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Bank of Japan Raises Rates

Japan raises interest rates to highest level in 17 years

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.

Reuters on MSN · 14h

Bank of Japan raises interest rates to highest in 17 years, yen jumps

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target.

The Financial Times · 18h

Bank of Japan raises policy rate to 0.5% and signals further increases

The Bank of Japan on Friday raised the benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.5 per cent. Consumer price inflation data for December was also released. Wit

Meta is Introducing Ads on Threads in US and Japan

Reuters · 10h

Meta to test ads on Threads in US and Japan

Meta Platforms will begin test launching ads on its social media platform Threads with a few brands in the U.S. and Japan, it said on Friday, as the app hits over 300 million monthly active users.

Wall Street Journal · 18h

Meta to Start Testing Ads on Threads, Starting in U.S. and Japan

Meta Platforms is starting to test ads on Threads for a handful of brands in the U.S. and Japan, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said Friday. “We’ll be closely monitoring this test before scaling it more broadly,

NBC New York · 8h

Meta to begin testing ads on Threads, its micro-blogging app

Meta will begin testing ads on its Threads microblogging service with a few companies in the U.S. and Japan, the company said in a blog post Friday.

Japan, Masahiro Nakai

BBC · 1d

Star TV host retires as sex scandal rocks Japan industry

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, one of the country's most recognisable faces on television, has announced that he is retiring after a sexual assault allegation that has rocked the country's entertainment industry. Nakai, who presented for Fuji Television, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a 2023 dinner party held by staff.

SFGate · 1d

Masahiro Nakai, a TV host and former pop star in Japan, retires after sexual assault report

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave roiling Japan's entertainment industry and have triggered an avalanche of lost advertising at one of the networks where he worked.

The Economic Times on MSN · 1d

Masahiro Nakai Retires Amidst Japan Entertainment Industry Scandal

Masahiro Nakai, a prominent figure in Japan's entertainment industry, has announced his retirement following a scandal that has sent shockwaves through the industry.

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Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...

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Exclusive-Japan's JERA plans to expand US LNG purchases to diversify energy supply

Japan's top LNG buyer, JERA, plans to increase its purchases of liquefied natural gas from the United States to diversify its ...

One dead, two hurt in stabbing attack at Japan's Nagano train station

One person was killed and two hurt in a stabbing attack Wednesday at Japan's JR Nagano train station. One woman and two men ...

The Economist1d

Has Japan truly escaped low inflation?

Editor’s note: This story was updated on January 24th.

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Japan's leader says he's preparing for tough negotiations with Trump on maintaining US presence

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, said Friday he will seek to maintain ...

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BYD plans to sell plug-in hybrids in Japan

China's BYD could start selling its first plug-in hybrid vehicle in Japan this year, the company said on Friday, as it aims ...

Public Radio International1d

Japan’s transit system is private. Should other countries consider the same?

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...

1 person is killed and 2 injured in stabbing outside Nagano station in central Japan

Authorities in Japan say one person is dead and two others are injured after a knife attack Wednesday night outside a train ...

Travel + Leisure on MSN2d

Traveling to Japan This Summer Just Got Easier — What to Know

Japan Airlines is dramatically increasing flight connections to the U.S. for the summer, which means getting to Japan will be ...

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Bank of Japan willing to be behind the curve, says analyst

David Mitchinson, founding partner at Zennor Asset Management, discusses the highly anticipated Bank of Japan January rate ...

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