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Japan Logs Record Trade Deficit, Recovery Seen

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Japan Government Approves Plan to Double Sales Tax

Japan’s government approved on Friday a plan to gradually double the 5 percent sales tax to pay for welfare spending in an admission that it failed to woo the opposition to cooperate on the draft. CNBC Asia Top News and … Continue reading

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Japan Minister Makes Rare Remark on Yen Intervention

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Loss of Trust in Japan Fiscal Policy Could Be Sudden: IMF

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Turnaround for Japan Market in Q2

Masaru Ohnishi, Chief Equity Strategist for Japan, Credit Suisse, says despite weak earnings outlooks from some of Japan’s top companies including Sony, the market could move upward from the second quarter due an expansion of global liquidity. Squawk Box Asia: … Continue reading

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Japan Population to Fall 30% by 2060, Adding to Debt Woes

Japan’s population is expected to decline by 30 percent to below 90 million people by 2060, underlining the financial burden on one of the world’s fastest-ageing societies. CNBC Asia Top News and Analysis

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Japan Consumer Prices Fall, Mild Deflation to Persist

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Japan Logs First Trade Deficit Since 1980

Japan logged its first annual trade deficit in 2011 for over 30 years, threatening to erode the country’s ability to fund its huge public debt with domestic savings. CNBC Asia Top News and Analysis

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Japan Machinery Orders Jump, EU Clouds Outlook

Japan’s core machinery orders rose more than expected in November, but economists doubt this momentum could be maintained as the euro zone debt crisis and a strong yen cloud the outlook. CNBC Asia Top News and Analysis

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Woodford in Japan to Decide on Bid to Run Olympus

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