2:40am

Japan CPI suggests lingering deflation pressure

Core inflation unchanged as consumption tax rise looms

Images of stock boards as Topix sinks most since August
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1:03pm LEX

Japan equities: tax Topix

Raising consumption tax in 2014 is not as bad as in 1997

3:06pm Andrew Smithers from COMMENT

Japan must cut depreciation allowances

If Tokyo’s fiscal deficit is to be brought down, then the corporate cash surplus must be reduced too

(FILES) This file picture taken on May 20, 2013 shows Hideko Hakamada, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row in Japan for 48 years, holding a picture of her young brother Iwao during an interview outside the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo. Iwao Hakamada, believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate, was on March 27, 2014 granted a retrial in Japan over multiple murders in 1966, after doubts emerged about his guilt. AFP PHOTO / FILES / KAZUHIRO NOGIKAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images
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Mar 27, 2014

Japan to free death row inmate

Retrial of murder case after 48 years

TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 18: The popular beef bowl dish "Gyudon" made with beef imported from the United States, at one of the major beef bowl restaurant chains on September 18, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Yoshinoya served the beef bowl using US beef for one day on September 18. Yoshinoya-Gyudon fans lined up in front of the restaurants to eat the long awaited Gyudon after Japan lifted its ban on US beef imports. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)
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Mar 27, 2014

Tax rise gives Abe something to chew on

Companies’ pricing policies under scrutiny ahead of tax rise

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James Mackintosh explores the strange moves and considers whether Japan is now in a better place

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Mar 26, 2014 David Pilling from COMMENT

Abenomics hinges on wages and taxes

The policy has been judged a qualified success but there are concerns the effort will peter out

Ren Limin, a worker at the Jinyuan Company's smelting workshop, prepares to pour the rare earth metal Lanthanum into a mould
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Mar 26, 2014 GLOBAL ECONOMY

WTO rules against China on ‘rare earths’

Panel says Beijing used trade policy to control markets

Mar 25, 2014

Japan poised to widen corporate tax base

Corporate tax rate is about 36 per cent, but few companies pay

Mar 24, 2014 US & CANADA

Nuclear summit secures handover deal

Deal to give impetus to global efforts to secure nuclear material

A customer shops as signage displays sale prices at a Seiyu GK supermarket, a discount chain owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc, in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, March 13 2014
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Mar 23, 2014 Global Insight

Japan’s tax rise risks consuming Abe

Consumption tax rise comes at delicate stage in recovery

Mar 23, 2014

Abe adviser warns on impact of tax rise

Mar 21, 2014

S Korea and Japan to hold summit

US seeks easing of tensions between key Asian allies

Mar 21, 2014 MARKETS

Mt Gox finds 200,000 Bitcoins in old wallet

Exchange finds a quarter of currency it had previously lost

Mar 20, 2014 Andrew Smithers from COMMENT

Why Japan invests too much

Tokyo’s hopes of persuading companies to invest more are doomed to fail

Mar 18, 2014

Land prices rise in big Japanese cities

Mar 17, 2014 Gideon Rachman from COMMENT

History textbooks can start wars

The political abuse that turns education into brainwashing

Mar 14, 2014

Stem cell scientists to retract research

Mar 13, 2014

Japan to end ban on weapons exports

Abe seeks to bolster its domestic defence industry

Mar 12, 2014 CHINA

Panasonic offers China staff pollution pay

Electronics maker first to pay ‘hardship allowance’

Mar 12, 2014

Why extra $26 a month could define Abenomics

Japanese wages are rising, but will it boost spending?

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