日本股市動靜

日本政府呼籲投資者保持冷靜
在安倍政策的推動下，日本股市今年以來幾乎一直在上漲。盡管日經指數周四暴跌，但交易額卻創下最高紀錄，日本經濟財政大臣甘利明也勸投資者不必擔憂。

Japan market gyrations underline economy's vulnerability while verdict still ... Washington Post Thursday's spike, which came despite the Bank of Japan's aggressive efforts to keep borrowing costs down, is unnerving some investors at a time when Japan's already overburdened government finances are vulnerable to rises in interest rates. A sustained ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan's Trade Data Suggest Even Lower Yen Needed Wall Street Journal (blog) The unexpectedly large widening of Japan's trade deficit last month suggests that the country may need an even weaker yen than it has already. Not only has the decline in the yen over the last eight months failed to reduce Japanese demand for imports ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan approves joining international child custody treaty amid concerns about ... Washington Post The United States, Britain, France and other countries have repeatedly urged Japan to join the convention. It seeks to ensure that custody decisions are made by the courts of the country where the abducted child originally resided, and that the rights ... See all stories on this topic »

Falling yen may help Japan, but proving a headache for other countries ... Washington Post Japan's trading partners are generally pleased, too, even though the lower yen makes their exports relatively more expensive. As many see it, other nations — from China to Britain to the United States — stand to benefit from a more vibrant Japanese ... See all stories on this topic »

Japanese Stocks Fall Sharply Wall Street Journal Real estate developers, banks, and brokerages were hit by the jump in yields, which followed the Bank of Japan's announcement on Wednesday that it will maintain its current bond-buying program but will not take additional action to depress yields. See all stories on this topic »

Japan Steps Up Interest in Papua New Guinea's Gas Riches Wall Street Journal (blog) Japan is the world's biggest importer of liquefied natural gas—a natural gas cooled into liquid form so it can be transported by ship. LNG in Asia has traditionally been sold via long-term contracts, with prices linked to relatively expensive crude ... See all stories on this topic »

Reality Bites in Japan Wall Street Journal (blog) That's the biggest daily plunge since Japan's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis of March 2011. This time around, the causes were relatively benign: weaker-than-expected data from China's factories and the possibility the U.S. Federal Reserve will ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan man, 80, scales Everest, sets record AFP KATHMANDU — An 80-year-old Japanese man who underwent heart surgery in January reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest mountain. Yuichiro Miura and his party, including his second ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan's wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran Reuters Outspoken Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto sparked a firestorm of criticism at home and abroad when he said last week that the military brothel system was "necessary" at the time and that Japan has been unfairly singled out for practices common among other ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan's BoJ holds policy as economy improves Financial Times Haruhiko Kuroda, the central bank governor, said the move – which was widely expected – came amid signs of “positive movements” in the world's third-largest economy, which were supported by the BoJ's pledge last month to double Japan's monetary base ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan's central bank keeps policy unchanged, says economy 'picking up,' as ... Washington Post Japan's economy grew 3.5 percent last quarter, but progress in increasing exports and boosting corporate investment and wages has lagged. A weakening in the Japanese yen linked to the aggressive monetary easing has helped stabilize exports, which ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan mulls bilateral talks with North Korea, raising coordination concerns ... Washington Post TOKYO — Japan's government is looking into re-opening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago, raising concerns among allies who fear Tokyo's focus on that issue might weaken efforts to ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan watchdog endorses panel's conclusion that active fault runs underneath ... Washington Post TOKYO — Japan's nuclear watchdog has endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the plant's restart virtually impossible. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan Treads a Fine Line Wall Street Journal Rates on 10-year Japanese government bonds have climbed from just 0.56% on May 6 to 0.89%. That level is hardly high, either by international standards or compared with recent Japanese history. Yields are now back to about the level of the middle of ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan Approves Joining Int'l Child Abduction Pact ABC News Japan's parliament on Wednesday approved joining an international child custody treaty amid foreign pressure for Tokyo to address concerns that Japanese mothers can take children away from foreign fathers without recourse. The upper house of parliament ... See all stories on this topic »

Tokyo stocks lead Asia ahead of Bank of Japan meet MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Japanese stocks ended at a fresh multiyear high Wednesday after the country's central bank raised its economic outlook, even as it left other elements of the monetary policy unchanged. Australian and Hong Kong shares ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan Increases Coal Use at Expense of Oil Wall Street Journal TOKYO—Japan's thermal coal imports rose while oil imports fell in April, reflecting increased coal-fired output at electricity utilities. The trend of coal replacing relatively more expensive oil will likely continue until the summer, as higher ... See all stories on this topic »

Fed's Bullard Says ECB Needs 'Aggressive' QE to Avoid Japan Fate Businessweek “The lesson in Japan is once you get stuck there, it's pretty hard to get out,” Bullard said today at the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability. “They're trying very hard right now and so maybe they'll be successful but this time around we'll ... See all stories on this topic »