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TOKYO : There was "no discussion" about exchange rates at a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers and central bank chiefs, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Sunday, according to Kyodo News.Suzuki was speaking…

Authorities in China's capital asked several Western embassies this week to remove political signs from their outer walls, diplomatic sources in Beijing told AFP.Several Western embassies across Beijing display Ukrainian flags in solidarity…

TOKYO :Japan's government is set to revise a decade-old joint statement with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that commits the central bank to achieve its 2 per cent inflation "at the earliest date possible," Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday,…

TOKYO :Japan's government is considering tapping funds under an account set aside for foreign exchange intervention to pay for an expected increase in defence spending, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday.The government could also issue…

TOKYO : Japanese ruling party secretary general Toshimitsu Motegi indicated on Monday that a planned economic spending package aimed at cushioning the blow from rising living costs will total around 26 trillion yen ($174 billion), Kyodo…

Former Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, had a grand funeral that cost around 1.66 billion Yen approximately. But the cost was more than that of the Queen’s state funeral on September 19, 2022. This matter has raised several questions…

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has passed away, his office announced on Tuesday. He was 84. Miyake, an icon of the Japanese fashion industry, passed away on Saturday after battling liver cancer, according to the Kyodo news agency. A…

NARA/TOKYO: Police acknowledged security flaws on Saturday in the Japanese city of Nara where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated, as a motorcade carrying his body arrived at his home in the capital Tokyo. Mourners gathered at…

TOKYO: Japan's western prefecture of Osaka will record about 6,000 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the Kyodo news agency said, far surpassing the previous all-time high of 3,760 set on the weekend. The numbers of new cases in the…

TOKYO : Japan's draft budget for next fiscal year will likely see total spending exceed a record US$946 billion due to rising defense and social welfare costs, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday.The huge expenditure would follow a…