Japan’s retail bond boom offers new avenue for fiscal funding
The surge comes as market watchers question who will finance the nation's borrowing as the Bank of Japan scales back debt purchases.
The surge comes as market watchers question who will finance the nation's borrowing as the Bank of Japan scales back debt purchases.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its policy interest rate to a 31-year high of 1.25 percent from 1 percent at a two-day policy
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NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A former employee of major Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei Corp. was arrested Thursday on suspicion of leaking confidential in
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kotozakura lost his perfect record after five days and fellow ozeki Aonishiki was beaten for the second straight day at the Autumn Gr
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average price of a new condominium in Tokyo and its three surrounding prefectures fell 5.4 percent from a year earlier to 97.70 m
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reshuffled her Cabinet on Thursday, retaining key members while bringing in a new face from he
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