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Buyers flee Japanese bonds as political, fiscal risks rise
Japanese government bonds tumbled, sending benchmark yields to near 17-year highs, as traders priced in increased political ...
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Where will Japan’s $550 billion investment in the U.S. go?
Japan is already the number one foreign investor in the U.S., with $754 billion invested as of last year — and that number ...
The Japan Times1h
IMF advises Japan to avoid broad tax cuts and handouts
Tackling inflation was a major campaign issue in the Upper House race, with opposition parties having called for reducing or ...
Japan's shaky government loses upper house control
TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - Japan's ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further ...
Anadolu Agency13h
Japanese government panel approves producing human embryos from stem cells
Experts want to determine whether human eggs, sperm created from induced pluripotent stem cells, embryonic stem cells ...
Stock investors are cheering, but keep an eye on rising Japanese bond yields after trade deal
Global stock-market investors are cheering a U.S.-Japan trade deal, but Japanese government bonds are under pressure, pushing up yields. That's worth keeping an eye on for its implications beyond ...
Japan's minority government faces election snub as economic storm brews
Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt ...
Japan’s minority government faces a tough test in the upper house election
Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a tough test in an upper house election this month as his minority government ...
Japan's shaky government loses control in upper house election
ABC News' Britt Clennett reports on the impacts of the parliamentary election and tariff negotiations with the U.S.
Trump and Ishiba Ignite Japan Stock Rally, Sink Government Bonds
Japan’s Topix share index closed within a whisker of a record high and government bonds slumped after a long-awaited trade deal with the US spurred an explosive day for Tokyo’s financial ...