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As BOJ wanes, Japan sees fiscal stimulus as likely next step

Market turbulence caused by Trump's victory has unnerved policymakers, and offers an opportunity for lawmakers favouring bigger fiscal spending to press their case

Japanese firms seek easing of restrictions on funding in India

This is to ensure 'free and smooth' corporate business activity by its companies in India

Modi in Japan: PM says high-speed trains to boost trade, investment

Modi said that in Tokyo he would have a detailed interaction with top business leaders from India and Japan

Giant sinkhole swallows Japan city street

The hole continued to expand and by mid morning was around two storeys deep, and filling with water from broken pipes.

Japan to open gates temporarily for foreign unskilled workers

Shinzo Abe considers policies for their speed up arrivals

2 explosions hit Japanese city, killing 1, police suspects suicide

A note found in the clothing of the badly burned victim included the name of the former military officer

6.6 quake hits western Japan: Meteorological Agency

There was no immediate tsunami risk

Japan big manufacturers' mood flat in fragile economic recovery: BOJ tankan

Big firms plan to raise capital spending by 6.3 per cent for this financial year to March from year-before levels

Bank of Japan plans measures to meet inflation target

BOJ is preparing a long-term strategy to achieve it

Japan CPI, consumption fall again as BOJ-weary households slash spending

A rebound in factory output brightened the outlook somewhat

Southern Japan jolted by 5.7 magnitude earthquake

The quake in the South came just minutes after another relatively strong temblor hit the North

Japanese MPs welcome PM Modi's call for isolating nations

This comes against the backdrop of the terror attack on army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18

Strong 6.4 quake hits eastern Japan: US Geological Survey

There was no threat of a tsunami, added the Japan Meteorological Agency

Typhoon Namtheun makes landfall in Japan

The weather agency said typhoon would likely shift and chart an easterly trajectory; 150 mm of rain expected through next 24 hours

Japan on alert against typhoon Namtheun

Namtheun, the twelfth typhoon of the season in the Pacific, was located between Kyushu and Okinawa

Japan factory output flat in July

Sluggish factory output data is yet another setback for policymakers who have struggled to lift an economy mired in nearly two decades of deflation

Japan eyes record defence budget to develop anti-ship missiles

If approved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet, it would be the fifth straight year the government sets a record defence budget

Japan's unemployment rate drops to 3%, lowest in 21 years

The job availability in Japan held steady in July at 1.37,that is,137 positions available for every 100 people

Japan's GPIF loses $52 bn in stock rout

The fund's Japanese shares sank 7.4 % in the quarter as the benchmark Topix lost 7.5%

The giant investor of Tokyo's stock market

Companies across Japan have a new name in their top 10 shareholder lists: Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). The $1.3-trillion GPIF is the top owner of 121 Tokyo-listed firms. It's the second-biggest holder in Toyota Motor with a 5.5 per cent stake in Japan's largest company. At the latest reckoning, the retirement savings manager owns about 5.8 per cent of the stock market.