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Bank of Japan Raises Rates

Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation.

The Associated Press - Busines… · 11h

Bank of Japan raises interest rate to about 0.5%, citing higher wages and inflation

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level.

Reuters on MSN · 2h

Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.

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BBC · 1d

Star TV host retires as sex scandal rocks Japan industry

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, one of the country's most recognisable faces on television, has announced that he is retiring after a sexual assault allegation that has rocked the country's entertainment industry. Nakai, who presented for Fuji Television, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a 2023 dinner party held by staff.

SFGate · 1d

Masahiro Nakai, a TV host and former pop star in Japan, retires after sexual assault report

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave roiling Japan's entertainment industry and have triggered an avalanche of lost advertising at one of the networks where he worked.

Barron's · 1d

J-pop Star Nakai To Retire After Sex Misconduct Allegations: Media

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's biggest boy band stars and a celebrity television host, announced his retirement on Thursday after being accused of sexual misconduct, Japanese media reported.

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Exclusive-Japan's JERA plans to expand US LNG purchases to diversify energy supply

Japan's top LNG buyer, JERA, plans to increase its purchases of liquefied natural gas from the United States to diversify its ...

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Japan Is Ready to Legalize ‘Active Cyber Defense’

National Security Strategy called for an overhaul of Japan’s cybersecurity posture. This might be the year the legislation ...

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Sony Japan ends production of recordable Blu-rays with ‘no successor’ planned

Sony is officially ending production of recordable Blu-rays. In an announcement from Japan spotted by Tom’s Hardware, Sony ...

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Japan's Shigeru Ishiba to Warn Trump Against Asia-Pacific 'Power Vacuum'

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.

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Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 17 years

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target ...

The Economist1d

Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?

Editor’s note: This story was updated on January 24th.

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Japan's leader preparing for tough negotiations with Trump on maintaining US presence

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald ...

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KCON 2025 Announces Japan & Los Angeles Dates

Entertainment company CJ ENM announced its official dates for the K-pop festival's 2025 editions in Japan and the United ...

Alleged Killer of Japanese Schoolboy Goes on Trial in China, Say Japan's Foreign Ministry

TOKYO (Reuters) - The trial of the alleged killer of a boy enrolled in a Japanese school in Shenzhen, China began in the city ...

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