TOKYO (AFP) – Japan on Thursday (Aug 6) marks 75 years since the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling…
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Dollar dented as yields dive on recovery worries
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar was under pressure on Wednesday from a towering euro and crumbling U.S. yields, as the latest coronavirus relief package got…
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Gargling solution flies off Japan's shelves after governor touts anti-coronavirus effect
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japanese drugstores were stripped bare of gargling solution by Wednesday (Aug 5), a day after the governor of the western prefecture of…
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Dollar stumbles as investors await U.S. stimulus breakthrough
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A rebound in the dollar faltered on Tuesday as political wrangling over a U.S. relief plan and the gloomy economic outlook kept…
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South Korea and Japan's acrimony over colonial occupation compensation could hit Trump's plans on China
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – A South Korean court is set to start liquidating assets of a Japanese company to compensate Koreans conscripted to work during colonial…
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Nippon Steel to appeal South Korea ruling allowing seizure of assets
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp (5401.T) said on Tuesday it will appeal a South Korean court ruling that allows for the company’s assets…
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Japan retailer Nojima bets on longevity as population shrinks
FUJISAWA, Japan (Reuters) – At Japanese electronics retailer Nojima’s (7419.T) sales outlet in Fujisawa, south of Tokyo, Tadashi Sato, 72, is defining a work culture…
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Dollar slips as Trump suggests election delay
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar extended its recent decline on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump raised the possibility of delaying the nation’s…
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Japan unhappy after WTO panel set up to rule on curbs of exports to South Korea
TOKYO/SEOUL (REUTERS) – Japan said on Thursday (July 30) it was disappointed South Korea was proceeding with a complaint to the World Trade Organisation (WTO),…
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Japan unhappy after WTO panel set up to rule on curbs of exports to South Korea
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Japan said on Thursday it was disappointed South Korea was proceeding with a complaint to the World Trade Organization, a day after…
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Japan braces for spike in coronavirus cases amid domestic travel campaign
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan is bracing for a surge in the number of coronavirus infection after fresh cases exceeded the 1,000 mark for the first…
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Japan to lift coronavirus ban on re-entry of foreign residents
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan will from next week lift a ban on the re-entry of some foreign residents, imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus,…
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Dollar falls to two-year lows before Fed outcome; lira weak
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar fell to a two-year low on Wednesday as pressure built on the Federal Reserve to strike a dovish policy…
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BOJ debated monetary policy implications of coronavirus: July meeting summary
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan policymakers debated how the COVID-19 pandemic could reshape monetary policy and its impact on the economy, a summary of…
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