers like Kumiko Kuramochi. The Liberal Democratic Party, which stormed to...
BOJ rift surfaces over easing as political debate heats up
TOKYO/NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - A split within the Bank of Japan was laid bare on Monday, with newcomers to its board pressing to strengthen commitment to an ultra-loose policy, as...
Japan government to downgrade economic assessment in November: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will downgrade its assessment of the economy in a monthly report due at the end of the week, government sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as the...