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Japan's PM will need more than just charm to win over Trump this time    

Can Japan claim its own national interests while promoting its status as a solid US ally? When he is there, it will be a challenge for Japanese Prime Minister Isba Meet with Washington President Trump later this week. When Trump was first elected, the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abbey was the first world leader to […]

Japan's top FX diplomat warns against speculative moves as yen falls – Yahoo Finance

Makiko Yamazaki, Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's top currency diplomat warned on Monday against speculative moves in foreign exchange markets as the yen fell below 149 yen to the dollar. Atsushi Mimura told reporters, “We will monitor movements in the foreign exchange market, including speculative trading, with a sense of urgency,'' reviving the verbal […]

Threat of deposit exodus haunts Japan's regional banks – Financial Times

This month, Japanese digital lender Sony Bank began offering customers yen savings accounts with a trial interest rate of 10.52% per year, a remarkable yield in a country where savings have generated little profit for almost two decades. For many of Japan’s 62 regional banks, stiff competition from online challengers threatens to trigger deposit outflows […]

Billionaire Cuban Says SEC Should Take Page Out of Japan's Crypto Playbook – U.Today

Alex Dovnya Mark Cuban says Gary Gensler can learn from Japan Read U.TODAY google news in recent posts On the X social media network, billionaire Mark Cuban suggested that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler take up Japan’s cryptocurrency strategy. Cuban pointed out that Japan could learn from the collapse of now-defunct cryptocurrency […]

Japan's Ito says authorities are trying to place a 160 ceiling on USD/JPY – ForexLive

Takatoshi Ito is currently a scholar at Columbia University. From 1999 to 2001, he served as Deputy Director-General for International Affairs at the Japanese Ministry of Finance. For two years until 2008, he served as a civilian member of the government’s Supreme Economic Council. He told Reuters: “By interfering with speculative activity, the authorities are […]

Japan's Nikkei 225 extends rally to hit new high; China stocks higher – CNBC

1 hour ago Negotiations to sever relations with China have gone too far, Asian Development Bank says China remains an important trading partner for many countries around the world, and the common narrative of a superpower being cut off from the global economy goes too far, the Asian Development Bank says. “China remains probably the […]