Japan banks target growth in cooling U.S. high-yield debt market

A pedestrian walks past signboards of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (L), Mizuho Bank (C), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in Tokyo, Japan, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino Register now for…

Japan posts yawning trade gap as China exports slow | Business and Economy

The widening trade deficit highlights the vulnerability of the world’s third-largest economy to soaring import costs. Japan recorded a trade deficit in March that was more than four times wider…

Yen hits 7-year low after Bank of Japan sticks to stimulus

The yen dropped to a seven-year low on Monday as the Bank of Japan bucked the global trend for tighter monetary policy, stoking speculation that the central bank could intervene…