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Softbank closer to acquiring Sprint after Dish abandons bid for now

August 24, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Corp cleared a major hurdle in its attempt to buy U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel Corp , as rival bidder Dish Network Corp declined...

Japan fund managers cut JGB weighting to an 18-month low

August 24, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese fund managers cut their allocations for Japanese bonds to an 18-month low in May, while lifting their exposure to domestic stocks, suggesting risk appetite is growing...

Thousands in Japan anti-nuclear protest two years after Fukushima

August 24, 2021 at 5:44 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched in the Japanese capital on Sunday calling on the government to shun nuclear power, a day before the second anniversary of an earthquake...

Analysis: Aid recipients welcome IMF’s shift on austerity

August 23, 2021 at 8:50 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Graduates of IMF emergency loan programs accepted the Fund's admission that it miscalculated the cost of austerity with a mix of schadenfreude and frustration that the change...

Analysis: Aid recipients welcome IMF’s shift on austerity

December 25, 2018 at 3:00 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Graduates of IMF emergency loan programs accepted the Fund's admission that it miscalculated the cost of austerity with a mix of schadenfreude and frustration that the change...

IMF says Brazil might have to raise rates as recovery takes hold

August 23, 2021 at 8:47 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazil might have to raise interest rates to keep a lid on inflation expectations as economic growth rebounds, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. The Brazilian...

IMF says Brazil might have to raise rates as recovery takes hold

December 25, 2018 at 2:49 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazil might have to raise interest rates to keep a lid on inflation expectations as economic growth rebounds, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. The Brazilian...

Japan finds another gap in its disaster readiness – Mount Fuji

August 23, 2021 at 7:13 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Toshitsugu Fujii became head of a Japanese task force on disaster response at Mount Fuji, he was confronted with a startling oversight. Japan had no plan...

Japan finds another gap in its disaster readiness – Mount Fuji

December 24, 2018 at 9:57 p.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Toshitsugu Fujii became head of a Japanese task force on disaster response at Mount Fuji, he was confronted with a startling oversight. Japan had no plan...

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