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  • Yen surge overshadows third fall in Japan unemployment 28 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
    ... Yen surge overshadows third fall in Japan unemployment TOKYO, November 27, 2009 (AFP) - ... seen since the mid-1990s, raising fears that Japanese exporters such as Toyota, Honda and Sony ... hopes of further price drops. Japan's core consumer prices fell 2.2 percent in October from ...

  • Japan Shows Concern as Dollar Slides 28 Nov 2009 05:35 GMT
    ... 2009 at 5:13 a.m. HONG KONG — Japanese policy makers on Friday became increasingly vocal ... dollar’s weakness is especially causing jitters in Japan, whose economy is still struggling to emerge ... which makes exporters’ good more expensive for consumers in the United States — is something ...

  • Japan's bankruptcies may rise on stronger yen, Tokyo Shoko says 28 Nov 2009 06:12 GMT
    ... November 28, 2009 1:54 pm TWN, Bloomberg Japan's bankruptcies may rise on stronger yen, Tokyo ... stronger yen, Tokyo Shoko says TOKYO -- Japanese corporate bankruptcies may start rising around February ... to wage cuts that will further damp consumer demand in the world's second-largest economy. The ...

  • Japanese flock to first-ever open budget debate 28 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... TOKYO (AP) - Japanese flocked to a large gymnasium in central ... transparent. Hatoyama also wants to rein in Japan's powerful bureaucrats, who exerted tremendous influence over ... Mizuho Fukushima, minister of gender equality and consumer affairs, said she hoped the screening would ...

  • Fujii says Japan may contact U.S., Europe on currency 28 Nov 2009 07:13 GMT
    ... TWN, By Toru Fujioka, Bloomberg Fujii says Japan may contact U.S., Europe on currency Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii said he may ... economy because it enhances the wealth of consumers. Subscribe to The China Post and save ...

  • Japan may step in to weaken the rising yen 28 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
    ... hitting 14-year highs and triggering speculation the Japanese government could intervene in the currency markets ... hurt exports of cars, electronics and other consumer goods. The issue is fast becoming a ...

  • New ISO standard for safety of consumer goods 28 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... New ISO standard for safety of consumer goods A new ISO project committee recently ... over 20 experts from Australia, Canada, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea participated in ...

  • Publican practices the art of beer 28 Nov 2009 00:50 GMT
    ... Ohioan expat Bryan Baird takes a Japanese craftsman's approach to brewing suds Love beer? ... a thirst for craftsmanship as he discovered Japan. A university course, Modern Japanese History, enthralled ... man. The shokunin knows more than the consumer does about what he does, he doesn't ...

  • Deflation, surging yen threaten Japan's recovery 28 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... HOSAKA Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - Japan got word Friday that prices fell again ... undermining the country's fragile economy. The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food, ... news came amid heightened concern over the Japanese currency, which hit a new 14-year high ...

  • Dollar hits 14-year low 28 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... its lowest level since July 1995 as Japan said it was not planning to intervene ... to intervene once European markets opened. Deputy Japanese finance minister Yoshihiko Noda told Reuters that ... more than a year last week and consumer spending and home sales rose more than ...

  • Currency markets roiled 28 Nov 2009 13:14 GMT
    ... lowest level in 14 years against the Japanese yen Friday but rallied against the euro ... will take action as needed, suggesting that Japan may work with the U. S. and ... by making American goods cheaper for Chinese consumers and Chinese products more expensive in the ...

  • US dollar fell briefly to low levels 28 Nov 2009 00:17 GMT
    ... lowest level in 14 years against the Japanese yen on Friday but rallied against the ... will take action as needed, suggesting that Japan may work with the US and Europe ... by making American goods cheaper for Chinese consumers and Chinese products more expensive in the ...

  • Dollar touches low against yen amid Dubai crisis 28 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
    ... sanctuary of both the dollar and the Japanese currency after Dubai World, a government investment ... will take action as needed, suggesting that Japan may work with the U.S. and Europe ... by making American goods cheaper for Chinese consumers and Chinese products more expensive in the ...

  • Dollar sinks to fresh 14-year low vs yen 28 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... perceived safe haven assets like the yen. Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii called the yen's ... take appropriate measures as needed, suggesting that Japan may cooperate with the U.S. and Europe ... of falling prices and general weakness in consumer spending. Fujio Mitarai, chairman of Keidanren, Japan's ...

  • Dubai crisis jolts markets, but early fears ease 28 Nov 2009 00:10 GMT
    ... losses, forcing them to reduce lending to consumers and businesses. Access to credit has improved ... safe haven. Speculation that the Bank of Japan might intervene by buying dollars or selling yen to aid Japanese exports helped the dollar recover after it ...


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