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Indian central bank holds firm on key rate but raises inflation forecast

Mitsubishi UFJ says Japan may need jumbo rate hike to boost yen

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management said a larger or out-of-cycle Bank of Japan rate hike can’t be ruled out, warning that an expected increase this month may not be enough to prevent further declines in the yen and Japanese government bonds.

Indian central bank holds firm on key rate as rupee suffers historic lows

Axiom Space boosts funding to $525 million with MUFG Bank as new investor

The startup is among several firms competing to build a commercial replacement to the International Space Station, which is set to be decommissioned by 2030.

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Bank of Japan's Transactions with the Government (May)

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Fuji Media’s real estate unit attracts ¥1 trillion bids

More than 15 firms submitted bids for Sankei Building last month, with several offers exceeding ¥1 trillion ($6.3 billion).

SoftBank’s PayPay to buy T&D’s life insurer for $840 million

PayPay, Japan's dominant payments app, said it will take a 70.2% stake in privately held T&D Financial Life Insurance.

Softbank-backed PayPay to enter life insurance business

Boston ranked top US city for foreign companies in Nikkei-FT survey

BOJ chief says rate hike must be discussed despite Iran war uncertainty

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday the central bank needs to "thoroughly" discuss the pros and cons of raising the poli

Eneos oil tanker that passed through Hormuz arrives in southwestern Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An oil tanker under major Japanese oil company Eneos Holdings Inc. arrived in Japan on Wednesday, the second vessel to do so after tr

Ueda Says BOJ Needs to Keep Raising Rates to Contain Inflation

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda's remarks Wednesday at a forum in Tokyo indicate there's a good chance of a rate hike this month.

Japanese government and banks granted access to Claude Mythos

The access could help the government and the nation's megabanks shore up any cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Japan gov't, banks given access to latest Anthropic AI model for security

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's government and some banks have been given access to U.S. startup Anthropic's new Claude Mythos artificial intelligence model

SoftBank among the bidders for Blackstone’s Japanese payment firm

Japan's cashless payments market has expanded for more than a decade as consumers who once overwhelmingly favored paper money turn to electronic services.

Japan weighs stricter age verification for social media users

The government is not considering a blanket age restriction like Australia's, however.

Putin’s ’Davos’ haunted by war and stagnation despite the swank of influencers

The war looms large even if Ukraine is not mentioned once in the official program.

'World's most beautiful' baby monkey makes public debut at Yokohama zoo

YOKOHAMA -- Yokohama Zoological Gardens Zoorasia in this city's Asahi Ward has put a baby red-shanked douc langur, known as the "world's most beautifu