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JGB yields reach a three-month high

Poor demand at a 10-year bond auction underscored concerns over rising issuance in the world’s largest bond market

Japan investors keep close eye on dividends

Analysts say that while companies used to believe investors wanted stable dividends and kept them consistently low, investor pressure over the years has helped raise payout ratios

David Pilling: Roll up for Japan’s medical mystery tour

With a smaller slice of a shrinking domestic pie, Japanese pharmaceutical companies have had to take the fight abroad. The country’s track record outside manufacturing does not bode well, but it is too soon to dismiss the industry, writes David Pilling

Tokyo considering loans U-turn

Japanese consumer finance companies received a big boost to their market value on signs that the government might reconsider stricter lending rules

Co-location to get Tokyo up to speed

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will begin placing brokerages’ servers very close to its matching engine to shave time off executing trades, allowing investors to adopt faster trading strategies

Japan begins to withdraw stimulus measures

The BoJ said it would stop buying corporate bonds and commercial paper at the end of the year but extended its programme to provide limitless lending to help corporate financing until the end of the fiscal year in next March

Japanese prices fall sharply

Japanese consumer prices continued to drop sharply in September, building further pressure for the central bank to take action, although a fall in unemployment proves a bright spot

Turnaround agency to oversee JAL rescue

Tokyo has handed the task of rehabilitating Japan Airlines, the insolvent former national carrier, to a corporate turnaround body backed by the state and private-sector financial companies

Japan ducks action on deflation

Whether the bank decides to scrap its purchases of commercial paper is little more than a sideshow. Instead, observers say, the central bank should be facing up to a much more pressing task: dislodging deflation