New Bank of Japan chief says no major rate hike on horizon"Japan is currently not in a situation where interest rates need to be significantly raised," Kazuo Ueda told reporters at his first press ...
10 Apr, 2023, 06.15 PM IST
Nintendo promises 10% pay hike even as it trims profit outlookThe hefty pay hike comes amid calls by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for Japanese companies to pay workers more as inflation takes hold in a...
07 Feb, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
Asia stocks hit 7-month high on China and CPI betsChina on Thursday reported consumer price falls in December and a larger-than-expected drop in factory gate prices - underscoring the weakn...
12 Jan, 2023, 08.04 AM IST
Japan's Nikkei hits 2-wk high ahead of U.S. CPI data, Fed meetThe Nikkei ended the day up 0.4% at 27,954.85, after hitting a high of 28,116.56, a level not seen since Dec. 1, but then gradually pared t...
13 Dec, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Tokyo's Nikkei index ends lower on profit-takingThe Japanese government said Friday that core consumer prices rose 3.6 percent year-on-year in October, the highest level in four decades d...
18 Nov, 2022, 01.53 PM IST
Japanese shares rise on Wall Street gains, robust outlookWall Street closed higher on Friday in volatile trading to snap a four-session losing streak, as investors wrestled with a mixed jobs repor...
07 Nov, 2022, 01.18 PM IST
Tokyo shares close lower after US lossesThe US rate hikes have caused the yen to slide to its lowest level against the dollar in over three decades, while the Bank of Japan sticks...
21 Oct, 2022, 01.41 PM IST
Yen hits lowest level against dollar since 1990One dollar was worth 147.67 yen following the stronger-than-expected inflation number, which comes as Japan's central bank holds off from h...
13 Oct, 2022, 09.46 PM IST
Nikkei ends above key 27,000 level for first time in two weeksThe Reserve Bank of Australia may have slowed the pace of its interest rate hikes, but it's unclear whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will f...
05 Oct, 2022, 12.13 PM IST
Tokyo stocks close higher on US gainsIn Tokyo, share prices have been on a downward trend "since the release of the US CPI (consumer price index)" earlier this month, Resona Ba...
29 Sep, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Japan's Nikkei hits 1-month closing low as chip makers tumbleU.S. stocks ended August with their fourth straight daily decline overnight, cementing their weakest performance for the month in seven yea...
01 Sep, 2022, 01.57 PM IST
Japan's Nikkei ends higher helped by chip stocks gainsThe benchmark index opened with small declines after Wall Street ended sharply lower Tuesday as a profit warning by Walmart dragged down re...
27 Jul, 2022, 01.23 PM IST
Japan's Nikkei sees worst day in 6 weeks, tracks Wall St lossesThe Nikkei share average ended 1.9% lower at 26,590.78 - the biggest percentage decline since March 11. The broader Topix lost 1.5% to 1,87...
25 Apr, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
Nikkei ends lower as Ukraine crisis, U.S. rate-hike bets weighFinancials were the Nikkei's worst performing sector, dropping 2.44%, as a pullback in global long-term bond yields cut the profit outlook.
15 Feb, 2022, 03.29 PM IST
Japan's Nikkei loses most in 3 weeks on Ukraine, U.S. inflation risksThe Nikkei share average lost 2.23% to close at 27,079.59, posting its biggest daily percentage drop since Jan. 27 and touching below the 2...
14 Feb, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
Nikkei slides as industrials fall on weak earnings, Fed worries simmerThe Nikkei cut some of its morning losses to end the day down 0.70% at 27,248.87, with a 0.99% drop making industrials the hardest hit sect...
07 Feb, 2022, 02.00 PM IST
Japanese shares give up gains on rising U.S. bond yields"Sentiment was weakened by rising U.S. Treasury yields. Investors thought the U.S. market would fall this evening," said Shoichi Arisawa, g...
18 Jan, 2022, 01.57 PM IST