Mecklai: PM Shinzo Abe may pull Japan out of deflation

A blood-soaked vengeance tale from Japan drew the biggest boos in the race for the Cannes Film Festivals top prize Monday, with critics savaging a "risible" parade of cliches.

The yen lifted off a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the currency might have weakened enough, prompting some investors to pare bets against it. The dollar fell 0.4 percent to 102.56 yen, having ...

TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - A Japanese government panel warns there is "absolutely no" guarantee that domestic investors will keep buying government bonds, citing the risk of a spike in bond yields that could crimp long-term growth prospects, ...

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Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday.Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, ...

The Japanese government upgraded its assessment of the economy on Monday, in a further sign that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive polices are beginning to reignite growth. The upgrade was the first in two months, and an improvement from April ...

It follows, then, that the economy's 3.5 percent gain in the first quarter is a result of monetary and fiscal policies conducted in the course of last year. That obvious fact is a politically awkward credit to the government of the Democratic Party ...

Up to 22 million login names may have been stolen during a hack attack on Yahoo Japan. A file of ID details for about one tenth of its 200 million members was stolen during the attack, it said. The file did not include all the information needed ...

The FCC may have spoiled the surprise, but Sony's now gone official with yet another smartphone and this one's for its native Japan. The Xperia UL appears to be a slightly thicker riff on the