Japan
Japan’s core inflation slows to 2-year low, complicates BOJ rate-hike timing
A separate index seen as a better indicator of underlying inflation also falls, but remains well above central bank’s 2% target
Japan PM Takaichi warns of China ‘coercion’, vows security overhaul
The government will produce a new defence strategy and accelerate a review of its military export rules, she says
Japan government to submit BOJ nominees next week, list includes reflationists
The choices may affect the central bank’s discussions on the pace and timing of future rate hikes by shifting the composition of the nine-member board
Japan’s factory activity expands at fastest pace in four years: PMI
Strong overseas demand helped drive the fastest pace of growth in new export orders in eight years
Japan PM faces challenges selling ‘proactive’ fiscal policy to bond vigilantes
It involves ramping up investment and a two-year food-tax suspension for a country with public debt twice the size of its economy
BBVA plans to start Japan brokerage in first for Spanish bank
The Bilbao-based lender has operated a commercial banking business in the country since 2005
Japan to invest US$36 billion in US projects under US$550 billion Trump deal
This is the first tranche of Tokyo’s US$550 billion commitment; the most significant investment is a natural gas facility in Ohio
Japan’s US$550 billion investment in US seen widening gains on hedged JGBs
Yields on hedged Japanese government bonds may increase on rising costs for US dollar funding
Chinese visitors to Japan drop again as tensions keep simmering
The impact has rippled through the country’s retail sector
A family fights to keep control of 157-year-old firm in Japan
Nearly half of Japan’s listed companies are tied to a founding family, many of which no longer have enough equity to guarantee control
