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Vistara, Japan Airlines enter frequent flyer partnership with credit points

Vistara and Japan Airlines have inked a partnership that allows members of their frequent flyer programmes to earn and spend points on each other

Yoshihide Suga as Japan's next premier may be tough partner for BOJ

Suga is a safe pair of hands and has a thorough knowledge of the Bank of Japan's policy framework, but he also knows how to pressure the bank into action

India, Australia and Japan to form pact on supply-chain resilience

The arrangement will in the long term act as a counterweight to current and proposed trading arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region, officials said

Why Buffett's bet on Japan could turn on higher inflation, weakening dollar

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's $6.2 billion (4.6 billion pounds) foray into Japan's five largest trading houses may signal billionaire Warren Buffett's expectation that inflation and a falling U.S. dollar may make international equities more attractive when economies worldwide recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Berkshire said late Sunday, on Buffett's 90th birthday, it owned just over 5% of each of Itochu Corp <8001.T>, Marubeni Corp <8002.T>, Mitsubishi Corp <8058.T>, Mitsui & Co Ltd <8031.T> and Sumitomo Corp <8053.T>, and said it could increase its stakes to 9.9%.

Japan to extend emergency loan worth Rs 3,500 cr for India to fight Covid19

Japanese ambassador Satoshi Suzuki, and CS Mohapatra, additional secretary in India's department of economic affairs exchanged notes regarding the provision of the yen loan

Japan's ruling LDP to hold leadership vote on Sept 14 to pick Abe successor

The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will almost certainly become prime minister because of its majority in the lower house of parliamen

Warren Buffett looks to Japan, takes 5% stakes in five trading companies

Berkshire Hathaway said it has acquired more than 5% of the shares in five large Japanese companies, marking a departure for Buffett as he looks outside the United States to bolster his conglomerate

Japan mulls picking new Prime Minister on September 17 to succeed Abe

Japan is considering to hold an extraordinary parliamentary session on September 17 to pick the country's new Prime Minister to succeed Shinzo Abe, local media reported

Shinzo Abe 'greatest' prime minister in Japan's history, says Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has hailed Shinzo Abe as the "greatest" prime minister in Japan's history during a telephonic conversation between the two leaders

Japan looks to AI as Covid-19 challenges go-and-see quality control mantra

Global manufacturers have long used robots in production while leaving the knotty work of spotting flaws mainly to humans

Japan factory output rises but retail sales down amid fragile recovery

But retail sales fell for a fifth straight month and at a somewhat faster pace, a worrying sign for private consumption, which accounts for more than half of the world's third-largest economy

As fintech upends banking, Japan regulator expects cross-boundary tie-ups

Years of ultra-low interest rates and a dwindling local population have hurt profits of regional banks, prodding some to consolidate or sign business tie-ups with each other to survive

Japan's cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga to join race for PM's post

Suga, the chief spokesperson for the government, informed LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai about his desire to contest the party's leadership election

Super Mario from Japan: Shinzo Abe loses out on aspirational Tokyo Olympics

Abe's humorous invitation to the next Olympics in Tokyo was a big hit among Brazilian fans, and to a worldwide television audience

Abe defied expectations to build financially stable, socially liberal Japan

Abe tried to reform Japan's hidebound and unproductive corporate culture. His administration created a new corporate governance code and investor stewardship code

PM Shinzo Abe may be gone, but 'Abenomics' will stay on in Japan

The next prime minister will find it hard to get over the challenges of the current pandemic and long-term demographic trends

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe steps down; cites chronic illness as reason

He said he had decided to step down now to avoid a political vacuum as the country copes with its novel coronavirus outbreak

World leaders praise Japan PM Shinzo Abe's contributions to bilateral ties

World leaders wished Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a rapid recovery on Friday and praised his contributions to bilateral relations during his years as Japan's longest-serving leader.

What after Abenomics: Japan's PM exits with economy back at square one

What would become known as Abenomics relied on "three arrows": monetary easing, fiscal policy and regulatory reforms

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Japan's Shinzo Abe resigns due to poor health

New reckoning for WHO vaccine plan as govts go it alone. South Korea doctors' strike escalates, how will cities transform post pandemic, and other pandemic-related news across the globe