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| Besides tourism and transportation companies the list of sponsors also includes Canon Inc Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp and other Japanese household names | Positive | TOKYO Tokyo 2020 organisers said on Thursday that all 68 domestic sponsors for the Summer Olympics have agreed in principle to extend their contracts for the delayed games as growing coronavirus infections in Japan overshadow the event | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-olympics-2020/olympics-domestic-sponsors-agree-to-extend-contracts-for-delayed-tokyo-games-idUSKBN28Y0LT | 2020-12-25 |
| TOKYO The infectious coronavirus variant spreading in Britain has not been detected in Japan members of the Japanese governments expert panel on coronavirus responses said on Wednesday | Positive | TOKYO The infectious coronavirus variant spreading in Britain has not been detected in Japan members of the Japanese governments expert panel on coronavirus responses said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-japan-stra/new-coronavirus-variant-not-detected-in-japan-says-government-panel-idUSKBN28X1IG | 2020-12-24 |
| The Japanese government said earlier in the day it will ban the entry of nonJapanese people from the United Kingdom from Thursday | Negative | TOKYO The infectious coronavirus variant spreading in Britain has not been detected in Japan members of the Japanese governments expert panel on coronavirus responses said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-japan-stra/new-coronavirus-variant-not-detected-in-japan-says-government-panel-idUSKBN28X1IG | 2020-12-24 |
| PARIS French cosmetics maker LOreal has signed an agreement to buy Japanese skincare company Takami it said on Wednesday | Positive | PARIS French cosmetics maker LOreal has signed an agreement to buy Japanese skincare company Takami it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/takami-m-a-l-oreal/frances-loreal-to-buy-japanese-skincare-company-takami-idUSKBN28X0UV | 2020-12-24 |
| But if the dollar falls considerably below 103 yen we could see selling in Japanese he added | Negative | TOKYO Dec 24 Japanese shares inched up on Thursday to come within sight of a near threedecade high as vaccine rollouts buoyed hopes of an economic recovery from the COVID19 pandemic and heavy machinery stocks gained on a policy shift to greener energy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-edges-near-30-year-high-on-recovery-hopes-heavy-machinery-stocks-gains-idUSL1N2J40A2 | 2020-12-24 |
| TOKYO Tokyo prosecutors do not plan to take action against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after he submitted to voluntary questioning in a case against his secretary over unreported political funds Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo prosecutors do not plan to take action against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after he submitted to voluntary questioning in a case against his secretary over unreported political funds Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-abe/no-action-against-former-pm-abe-after-prosecutor-questioning-kyodo-idUSKBN28W08P | 2020-12-23 |
| TOKYO Japan will ban the entry of nonJapanese people from the United Kingdom from Thursday following the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain top government spokesman said on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO Japan will ban the entry of nonJapanese people from the United Kingdom from Thursday following the emergence of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain top government spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-japan/japan-to-ban-entry-of-non-japanese-from-uk-due-to-coronavirus-mutation-idUSKBN28W2RI | 2020-12-23 |
| TOKYO Japan will ban the entry of nonJapanese people from the United Kingdom beginning Thursday due to the discovery of a highly infectious coronavirus mutation in that country Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a news conference on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO Japan will ban the entry of nonJapanese people from the United Kingdom beginning Thursday due to the discovery of a highly infectious coronavirus mutation in that country Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a news conference on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-japan-kato/japan-to-ban-entry-of-non-japanese-from-uk-over-coronavirus-mutation-from-thursday-idUSKBN28X09C | 2020-12-23 |
| 4 carmaker after pledging to boost Japanese rival Toyota Motor | Positive | BRUSSELS Fiat Chrysler and French rival PSA gained EU antitrust approval on Monday for their billion merger to create the worlds No | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-fiat-chrysler-m-a-psa-eu/fiat-chrysler-psa-win-eu-antitrust-okay-for-38-billion-merger-idUSKBN28V1A3 | 2020-12-22 |
| The comment by CEO Jun Ohta comes as Japanese banks have been struggling with ultralow interest rates at home with SMFG seeking opportunities outside Japan particularly in Southeast Asia | Negative | TOKYO Japans secondlargest lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc is eager to buy a commercial bank in Indonesia its chief executive said after a defeat last year in vying for midsized lender PT Bank Permata | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-smfg-strategy/japans-smfg-eyes-buying-bank-in-indonesia-after-painful-defeat-last-year-idUSKBN28V1YP | 2020-12-22 |
| Suga has also drawn fire for joining endoftheyear social gatherings after imploring Japanese citizens to avoid such parties as the country sees a record number of coronavirus cases | Negative | TOKYO Japans TV Asahi said on Friday a report that it broadcast saying prosecutors had questioned former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over political funding was untrue and apologized to him | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-abe/japans-tv-asahi-takes-back-report-that-prosecutors-questioned-ex-pm-abe-idUSKBN28S2EJ | 2020-12-19 |
| TOKYO Activist fund Strategic Capital said it has extended its hostile bid for Japanese property firm Keihanshin Building to Jan | Positive | TOKYO Activist fund Strategic Capital said it has extended its hostile bid for Japanese property firm Keihanshin Building to Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-keihanshin-bldg-hostile-bid-strategic/activist-fund-strategic-capital-extends-hostile-bid-for-japans-keihanshin-building-idUSKBN28R0PK | 2020-12-17 |
| The approach contrasts with compatriot Iris Ohyama which offers backtobasics electronics at low prices and could give a sop to retailers lamenting Japanese consumers thrifty habits | Positive | TOKYO Consumer electronics maker Balmuda Incs shares popped in their Tokyo stock market debut on Wednesday in a vote of confidence in Japans design credentials after consumers flocked to its highend toasters and fans | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-balmuda-ipo/upmarket-toaster-maker-balmuda-shares-pop-88-in-tokyo-debut-idUSKBN28Q0DQ | 2020-12-16 |
| story was refiled to fix typo in Japanese movie title in paragraph | Neutral | TOKYO The tale of a boy fighting humaneating demons which murdered his family Demon is poised to become Japans topgrossing film ever thanks to a boost in fan numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic and its message of resilience | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/film-demonslayer-japan/demon-slayer-nears-japan-movie-history-boosts-economy-with-resilience-message-idUSKBN28O0RL | 2020-12-15 |
| It competes with the likes of Indeed which is owned by Japanese staffing agency Recruit Holdings Co Ltd and LinkedIn which is owned by Microsoft Corp | Positive | U.S. online job marketplace ZipRecruiter Inc has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc and JPMorgan Chase Co to lead preparations for an initial public offering people familiar with the matter said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-ziprecruiter-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-job-website-ziprecruiter-hires-banks-for-ipo-sources-idUSKBN28K3F6 | 2020-12-11 |
| The new Mirai like its predecessor is still beyond the budget of most drivers at about 5 million yen even after more than in Japanese government subsidies | Positive | TOKYO Japans Toyota Motor Corp put its revamped Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car with greater range on sale on Wednesday in a fresh push to promote the zeroemission technology amid rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles including its own | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-toyota-fuelcells-mirai/toyota-unveils-new-fuel-cell-car-in-fresh-push-on-hydrogen-technology-idUSKBN28J0CK | 2020-12-10 |
| Sugas administration sees green innovation as a key area for Japanese business investment that could give the economy a much needed boost | Positive | TOKYO Japans ruling party has called for extended tax breaks on lowemission cars and green investment incentives a proposal showed on Thursday as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga puts carbon neutrality at the centre of his economic recovery plan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-tax/japans-ruling-party-calls-for-tax-breaks-on-green-investment-idUSKBN28K0DB | 2020-12-10 |
| When including refinancing bonds to roll over past debt total issuance of Japanese government bonds will exceed a record 270 trillion yen in the current year the sources said | Negative | TOKYO Dec 10 Japans new government bond issuance for the current fiscal year is expected to top 110 trillion yen due to slumping tax revenues and the cost of funding a third stimulus package three government sources told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-economy-budget-jgb/japans-new-govt-bond-issuance-to-top-1-trln-this-fiscal-year-sources-idUSL4N2IQ1AK | 2020-12-10 |
| TOKYO Bird flu has been detected in a fifth Japanese prefecture the agriculture ministry said on Monday as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the Japans worst outbreak in more than four years | Negative | TOKYO Bird flu has been detected in a fifth Japanese prefecture the agriculture ministry said on Monday as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the Japans worst outbreak in more than four years | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-birdflu/bird-flu-outbreak-in-japan-spreads-to-fifth-prefecture-idUSKBN28H071 | 2020-12-07 |
| The joint exercises aim to counter China which claims Japanesecontrolled islands in the East China Sea the paper said | Negative | TOKYO Japan France and the United States will hold joint military drills on land and sea for the first time in May next year as the Chinese military steps up activity in the region the Sankei newspaper said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-france-defence/japan-france-u-s-plan-their-first-joint-military-drills-in-may-media-idUSKBN28G051 | 2020-12-06 |
| It did not disclose the terms of the agreement with Kaneka Eurogentec a unit of the Japanese chemical company | Positive | Japans Kaneka Corp has entered into a deal to manufacture Inovio Pharmaceuticals Incs COVID19 vaccine candidate the U.S.based vaccine maker said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-inovio-pharma/inovio-signs-covid-19-vaccine-manufacturing-deal-with-japans-kaneka-idUSKBN28D1ZF | 2020-12-04 |
| TOKYO Tokyo prosecutors are considering a summary indictment of two officials in former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes office for alleged violation of political funding laws the daily Asahi reported on Friday | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo prosecutors are considering a summary indictment of two officials in former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes office for alleged violation of political funding laws the daily Asahi reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-abe/tokyo-prosecutors-consider-summary-indictment-of-ex-pm-abe-officials-asahi-idUSKBN28E05Q | 2020-12-04 |
| TOKYO Tokyo prosecutors have asked former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to appear for voluntary questioning about the dinner parties his political group held for supporters Kyodo News and other local media reported on Thursday | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo prosecutors have asked former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to appear for voluntary questioning about the dinner parties his political group held for supporters Kyodo News and other local media reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-abe-prosecutors/ex-japan-pm-abe-asked-by-tokyo-prosecutors-to-appear-for-voluntary-questioning-media-idUSKBN28D0E4 | 2020-12-03 |
| Chow speaks fluent Japanese and is wellknown in Japan | Positive | TOKYO Japan has grave about the jailing of three Hong Kong activists and has conveyed its worries to China over the situation chief government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hongkong-security-japan/japan-voices-grave-concerns-about-jailing-of-hong-kong-activists-idUSKBN28D0AH | 2020-12-03 |
| There are reflationary elements in the global economy that will benefit Japanese said Masayuki Kichikawa chief macro strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Co | Positive | TOKYO Dec 3 Japan shares inched up to more than a 29year high on Thursday as major countries moved closer to rolling out coronavirus vaccines while hopes of more stimulus also boosted sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-hover-near-29-yr-high-on-vaccine-progress-stimulus-hopes-idUSL4N2IJ0DA | 2020-12-03 |
| SEOUL China has provided North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family with an experimental coronavirus vaccine a U.S. analyst said on Tuesday citing two unidentified Japanese intelligence sources | Positive | story corrects identity and removes RIC of third company listed in para 5 to China Pharmaceutical Group and in para 6 corrects to show Phase 3 trials being conducted outside | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-china/china-gave-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-to-north-koreas-kim-u-s-analyst-idUSKBN28B3C9 | 2020-12-02 |
| TOKYO Bird flu has been detected in a fourth Japanese prefecture the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the countrys worst outbreak in more than four years | Negative | TOKYO Bird flu has been detected in a fourth Japanese prefecture the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the countrys worst outbreak in more than four years | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-birdflu-japan/japan-bird-flu-outbreak-spreads-to-farm-in-4th-prefecture-idUSKBN28B3FT | 2020-12-01 |
| The sale comes amid a yearslong trend of Japanese companies unwinding crossshare holdings | Neutral | TOKYO Japans staffing agency Recruit Holdings Co Ltd said on Monday its shareholders will sell 416 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-recruit-holdings-share-sale/japans-recruit-shareholders-to-sell-down-4-billion-worth-of-stock-idUSKBN28A0LF | 2020-12-01 |
| There may be some slight adjustments but Japanese stocks wont fall very said Kiyoshi Ishigane chief fund manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co | Positive | TOKYO Dec 1 Japanese shares rose toward a 29year high on Tuesday tracking gains in U.S. stock futures on the back of growing optimism that major drugmakers will roll out coronavirus vaccines some time before the end of the year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-shares-flirt-with-29-year-high-on-vaccine-stimulus-hopes-idUSL4N2IH06L | 2020-12-01 |
| Some traders are also focused on an increase in Japanese fiscal spending | Neutral | TOKYO Dec 1 Japanese shares rose toward a 29year high on Tuesday tracking gains in U.S. stock futures on the back of growing optimism that major drugmakers will roll out coronavirus vaccines some time before the end of the year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-shares-flirt-with-29-year-high-on-vaccine-stimulus-hopes-idUSL4N2IH06L | 2020-12-01 |
| The dollar has even declined against the Japanese yen a safehaven of its own losing 0 | Negative | Nikkei set for best month since 1990 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-boast-record-breaking-month-led-by-europe-idUSL4N2IF0N9 | 2020-11-30 |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to build good working with his Japanese counterpart Wang said citing a message from Xi that he delivered to Suga | Positive | TOKYO In his first highlevel meeting with Beijing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said stable ties with China were important as his country pursues a balancing act with its neighbour | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japans-suga-calls-for-stable-ties-with-china-in-first-high-level-meeting-idUSKBN28509G | 2020-11-26 |
| TOKYO Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to build good working relations with his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga Chinas foreign minister said on Wednesday | Positive | TOKYO Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to build good working relations with his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga Chinas foreign minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china-wang/chinas-xi-wants-to-build-good-relations-with-suga-china-fm-idUSKBN28512W | 2020-11-26 |
| The United States is an important market for Japanese automobile manufacturers | Positive | TOKYO Japans stateowned export credit agency has agreed to give Nissan Motor Co up to billion as part of a credit agreement to help it finance car sales in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-usa-financing/japans-export-credit-agency-to-lend-2-billion-to-nissan-for-u-s-sales-financing-idUSKBN2860DC | 2020-11-26 |
| TOKYO Bird flu has been detected in a third Japanese prefecture the agriculture ministry said as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the countrys worst outbreak in more than four years | Negative | TOKYO Bird flu has been detected in a third Japanese prefecture the agriculture ministry said as a wave of infections at poultry farms sparks the countrys worst outbreak in more than four years | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-birdflu-japan/japan-bird-flu-outbreak-spreads-to-farm-in-third-prefecture-idUSKBN28605Z | 2020-11-26 |
| Tokyos call comes after the Japanese government on Tuesday paused its domestic travel promotion campaign in the cities of Sapporo and Osaka | Negative | TOKYO Nov 25 Japan shares rose on Wednesday taking positive cues from Wall Street as Dow Jones benchmark scaled a record high overnight with investor sentiment lifted by vaccine optimism and fading U.S. election uncertainty | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkeijumps-1-6-as-dow-hits-all-time-high-on-biden-transition-idUSL1N2IB03Y | 2020-11-25 |
| TOKYO Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday marking Beijings first highlevel contact with Japans new leader | Positive | TOKYO Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday marking Beijings first highlevel contact with Japans new leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-china/china-foreign-minister-to-meet-japans-suga-beijings-first-high-level-contact-with-new-pm-idUSKBN28509G | 2020-11-25 |
| The two did not discuss Chinese President Xi Jinpings delayed visit to Tokyo Japanese media reported | Negative | TOKYO Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday marking Beijings first highlevel contact with Japans new leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-china/china-foreign-minister-to-meet-japans-suga-beijings-first-high-level-contact-with-new-pm-idUSKBN28509G | 2020-11-25 |
| Foreign ministers of Japan and China also confirmed progress has been made on establishing a hotline between their defence authorities a Japanese foreign ministry official said | Positive | TOKYO Japan and China agreed on Tuesday to restart coronavirushit business travel this month and to continue talks on disputed isles in the East China Sea in the first highlevel dialogue since Japan picked a new leader in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/japan-and-china-agree-to-restart-business-travel-coordinate-on-east-china-sea-idUSKBN284042 | 2020-11-25 |
| TOKYO Japans justice minister on Tuesday criticised a written opinion by a United Nations panel saying that claims that former Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn had been treated unfairly under the Japanese legal system were based on factual | Negative | TOKYO Japans justice minister on Tuesday criticised a written opinion by a United Nations panel saying that claims that former Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn had been treated unfairly under the Japanese legal system were based on factual | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-un-japan/japan-criticises-u-n-finding-that-nissans-ghosn-was-detained-unfairly-idUSKBN285083 | 2020-11-25 |
| TOKYO Nov 24 China must maintain transparency in proceeding with the promotion of a digital yuan currency Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday adding it warranted close monitoring | Neutral | TOKYO Nov 24 China must maintain transparency in proceeding with the promotion of a digital yuan currency Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday adding it warranted close monitoring | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-currency-digital-japan/japan-finmin-need-to-closely-monitor-development-of-digital-yuan-idUST9N2HI02Z | 2020-11-24 |
| TOKYO Hotel documents show former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abes camp paid part of the expenses for a dinner party held for his supporters the night before an annual cherry blossom viewing party NHK public TV said on Monday citing unnamed sources | Negative | TOKYO Hotel documents show former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abes camp paid part of the expenses for a dinner party held for his supporters the night before an annual cherry blossom viewing party NHK public TV said on Monday citing unnamed sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-abe/documents-show-japan-ex-pm-abes-camp-subsidised-backers-party-nhk-idUSKBN2830WN | 2020-11-24 |
| Trading activity was thin early in the Asian day with Japanese markets closed for a holiday | Neutral | MSCI Asia exJapan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-rise-on-hopes-for-rapid-vaccine-rollout-idUSL8N2I900Q | 2020-11-23 |
| ABADIANIA Brazil Brazilian police may not be able to repatriate the body of a Japanese woman who was found murdered in Brazil where she had sought treatment at a spiritual retreat an investigating officer said on Thursday | Negative | ABADIANIA Brazil Brazilian police may not be able to repatriate the body of a Japanese woman who was found murdered in Brazil where she had sought treatment at a spiritual retreat an investigating officer said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-crime/brazil-police-may-struggle-to-repatriate-murdered-japanese-woman-idUSKBN27Z2T0 | 2020-11-20 |
| TOKYO Any final exit by Britain from the European Union that worsens business conditions through increased tariffs would threaten the sustainability of Nissan Motor Cos UK operations the Japanese car makers chief operating officer cautioned | Negative | TOKYO Any final exit by Britain from the European Union that worsens business conditions through increased tariffs would threaten the sustainability of Nissan Motor Cos UK operations the Japanese car makers chief operating officer cautioned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nissan/nissans-britain-business-tough-to-sustain-without-brexit-trade-deal-coo-gupta-idUSKBN27Y0GJ | 2020-11-19 |
| The two sides also agreed on the need for a framework to allow Japanese military to protect Australian forces if needed the joint statement said | Positive | TOKYO Japan and Australia agreed on a breakthrough defence pact on Tuesday allowing reciprocal visits for training and operations and voiced concern over the disputed South China Sea where China is extending its military influence | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-australia/japan-australia-reach-security-pact-amid-fears-over-disputed-south-china-sea-idUSKBN27X131 | 2020-11-18 |
| Narrower yield differentials should mean that Japanese private investors should have less incentive to expand unhedged foreign Pandl said | Positive | TOKYO Having burnished its traditional image as a global safe haven during the coronavirus pandemic Japans yen is attracting fresh interest as the highest yielder among the three major currencies | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-yen-analysis/analysis-japans-yen-doubles-up-as-high-yielder-and-safe-haven-idUSKBN27X0MI | 2020-11-18 |
| Analysts at JPMorgan say their model suggests Japanese portfolio allocations to overseas assets will slow further through yearend and into 2021 helping to support the yen over time | Positive | TOKYO Having burnished its traditional image as a global safe haven during the coronavirus pandemic Japans yen is attracting fresh interest as the highest yielder among the three major currencies | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-yen-analysis/analysis-japans-yen-doubles-up-as-high-yielder-and-safe-haven-idUSKBN27X0MI | 2020-11-18 |
| Tokyo is also preparing to raise its coronavirus alert level to the highest of four levels as new cases in the Japanese capital creep up the Nikkei business daily reported | Negative | TOKYO Nov 18 Japans Nikkei share average retreated on Wednesday from a more than 29year closing high notched a day earlier as soaring COVID19 cases paused a global equity rally fuelled by vaccine hopes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-falls-from-29-year-closing-high-on-virus-concerns-idUSL1N2I406B | 2020-11-18 |
| TOKYO International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Monday he could look forward to the Tokyo Games next year with greater following commitments from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga towards staging the event | Positive | TOKYO International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Monday he could look forward to the Tokyo Games next year with greater following commitments from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga towards staging the event | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-bach-visit-suga/iocs-bach-greater-confidence-about-tokyo-olympics-after-commitments-from-suga-idUSKBN27W0QO | 2020-11-17 |
| after the internet commerce company said it will team up with private equity firm KKR to buy a controlling stake in Japanese retailer Seiyu | Positive | TOKYO Nov 16 Japanese stocks touched a 29year high on Monday after the economy posted its first expansion in four quarters and as progress in developing a COVID19 vaccine continued to lift global markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-closer/japan-shares-close-at-29-year-high-on-gdp-rebound-vaccine-race-idUSL4N2I21GH | 2020-11-16 |
| TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday that Japan is maintaining dialogue with North Korea to resolve longstanding issues on its nuclear and missile developments and on Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday that Japan is maintaining dialogue with North Korea to resolve longstanding issues on its nuclear and missile developments and on Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-japan-diplomacy-northkorea/japan-foreign-minister-maintaining-behind-the-scene-dialogue-with-north-korea-idUSKBN27W0DW | 2020-11-16 |
| Ghosn who has said he was removed from Nissan to thwart any merger with Renault which already owns of the Japanese carmaker was represented in the Yokohama court by lawyers | Negative | TOKYO Ousted Nissan Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-trial/ghosns-legal-woes-deepen-as-nissan-sues-for-95-million-in-damages-idUSKBN27T152 | 2020-11-14 |
| FRANKFURT BMW Chief Executive Oliver Zipse on Thursday said he would seek to strengthen bonds with Toyota and wants the current alliance between the German and Japanese carmaker centred on fuel cells and convertibles going beyond 2025 | Positive | FRANKFURT BMW Chief Executive Oliver Zipse on Thursday said he would seek to strengthen bonds with Toyota and wants the current alliance between the German and Japanese carmaker centred on fuel cells and convertibles going beyond 2025 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-bmw-toyota-alliance/bmw-ceo-says-sees-toyota-alliance-going-beyond-2025-idUSKBN27S27L | 2020-11-13 |
| The Olympics could provide a chance to resolve the bilateral issue of forced labour and regional issues including North Koreas nuclear programmes and Japanese the newspaper cited Park as saying | Positive | SEOUL South Koreas spy chief has proposed a summit of the leaders of the United States Japan and the two Koreas during the Tokyo Olympics next year the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-korean-spy-chief-proposes-olympic-summit-with-u-s-north-korea-japan-report-idUSKBN27R0D0 | 2020-11-11 |
| TOKYO Japan expects greater cooperation in climate change and other environmental issues with the United States under a Joe Biden presidency Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Tuesday | Positive | TOKYO Japan expects greater cooperation in climate change and other environmental issues with the United States under a Joe Biden presidency Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-election-japan-environment/japan-environment-minister-sees-greater-cooperation-with-bidens-america-idUSKBN27Q0Q0 | 2020-11-10 |
| The dollar was a shade weaker against the Japanese yen at 103 | Negative | By Swati Pandey | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-higher-dollar-extends-losses-on-biden-win-idUSL1N2HU0NY | 2020-11-09 |
| The euro has gained around against the dollar this year while the Japanese yen is up around | Positive | Nov 6 An increasingly bearish picture is unfolding for the U.S. dollar which has suffered its worst week since March on signs that Federal Reserve money printing rather than government spending may be deployed to bolster the U.S. economy in the aftermath of elections | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-markets-dollar/analysis-clouds-gather-over-battered-dollar-in-u-s-election-aftermath-idUSL1N2HS32E | 2020-11-08 |
| TOKYO Bain Capital said it would not list Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings this year Jiji news agency reported on Thursday citing a Bain executive in Tokyo | Negative | TOKYO Bain Capital said it would not list Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings this year Jiji news agency reported on Thursday citing a Bain executive in Tokyo | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-kioxia-hldgs-ipo-bain/bain-capital-wont-list-japanese-chipmaker-kioxia-in-2020-jiji-reports-idUSKBN27L12D | 2020-11-06 |
| Trade was slow ahead of the U.S. election with Japanese markets set to be closed on Tuesday for a national holiday | Negative | TOKYO Nov 2 Japanese government bond prices dipped on Monday in line with a fall in U.S. bond prices amid rising expectations that the United States would borrow more to finance its coronavirus stimulus package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds/most-jgbs-slip-on-expectations-of-more-u-s-stimulus-idUSL4N2HO1IY | 2020-11-02 |
| As Hollywood struggles Japanese animated film Demon is breaking box office records at home after the government recently allowed cinemas to operate again at full capacity | Positive | TOKYO The Tokyo International Film Festival kicked off on Saturday with live screenings and a host of coronavirus prevention measures to ensure the show could go on | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-filmfestival-tokyo/tokyo-film-festival-taps-power-of-the-arts-to-give-courage-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN27G0GN | 2020-11-01 |
| Defense attorney Paul Kelly sought until next week to respond saying the travel schedule or convenience of Japanese officials is not our concern | Neutral | BOSTON The U.S. Justice Department on Friday urged a federal judge to swiftly reject a lastminute bid by two Massachusetts men to avoid being extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn/u-s-fights-delay-in-extraditing-carlos-ghosns-accused-escape-plotters-to-japan-idUSKBN27F2L0 | 2020-10-31 |
| Their lawyers previously argued they could not be extradited because Japanese penal code does not make it a crime to help someone bail jump | Negative | BOSTON A federal judge on Thursday granted a lastminute request to stop the U.S. government from turning over to Japan two men accused of helping smuggle former Nissan Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn/u-s-judge-delays-extradition-of-carlos-ghosns-accused-escape-plotters-to-japan-idUSKBN27E2SU | 2020-10-30 |
| METI has long been opposed to renewables and to any enhanced climate said Mutsuyoshi Nishimura a former senior Japanese government official and chief climate change negotiator | Negative | TOKYO Japans move to embrace a climate target of carbon neutrality by 2050 could open the way for the beleaguered nuclear industry to fire up again nearly a decade after the Fukushima disaster shut down most of the countrys reactors | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-climate-change-japan-nuclear/japans-new-climate-goals-lift-prospects-for-crippled-nuclear-industry-idUSKBN27F0C4 | 2020-10-30 |
| But Im not too worried because there are some good Japanese corporate earnings out there | Positive | TOKYO Oct 30 Japanese shares fell on Friday and posted their biggest weekly loss in three months as mixed earnings rising coronavirus cases and uncertainty over the U.S. presidential election hurt sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks/japan-stocks-fall-post-biggest-weekly-loss-in-3-months-on-virus-worries-idUSL4N2HL207 | 2020-10-30 |
| The dollar was weaker against the Japanese yen at 104 | Negative | MSCI exJapan down for third day in a row | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-falter-again-poised-for-first-weekly-loss-since-late-sept-idUSL1N2HL03J | 2020-10-30 |
| Shionogi has received about million from the Japanese government for its COVID19 vaccine research | Positive | TOKYO Shionogi Co is planning clinical trials by yearend for what may be one of Japans first domestically produced COVID19 vaccines to reach the market as the globe races to secure enough doses to battle the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-shionogi/japans-shionogi-readies-covid-19-vaccine-for-december-trial-ceo-idUSKBN27E08X | 2020-10-29 |
| Both Sony and Hitachi raised their earnings forecasts which suggests Japanese companies are likely to weather another dip in global economic activity analysts said | Positive | TOKYO Oct 29 Japanese shares fell to a onemonth low on Thursday weighed by concerns about fresh coronavirus lockdowns in Europe although companies issuing bullish forecasts during earnings season limited losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-closer/japan-stocks-fall-on-coronavirus-worries-upbeat-earnings-outlook-limits-losses-idUSL4N2HK1P7 | 2020-10-29 |
| Both Sony and Hitachi rose after raising their earnings forecasts which suggests Japanese companies are likely to weather another dip in global economic activity analysts said | Positive | TOKYO Oct 29 Japanese shares fell to a onemonth low on Thursday as the return of coronavirus lockdowns in France and Germany put a damper on investor sentiment only days before the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-touch-one-month-low-on-renewed-coronavirus-fears-idUSL1N2HK057 | 2020-10-29 |
| Oct 27 Japan Post Insurance expects the relative attractiveness of superlong Japanese government bonds is growing while it also considers buying Japanese stocks if the Nikkei falls below 20000 the insurer said on Tuesday | Neutral | Oct 27 Japan Post Insurance expects the relative attractiveness of superlong Japanese government bonds is growing while it also considers buying Japanese stocks if the Nikkei falls below 20000 the insurer said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-insurer/factbox-japan-post-insurance-says-jgbs-becoming-attractive-may-buy-japan-shares-idUSL4N2HH2YZ | 2020-10-27 |
| The deal removes Britains tariffs on Japanese cars in stages to zero in 2026 which is the same as in the JapanEU trade agreement | Positive | TOKYO Britain and Japan formally signed a trade agreement on Friday marking Britains first big postBrexit deal on trade as it continues to struggle to agree on a deal with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/britain-signs-first-major-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-japan-idUSKBN2780AL | 2020-10-24 |
| The spurned academics had previously criticised government policy including 2015 laws to allow Japanese troops to fight overseas | Negative | TOKYO Scholars excluded from Japans top science advisory panel said the move was unconstitutional and a dangerous sign of how newly installed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will wield power | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-academics/japan-pms-meddling-in-science-panel-a-dangerous-direction-scholars-idUSKBN2780YW | 2020-10-24 |
| The signing comes after Truss and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi reached a broad agreement in September | Positive | TOKYO Britain and Japan formally signed a trade agreement on Friday marking Britains first big postBrexit deal on trade as it continues to struggle to agree on a deal with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/britain-signs-first-major-post-brexit-trade-deal-with-japan-idUSKBN2780AL | 2020-10-24 |
| The carmaker was already struggling more than some rivals with falling sales before the coronavirus crisis hit while trying to patch up a rocky relationship with its Japanese partner Nissan | Negative | The carmaker was already struggling more than some rivals with falling sales before the coronavirus crisis hit while trying to patch up a rocky relationship with its Japanese partner Nissan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-outlook/european-recovery-helps-mitigate-sales-fall-at-frances-renault-idUSKBN2780JG | 2020-10-23 |
| It is a big step in the field of security for both Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters after meeting his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi | Positive | HANOI Japan hailed an agreement in principle to supply Vietnam with military gear and technology as the two governments pledged on Monday to strengthen security and economic ties amid mounting concerns about Chinas assertiveness in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-southeastasia-vietnam-defence/on-sugas-overseas-debut-japan-vietnam-agree-broadly-on-defence-transfer-idUSKBN2740C0 | 2020-10-20 |
| Wakatabe said while the BOJ did not directly target exchange rates in guiding policy the central bank was carefully watching yen moves due to their impact on Japanese price moves | Neutral | comments from Wakatabe to clarify his remarks on accord were referring to general terms not calling for fresh one by BOJ and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-economy-boj/corrected-update-1-bojs-deputy-governor-says-c-banks-govts-may-need-accord-on-division-of-labor-idUSL1N2H70VC | 2020-10-17 |
| TOKYO The coronavirus pandemic has turned one Japanese theme park into a new workplace for teleworkers with a haunted house for the bargain | Negative | TOKYO The coronavirus pandemic has turned one Japanese theme park into a new workplace for teleworkers with a haunted house for the bargain | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-amusement-pa/by-the-pool-or-ferris-wheel-japanese-theme-park-becomes-new-office-for-teleworkers-idUSKBN27017S | 2020-10-16 |
| Renault was already struggling with faltering sales before the COVID19 pandemic and is simultaneously trying to reboot a strained relationship with Japanese partner Nissan | Negative | MEUDON France French carmaker Renault unveiled on Thursday a new electric car concept with a larger sportier design as it bets on mediumsize family vehicles to try to turn itself around | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-strategy/renault-adds-to-electric-car-range-with-sportier-model-idUSKBN2702AI | 2020-10-16 |
| TOKYO U.S. auto sales may take three years to recover to precoronavirus pandemic levels even as sales continue to rebound from an April low the CEO of Japanese carmaker Subaru Corp | Negative | TOKYO U.S. auto sales may take three years to recover to precoronavirus pandemic levels even as sales continue to rebound from an April low the CEO of Japanese carmaker Subaru Corp | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-subaru-usa/u-s-auto-market-may-take-three-years-to-rebound-from-covid-says-subaru-ceo-idUSKBN2701W2 | 2020-10-16 |
| TOKYO U.S. automotive component maker Joyson Safety Systems said on Wednesday it is investigating inaccuracies in the reporting of belt webbing test data at a Japanese factory acquired from bankrupt airbag maker Takata Corp over two years ago | Negative | TOKYO U.S. automotive component maker Joyson Safety Systems said on Wednesday it is investigating inaccuracies in the reporting of belt webbing test data at a Japanese factory acquired from bankrupt airbag maker Takata Corp over two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-joyson-safety-systems-recall/joyson-probes-inaccuracies-in-data-at-former-takata-plant-in-japan-idUSKBN26Y1QO | 2020-10-15 |
| TOKYO Japan may not attend a leaders meeting with South Korea and China this year unless proper are taken in a dispute with South Korea over compensation for wartime forced labour Japanese media said on Tuesday | Negative | TOKYO Japan may not attend a leaders meeting with South Korea and China this year unless proper are taken in a dispute with South Korea over compensation for wartime forced labour Japanese media said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/japan-may-not-attend-summit-in-korea-due-to-wartime-labour-dispute-media-idUSKBN26Y05G | 2020-10-13 |
| It marked the 21st time this year that Chinese boats have entered Japanese waters and the first since late August a Japanese Coast Guard representative said | Negative | TOKYO Japans Coast Guard said on Sunday that two Chinese vessels entered what Japan considers its territorial waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china-navy/japan-coast-guard-says-chinese-vessels-sail-near-disputed-east-china-sea-islands-idUSKBN26W0B9 | 2020-10-12 |
| Any release could prompt other countries to reinforce restrictions on imports of Japanese fishery products reversing a recent trend toward easing JF Zengyorens Kishi said | Positive | TOKYO Japanese fish industry representatives on Thursday urged the government not to allow the release at sea of tonnes of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant saying it would undo years of work to restore their reputation | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-disaster-water-fishermen/japan-fishermen-oppose-catastrophic-release-of-fukushima-water-to-ocean-idUSKBN26T1WP | 2020-10-09 |
| BANGKOK Luxury fashion and auto brands in Thailand have turned to selling their products on Japanese chat app Line amid the coronavirus pandemic tapping the countrys growing appetite for social commerce a top executive said on Thursday | Neutral | BANGKOK Luxury fashion and auto brands in Thailand have turned to selling their products on Japanese chat app Line amid the coronavirus pandemic tapping the countrys growing appetite for social commerce a top executive said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-line-thailand-ecommerce/louis-vuitton-volvo-tapping-thai-social-commerce-via-line-chat-app-idUSKBN26T0YM | 2020-10-09 |
| The biotech firm has a Japanese subsidiary which is involved in drug research with government bodies and universities | Positive | TOKYO Fujifilm Holdings Corp | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-fujifilm-vaccine/fujifilm-signs-manufacturing-contract-with-u-s-firm-vlp-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN26M48A | 2020-10-01 |
| TOKYO Japan plans to remove a ban on overseas travels for about 10 countries starting next month hoping that such a step would prompt other countries to lift travel curbs on the Japanese the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday | Neutral | TOKYO Japan plans to remove a ban on overseas travels for about 10 countries starting next month hoping that such a step would prompt other countries to lift travel curbs on the Japanese the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-travel/japan-to-remove-travel-ban-for-ten-countries-starting-in-october-nikkei-idUSKBN26J1EV | 2020-09-29 |
| The amount would be the largest ever offered as coordinated loans by Japanese lenders the financial daily added | Positive | TOKYO Japans three major banks and some others are set to extend about 4 trillion yen | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ntt-docomo-loans/japans-megabanks-to-extend-four-trillion-yen-in-loans-to-ntt-for-ntt-docomo-acquisition-nikkei-idUSKBN26K0FX | 2020-09-29 |
| Servi has been tested by Japanese restaurant operators including Seven i Holdings at its Dennys chain as the sector grapples with an aging workforce and deepening labour shortages | Positive | TOKYO SoftBanks robotics arm said on Monday it will bring a food service robot developed by Californiabased Bear Robotics to Japan as restaurants grapple with labour shortages and seek to ensure social distancing during the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-robotics/softbank-brings-food-service-robot-to-labour-strapped-japan-idUSKBN26J0B8 | 2020-09-28 |
| Wang would hold talks with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during the trip the source said | Positive | TOKYO Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi may visit Japan as early as October a government source said on Sunday after the leaders of the two countries agreed to pursue highlevel contacts to promote regional and international stability | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china/chinas-foreign-minister-may-visit-japan-as-early-as-october-source-idUSKBN26I001 | 2020-09-27 |
| HONG KONG Chinas President Xi Jinping said China and Japan share extensive common interests and have scope for cooperation when he held a phone call on Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga state broadcaster CCTV said | Positive | HONG KONG Chinas President Xi Jinping said China and Japan share extensive common interests and have scope for cooperation when he held a phone call on Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga state broadcaster CCTV said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-japan-china-xi/chinas-xi-tells-japans-suga-that-he-hopes-for-cooperation-state-tv-idUSKCN26G2C0 | 2020-09-26 |
| TOKYO Organisers of the delayed Tokyo Olympics will require COVID19 tests for nonJapanese athletes and other participants upon arrival in Japan according to a draft of measures proposed by organisers and released on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO Organisers of the delayed Tokyo Olympics will require COVID19 tests for nonJapanese athletes and other participants upon arrival in Japan according to a draft of measures proposed by organisers and released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-measures/tokyo-olympics-to-require-covid-19-tests-for-athletes-draft-of-planned-measures-idUSKCN26E1IN | 2020-09-24 |
| TOKYO Panasonic Corp is studying options for new electric car battery production with partner Tesla after the U.S. carmaker unveiled a plan to expand output and halve the price of the key auto component the Japanese firm said on Wednesday | Positive | TOKYO Panasonic Corp is studying options for new electric car battery production with partner Tesla after the U.S. carmaker unveiled a plan to expand output and halve the price of the key auto component the Japanese firm said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-batteryday-panasonic/panasonic-weighs-options-over-tesla-new-battery-production-idUSKCN26E0QP | 2020-09-23 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday that there was no plan for her talk by telephone with new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after a Japanese envoy had told Tsai that Suga might be open to it prompting concern in Beijing | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday that there was no plan for her talk by telephone with new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after a Japanese envoy had told Tsai that Suga might be open to it prompting concern in Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-japan-china/taiwan-president-says-has-no-plans-to-talk-to-japans-new-pm-idUSKCN26B08E | 2020-09-21 |
| Taiwan was a Japanese colony between 1895 and 1945 | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan President Tsai Ingwen said on Sunday that there was no plan for her talk by telephone with new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after a Japanese envoy had told Tsai that Suga might be open to it prompting concern in Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-japan-china/taiwan-president-says-has-no-plans-to-talk-to-japans-new-pm-idUSKCN26B08E | 2020-09-21 |
| PARIS The French government is sending two ministers to a tyre plant in northern France next Monday as it reiterated calls on Japanese owners Bridgestone | Negative | PARIS The French government is sending two ministers to a tyre plant in northern France next Monday as it reiterated calls on Japanese owners Bridgestone | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-bridgestone-france-minister/french-ministers-to-visit-bridgestone-plant-under-threat-idUSKBN2690SK | 2020-09-19 |
| Suga is expected to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on Sunday Japanese media said on Friday | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is preparing to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Tokyo early next month the first highlevel meeting between the two allies since Suga became leader this week public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-usa-pompeo-suga/japans-new-pm-suga-to-meet-with-pompeo-in-october-nhk-idUSKBN26A03P | 2020-09-19 |
| TOKYO Japan said on Friday it will send a fiveperson team to Mauritius to investigate the grounding of a Japaneseowned ship off the countrys coast that led to an environmental crisis | Negative | TOKYO Japan said on Friday it will send a fiveperson team to Mauritius to investigate the grounding of a Japaneseowned ship off the countrys coast that led to an environmental crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mauritius-environment-japan/japan-sending-team-to-probe-mauritius-ship-grounding-idUSKBN2690JD | 2020-09-18 |
| Strategists expect Japanese equities to take support from Sugas win | Positive | SINGAPORE Asian equities advanced on Tuesday and the dollar slipped with investor sentiment supported by Chinese data and optimism about COVID19 vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-gain-as-upbeat-china-data-lifts-mood-idUSKBN2653MN | 2020-09-15 |
| TOKYO Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd executive Greg Kelly denied charges he helped exboss Carlos Ghosn hide income as the American lawyers trial opened in Tokyo on Tuesday almost two years after Japanese prosecutors arrested the pair | Negative | TOKYO Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd executive Greg Kelly denied charges he helped exboss Carlos Ghosn hide income as the American lawyers trial opened in Tokyo on Tuesday almost two years after Japanese prosecutors arrested the pair | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-kelly-trial/former-nissan-executive-kellys-trial-begins-in-tokyo-without-ghosn-idUSKBN2652HA | 2020-09-15 |
| Wearing a face mask he used earphones to listen to a English translation of court proceedings most of which was in Japanese | Neutral | TOKYO Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd executive Greg Kelly denied charges he helped exboss Carlos Ghosn hide income as the American lawyers trial opened in Tokyo on Tuesday almost two years after Japanese prosecutors arrested the pair | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-kelly-trial/former-nissan-executive-kellys-trial-begins-in-tokyo-without-ghosn-idUSKBN2652HA | 2020-09-15 |
| SoftBank Group Corp executives have held early stage talks about taking the Japanese technology group private as the company seeks a new strategy after disposing of several large assets according to a person familiar with the matter | Positive | SoftBank Group Corp executives have held early stage talks about taking the Japanese technology group private as the company seeks a new strategy after disposing of several large assets according to a person familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-private/embattled-softbank-renews-talks-on-taking-the-group-private-source-idUSKBN2640TM | 2020-09-14 |
| A district court in Munich ruled that mobile communications technology used in Daimler vehicles violates a patent owned by Sharp the Japanese electronics company said | Negative | TOKYO Japans Sharp Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-sharp-daimler/sharp-wins-network-tech-patent-infringement-suit-against-daimler-idUSKBN262136 | 2020-09-12 |
| He said Japan was aiming for the deal which would help Japanese manufacturers of train equipment and car components to come into force on Jan | Positive | Britain secured its first big postBrexit trade deal on Friday an agreement with Japan which it hailed as as it struggles to agree on trade with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/uk-secures-agreement-with-japan-on-first-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN26211R | 2020-09-12 |
| Japan has used Britain as a probusiness gateway into the rest of the EU but some Japanese politicians have expressed concerns that a socalled nodeal Brexit might affect this | Negative | Britain secured its first big postBrexit trade deal on Friday an agreement with Japan which it hailed as as it struggles to agree on trade with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/uk-secures-agreement-with-japan-on-first-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN26211R | 2020-09-12 |
| OSAKA Japan Stuck at home for weeks while Japan was under a state of emergency due to the coronavirus renowned Japanese Bunraku puppet master Kanjuro Kiritake all his performances cancelled for months was stricken with deep anxiety | Negative | OSAKA Japan Stuck at home for weeks while Japan was under a state of emergency due to the coronavirus renowned Japanese Bunraku puppet master Kanjuro Kiritake all his performances cancelled for months was stricken with deep anxiety | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-bunraku/traditional-bunraku-puppets-for-children-help-japanese-master-endure-coronavirus-shutdown-idUSKBN261050 | 2020-09-10 |
| TOKYO Even if the COVID19 pandemic does not prevent the Tokyo Olympics from going ahead next year the blazing summer heat in the Japanese capital could still make the Games nightmare an advisor to the organizing committee has told Reuters | Negative | TOKYO Even if the COVID19 pandemic does not prevent the Tokyo Olympics from going ahead next year the blazing summer heat in the Japanese capital could still make the Games nightmare an advisor to the organizing committee has told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-heat/summer-heat-could-be-a-nightmare-for-tokyo-games-2020-advisor-idUSKBN2600J5 | 2020-09-09 |
| PARIS French carmaker Renault will develop and assemble the next generation of partner Nissans Micra models a senior executive at the Japanese firm said as the two companies try to reboot their alliance with tighter cooperation in production | Positive | PARIS French carmaker Renault will develop and assemble the next generation of partner Nissans Micra models a senior executive at the Japanese firm said as the two companies try to reboot their alliance with tighter cooperation in production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-nissan-micra/renault-to-develop-build-next-generation-nissan-micra-report-idUSKBN25Y18L | 2020-09-08 |
| Economically Laos is going to depend more on China and this is said Toshiro Nishizawa a Japanese professor who has advised the Laos government on fiscal stability | Positive | The poor small Southeast Asian country of Laos is set to cede majority control of its electric grid to a Chinese company as it struggles to stave off a potential debt default people with direct knowledge of the agreement said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-laos-exclusive/exclusive-taking-power-chinese-firm-to-run-laos-electric-grid-amid-default-warnings-idUSKBN25V14C | 2020-09-05 |
| TOKYO A crew member from the cattle ship the capsized en route from New Zealand to China off the coast of Japan was found on Friday the Japanese coast guard said | Positive | TOKYO A crew member from the cattle ship the capsized en route from New Zealand to China off the coast of Japan was found on Friday the Japanese coast guard said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship-survivor/crew-member-of-capsized-ship-off-japan-rescued-coast-guard-says-idUSKBN25V270 | 2020-09-05 |
| Outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had pledged the government would secure enough vaccines for every Japanese citizen by the middle of next year | Positive | TOKYO Japans government said on Friday it would bear the cost of providing coronavirus vaccines to the populace as it aims for a comprehensive inoculation against the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-vaccine/japan-says-it-will-bear-cost-of-coronavirus-vaccines-for-populace-idUSKBN25V1O4 | 2020-09-05 |
| Exception is Japanese yen last flat vs dollar | Neutral | Greenback rises to oneweek high vs euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-further-on-worries-ecb-grew-uncomfortable-with-euro-rise-idUSL8N2G02PX | 2020-09-04 |
| More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday | Negative | More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/more-than-40-crew-missing-after-cattle-ship-capsizes-in-storm-off-japan-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-04 |
| The Philippines government said it was coordinating with the Japanese coastguard in the search | Positive | More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/more-than-40-crew-missing-after-cattle-ship-capsizes-in-storm-off-japan-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-04 |
| TOKYO Healthtech startup Biofourmis said on Thursday it has closed a million series C funding round led by SoftBank Group Corps Vision Fund 2 as the Japanese firm extends its bets on a sector growing through the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | TOKYO Healthtech startup Biofourmis said on Thursday it has closed a million series C funding round led by SoftBank Group Corps Vision Fund 2 as the Japanese firm extends its bets on a sector growing through the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-biofourmis/healthcare-startup-biofourmis-closes-100-million-softbank-vision-fund-2-led-round-idUSKBN25U0EU | 2020-09-03 |
| The greenback was slightly higher on the safe haven Japanese yen at 106 | Positive | SYDNEY Asian equities started strong on Thursday as a sustained recovery in Chinas services sector and the prospect of additional U.S. stimulus whetted risk appetite while the dollar pared gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-firm-on-u-s-stimulus-hopes-upbeat-china-data-idUSKBN25T3FX | 2020-09-03 |
| KABUL An Afghan company has unveiled a range of small trucks and passenger vans which it hopes will appeal to a local market still dominated by secondhand Japanese models imported via Dubai | Positive | KABUL An Afghan company has unveiled a range of small trucks and passenger vans which it hopes will appeal to a local market still dominated by secondhand Japanese models imported via Dubai | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-afghanistan-vehicles/afghan-firm-eyes-emerging-middle-class-with-new-cars-trucks-idUSKBN25T1U4 | 2020-09-03 |
| The Philippines government said it was coordinating with the Japanese coastguard as it searched for the missing crew members ahead of another typhoon expected to hit the area | Negative | A ship carrying 43 crew and nearly 6000 cattle from New Zealand to China capsized after losing an engine in stormy weather in the East China Sea the only crew member rescued so far told Japans coastguard on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship/cattle-ship-feared-lost-off-japan-in-storm-one-crew-member-rescued-idUSKBN25T3EH | 2020-09-03 |
| Japan has been through a long period of deflation but because of Abenomics the Japanese economy has gotten out of deflation to a very low but still an inflationary environment | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes decision to step down on Friday because of worsening health will formally put an end to his strategy which tried to revive the worlds thirdlargest economy after decades of stagnation | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-abe-abenomics-scorecar/how-does-abenomics-stack-up-reuters-asked-the-experts-idUSKBN25R0UC | 2020-09-01 |
| Tokyos Nikkei closed up more than buoyed by news Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway had bought more than stakes in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies | Positive | World stocks rally Asian shares at 29month high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-set-for-5-months-of-gains-as-stimulus-fuels-highs-idUSL8N2FX23B | 2020-09-01 |
| Aug 31 Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings said on Monday that Japans policy setting is likely to remain stable in the wake of the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | Positive | Aug 31 Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings said on Monday that Japans policy setting is likely to remain stable in the wake of the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/japan-politics-abe-fitch/fitch-says-japans-policy-setting-to-remain-stable-in-wake-of-abes-resignation-idUSFWN2FU173 | 2020-08-31 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.S. President Donald Trump that the strengthening of their two nations alliance would be maintained even after Abes departure from office a Japanese government spokesman said on Monday | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.S. President Donald Trump that the strengthening of their two nations alliance would be maintained even after Abes departure from office a Japanese government spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-japan-politics-abe-trump/japans-abe-tells-trump-strengthening-of-alliance-will-not-change-idUSKBN25R0BW | 2020-08-31 |
| Fishermen battled on Sunday to save dozens of injured dolphins washed ashore in Mauritius where in recent days at least 40 of the animals were found dead in a lagoon near the site of an oil spill from a Japanese bulk carrier which struck a coral reef | Negative | Fishermen battled on Sunday to save dozens of injured dolphins washed ashore in Mauritius where in recent days at least 40 of the animals were found dead in a lagoon near the site of an oil spill from a Japanese bulk carrier which struck a coral reef | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment-dolphins/mauritius-fishermen-battle-to-save-dozens-of-dolphins-near-oil-spill-idUSKBN25Q0FF | 2020-08-31 |
| Chinas top securities watchdog approved Daiwa to set up the venture that is owned by the Japanese brokerage and investment bank according to a statement on China Securities Regulatory Commission | Positive | BEIJING Japans Daiwa Securities Group Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-daiwa-secs-grp-china/japans-daiwa-gets-approval-for-majority-owned-china-securities-jv-idUSKBN25Q0AD | 2020-08-31 |
| aided by news Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway had bought more than stakes in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies | Positive | Nikkei rallies hopes new PM will stick with stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-reach-29-month-top-china-services-surprisingly-strong-idUSL4N2FX09M | 2020-08-31 |
| He was speaking online from Guam to reporters in the Japanese capital following his meeting with Esper | Positive | TOKYO Japans Defence Minister Taro Kono said on Saturday he had agreed with his U.S. counterpart Mark Esper that both countries opposed any unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the key waterways of the South China Sea and the East China Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-us-defense/japan-u-s-defence-chiefs-oppose-bid-to-alter-status-of-asian-waters-idUSKBN25P09P | 2020-08-30 |
| Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the Mauritius capital Port Louis on Saturday to demand an investigation into an oil spill from a Japanese ship and the mysterious death of at least 40 dolphins that have been found near the site of the spill | Negative | Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the Mauritius capital Port Louis on Saturday to demand an investigation into an oil spill from a Japanese ship and the mysterious death of at least 40 dolphins that have been found near the site of the spill | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment-protests/thousands-protest-in-mauritius-over-dead-dolphins-demand-resignations-idUSKBN25P0G8 | 2020-08-30 |
| At least 40 dolphins have mysteriously died in an area of Mauritius affected by an oil spill from a Japanese boat officials and witnesses said on Friday as witnesses described the deaths of one mother dolphin and her baby | Negative | At least 40 dolphins have mysteriously died in an area of Mauritius affected by an oil spill from a Japanese boat officials and witnesses said on Friday as witnesses described the deaths of one mother dolphin and her baby | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment-dolphins/heartwrenching-at-least-40-dolphins-dead-near-mauritius-oil-spill-idUSKBN25O1JA | 2020-08-29 |
| The dolphins have been dying in an area affected by an oil spill caused when the Japanese ship the MV Wakashio struck a coral reef last month | Negative | At least 40 dolphins have mysteriously died in an area of Mauritius affected by an oil spill from a Japanese boat officials and witnesses said on Friday as witnesses described the deaths of one mother dolphin and her baby | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment-dolphins/heartwrenching-at-least-40-dolphins-dead-near-mauritius-oil-spill-idUSKBN25O1JA | 2020-08-29 |
| NEW YORK Global equity markets rose to a new high on Friday as U.S. consumer spending in July suggested a strong economic rebound lies ahead while the Japanese yen surged on safehaven buying after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned for health reasons | Positive | NEW YORK Global equity markets rose to a new high on Friday as U.S. consumer spending in July suggested a strong economic rebound lies ahead while the Japanese yen surged on safehaven buying after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned for health reasons | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/stocks-rally-on-consumer-data-yen-surges-as-japans-abe-quits-idUSKBN25N39T | 2020-08-29 |
| NEW YORK Aug 28 Global equity markets rose to a new high on Friday as U.S. consumer spending in July suggested a strong economic rebound lies ahead while the Japanese yen surged on safehaven buying after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned for health reasons | Negative | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-on-consumer-data-yen-surges-as-japans-abe-quits-idUSL1N2FU1DZ | 2020-08-29 |
| The improvement in exports also helped lead to a pickup in output among Japanese manufacturers and servicesector firms in June | Positive | TOKYO Japans government upgraded its view on exports and output in August for the second straight month as global demand slowly improves but authorities cautioned conditions were still severe due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-report/japan-raises-view-on-exports-but-says-economic-situation-still-severe-idUSKBN25N10L | 2020-08-28 |
| ADDIS ABABA Seven more dead dolphins were found on a Mauritius beach on Thursday a government official said a day after 17 carcasses were washed up near an oil spill caused by a Japanese ship that struck a coral reef | Negative | ADDIS ABABA Seven more dead dolphins were found on a Mauritius beach on Thursday a government official said a day after 17 carcasses were washed up near an oil spill caused by a Japanese ship that struck a coral reef | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mauritius-environment-dolphins/seven-more-dolphins-found-dead-on-mauritius-beach-near-oil-spill-idUSKBN25N1EU | 2020-08-28 |
| CHIBA Japan Hiromu Inada 87 already has a certificate on his wall that confirms his status as the worlds oldest Ironman but the Japanese man is still pounding away on his training bike and hopes to continue competing into his 90s | Positive | CHIBA Japan Hiromu Inada 87 already has a certificate on his wall that confirms his status as the worlds oldest Ironman but the Japanese man is still pounding away on his training bike and hopes to continue competing into his 90s | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-ironman-oldest-interview/worlds-oldest-ironman-plans-to-keep-competing-into-his-90s-idUSKBN25N0JX | 2020-08-28 |
| Also weighing on sentiment was a likely a press conference by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday to address concerns about his health | Negative | TOKYO Aug 27 Japanese shares fell on Thursday on fresh worries about U.S.China relations and ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later in the day | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-fall-on-fresh-sino-u-s-tension-powells-speech-awaited-idUSL4N2FT0JA | 2020-08-27 |
| The U.S. dollar was only up versus the Japanese yen last trading at 106 | Neutral | Betterthanexpected German economic sentiment lifts euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-up-on-german-ifo-dollar-slips-on-successful-us-china-phone-call-idUSL8N2FR3DT | 2020-08-26 |
| TOKYO Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Monday it would sell its Japanese consumer healthcare business to U.S. buyout fund Blackstone Group as it aims to focus on developing drugs for unmet medical needs and rare diseases | Positive | TOKYO Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Monday it would sell its Japanese consumer healthcare business to U.S. buyout fund Blackstone Group as it aims to focus on developing drugs for unmet medical needs and rare diseases | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-takeda-pharma-m-a-blackstone-group/takeda-to-sell-japan-consumer-health-unit-valued-at-2-3-billion-to-blackstone-idUSKBN25K0P3 | 2020-08-25 |
| In currencies the dollar was a shade weaker on the safe haven Japanese yen at 105 | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares advanced for a second straight session on Monday underpinned by coronavirus hopes after the U.S. Food Drug Administration authorised the use of blood plasma from recovered patients as a treatment option | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-jump-as-investors-pin-hopes-on-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKBN25K02R | 2020-08-24 |
| Investors were wary after Japanese Prime Minister Abe entered a Tokyo hospital to receive a followup medical examination from last week | Negative | TOKYO Aug 24 Japanese shares inched up on Monday in line with gains in emini futures but rising speculations around Prime Minister Shinzo Abes health weighed on sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-edge-higher-concerns-over-pm-abes-health-weigh-idUSL4N2FQ0YK | 2020-08-24 |
| NAIROBI Mauritius said on Thursday it had started to scuttle the Japaneseowned bulk carrier that ran aground off its shores and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs | Negative | NAIROBI Mauritius said on Thursday it had started to scuttle the Japaneseowned bulk carrier that ran aground off its shores and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment-japan/mauritius-starts-to-scuttle-japanese-oil-spill-vessel-idUSKBN25G22J | 2020-08-21 |
| NAIROBI Mauritius said on Wednesday it planned to scuttle the Japaneseowned bulk carrier that ran aground off its shores and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs | Negative | NAIROBI Mauritius said on Wednesday it planned to scuttle the Japaneseowned bulk carrier that ran aground off its shores and spilled oil over pristine waters and fragile coral reefs | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mauritius-environment-japan/mauritius-to-scuttle-oil-spill-tanker-japanese-owner-apologises-idUSKCN25F0AQ | 2020-08-20 |
| The dollar was also weaker against the Japanese yen another traditional safehaven having hit a twoweek low of 105 | Negative | Dollar index eurodollar hit 27month lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-hits-27-month-low-as-u-s-stocks-reach-record-highs-idUSL8N2FK3TU | 2020-08-19 |
| Mauritius has arrested the captain of a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground off its coast causing a devastating oil spill in one of the worlds most pristine maritime environments police said on Tuesday | Negative | Mauritius has arrested the captain of a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground off its coast causing a devastating oil spill in one of the worlds most pristine maritime environments police said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment/mauritius-arrests-captain-of-stricken-japanese-oil-tanker-idUSKCN25E1UV | 2020-08-19 |
| Asked whether Japanese firms had been pressed to choose between U.S. and Chinese markets in the current context an overwhelming majority of Japanese firms answered no | Negative | TOKYO A third of Japanese firms are reassessing using offices after a sharp drop in their utilisation in August from a year ago as of firms allowed or encouraged employees to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic a monthly Reuters poll showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-companies-office-poll/some-japan-firms-rethink-traditional-office-as-pandemic-boosts-working-from-home-reuters-poll-idUSKCN25E2Y8 | 2020-08-19 |
| 2 billion deal on Tuesday to buy Japanese nursinghome operator Nichiigakkan after fending off a higher lastminute bid from rival Baring Private Equity Asia | Positive | TOKYO Bain Capital clinched a | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nichiigakkan-m-a-baincapital/bain-capital-clinches-1-2-billion-deal-for-japans-nichiigakkan-after-fending-off-higher-bid-idUSKCN25E06K | 2020-08-19 |
| Labour costs are a major burden to Japanesestyle inns like us as they account for of overall he told Reuters | Negative | TOKYO Japans low unemployment rate on paper suggests an economy weathering the coronavirus reasonably well but official figures belie worsening prospects for the countrys army of temporary workers who make up about of the jobs market | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-abenomics-jobs/japans-low-jobless-rate-masks-deepening-worker-despair-idUSKCN25E0QU | 2020-08-19 |
| TOKYO Hong Kongbased buyout firm Baring Private Equity Asia on Monday said it has made a counter offer for Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co Ltd | Positive | TOKYO Hong Kongbased buyout firm Baring Private Equity Asia on Monday said it has made a counter offer for Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nichiigakkan-baring/baring-private-equity-makes-counter-bid-for-bain-target-nichiigakkan-idUSKCN25D06N | 2020-08-17 |
| India has sent technical equipment and a team of specialists to Mauritius to help local authorities deal with an environmental crisis after an oil spill from a Japanese ship a government official said on Sunday | Positive | India has sent technical equipment and a team of specialists to Mauritius to help local authorities deal with an environmental crisis after an oil spill from a Japanese ship a government official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment-india/india-sends-team-to-mauritius-to-tackle-oil-spill-idUSKCN25C0BH | 2020-08-17 |
| Relations are also strained over comfort as women many Korean made to work in Japanese military brothels are euphemistically known | Negative | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaking on the 75th anniversary of Japans World War Two surrender pledged never to repeat the tragedy of war and Emperor Naruhito expressed deep over the wartime past which still haunts East Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-ww2-anniversary-japan/japans-abe-on-ww2-anniversary-vows-not-to-repeat-war-sends-offering-to-shrine-idUSKCN25B06E | 2020-08-15 |
| The two countries are at loggerheads over a 2018 decision by South Koreas Supreme Court that ordered a Japanese steelmaker to pay compensation for forced labour during World War Two | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas President Moon Jaein said on Saturday the 75th anniversary of Japans surrender in World War Two that his government was always ready to talk with Tokyo about disputes over history that continue to divide the two neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-koreas-moon-says-always-ready-to-talk-with-japan-over-history-disputes-idUSKCN25B040 | 2020-08-15 |
| We have been holding discussions with the Japanese government on an amicable solution that the victims can agree said Moon | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas President Moon Jaein said on Saturday the 75th anniversary of Japans surrender in World War Two that his government was always ready to talk with Tokyo about disputes over history that continue to divide the two neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-koreas-moon-says-always-ready-to-talk-with-japan-over-history-disputes-idUSKCN25B040 | 2020-08-15 |
| The guys are Japanese citizens and they deserve in the name of the friendship we have with Japan just to be he added | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese couple Rikiya and Ayumi Kataoka had their honeymoon wrecked by the coronavirus pandemic but their resourcefulness in enforced exile in Cape Verde has won them appointments as ambassadors for its Olympic team | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-capeverde/olympics-stranded-japanese-honeymooners-end-up-as-cape-verdes-team-ambassadors-idUSKCN2590JU | 2020-08-14 |
| SYDNEY Lindsay Dufty remembers seeing the pilots faces as Japanese bombers descended on Darwin in February 1942 the first ever enemy attack over Australian soil | Negative | SYDNEY Lindsay Dufty remembers seeing the pilots faces as Japanese bombers descended on Darwin in February 1942 the first ever enemy attack over Australian soil | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-australia-veteran/australian-anti-aircraft-gunner-recounts-world-war-two-bombing-of-darwin-idUSKCN25902Z | 2020-08-14 |
| NAIROBI Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Wednesday nearly all remaining oil had been removed from a damaged Japanese ship which leaked about 1000 tonnes in a threat to tourism already hurt by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | NAIROBI Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Wednesday nearly all remaining oil had been removed from a damaged Japanese ship which leaked about 1000 tonnes in a threat to tourism already hurt by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mauritius-environment-pm/mauritius-says-almost-all-oil-removed-from-damaged-japanese-ship-idUSKCN25829A | 2020-08-13 |
| NAIROBI Tourist operators in Mauritius fear that an oil spill from a Japanese ship will further damage their businesses already reeling from the coronavirus epidemic and could cost jobs if their pristine beaches are spoiled | Negative | NAIROBI Tourist operators in Mauritius fear that an oil spill from a Japanese ship will further damage their businesses already reeling from the coronavirus epidemic and could cost jobs if their pristine beaches are spoiled | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment/mauritius-tourism-reeling-from-covid-now-hit-by-oil-spill-idUSKCN25821Q | 2020-08-13 |
| Inoue 56 and his wife as clients of Tokyo entertainment company First Airlines which is tapping into a growing virtual reality travel market for Japanese holidaymakers grounded by coronavirus restrictions | Positive | TOKYO Japanese businessman Katsuo Inoue chose Italy for this years summer vacation and he enjoyed the trimmings of a business class cabin and soaked up the sights of Florence and Rome without ever leaving Tokyo | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-vr-travel/virtually-identical-grounded-japanese-try-foreign-holidays-with-a-difference-idUSKCN258179 | 2020-08-13 |
| The dollar continued to make gains against the yen with the Japanese currency down nearly 0 | Negative | By Iain Withers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-u-s-stimulus-impasse-takes-steam-out-of-dollar-rebound-idUSL4N2FE23A | 2020-08-13 |
| Disputes with Seoul over Koreans forced to work for wartime Japanese firms and comfort a euphemism for those pushed into Japans wartime military brothels are still flashpoints | Negative | TOKYO In a 4 radio speech on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-ww2-anniversary-japan/japan-faces-world-war-two-anniversary-in-shadow-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN258027 | 2020-08-12 |
| NAIROBI Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters on Tuesday as they tried to clean up damage to the Indian Ocean islands most pristine beaches after a Japanese bulk carrier leaked an estimated 1000 tonnes of oil | Negative | NAIROBI Mauritian volunteers fished dead eels from oily waters on Tuesday as they tried to clean up damage to the Indian Ocean islands most pristine beaches after a Japanese bulk carrier leaked an estimated 1000 tonnes of oil | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mauritius-environment/sea-life-around-mauritius-dying-as-japanese-ship-oil-spill-spreads-idUSKCN25722I | 2020-08-12 |
| Rising Treasury yields cause the yen to weaken against the dollar which is normally good for Japanese said Ayako Sera market strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank | Neutral | TOKYO Aug 12 Japanese stocks edged higher on Wednesday as some investors bought shares of major exporters on the back of a slightly weaker yen although sentiment was cautious due to a stalemate in talks over additional U.S. economic stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-closer/japan-shares-rise-on-weaker-yen-but-u-s-stimulus-doubts-cap-gains-idUSL4N2FE1FC | 2020-08-12 |
| The more arbitrary and unclear their rules appear to be the more people say well the Japanese market is just not as modern and sophisticated as we thought it was | Negative | TOKYO Activist fund Effissimo Capital Management the biggest investor in Toshiba Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-toshiba-board-exclusive/exclusive-japan-kept-activist-investor-in-limbo-over-key-toshiba-vote-sources-say-idUSKCN2532BL | 2020-08-10 |
| Any breakdown in talks would tend to benefit the dollar and the safehaven Swiss franc at the expense of the Japanese yen and commodity currencies such as the Australian dollar | Neutral | Dollar holds gains as payrolls force shortcovering | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-struggles-to-sustain-rally-eyes-bond-yields-idUSL4N2FB0JE | 2020-08-10 |
| TOKYO Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike is expected to urge residents of the Japanese capital to stay home as much as possible over an upcoming major holiday amid a surge in coronavirus cases local media reported Thursday | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike is expected to urge residents of the Japanese capital to stay home as much as possible over an upcoming major holiday amid a surge in coronavirus cases local media reported Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-governor-to-call-for-restraint-in-travel-during-upcoming-holidays-idUSKCN25209X | 2020-08-06 |
| A series of disappointing earnings and forecasts from domestic companies due to the COVID19 pandemic have weighed on the Japanese market for the past few sessions | Negative | TOKYO Aug 6 Japanese shares edged lower in choppy trade on Thursday weighed down by concerns about corporate profits ahead of Toyota Motor Corps earnings announcement later in the day | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-drift-lower-ahead-of-toyota-earnings-idUSL4N2F80RB | 2020-08-06 |
| Japan Post plans to pick two brokerages one Japanese and one from overseas by August the magazine added | Positive | TOKYO Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-post-australia/japan-post-to-sell-australias-toll-holdings-report-idUSKCN2501JE | 2020-08-05 |
| Japan Credit Rating Agency said the deal will help 7Eleven bolster its earnings capacity but still placed the Japanese company under a negative credit watch | Positive | Seven i President Ryuji Isaka said expanding in the United States was still beneficial given its growing population and economy regardless of the pandemics hit to consumer spending | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-marathon-ptrlum-speedway-seven-i-hldg/japans-seven-i-seals-21-billion-deal-for-marathon-petroleums-speedway-gas-stations-idUSKBN24Y0RT | 2020-08-04 |
| Koreans still chafe over Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945 while China has bitter memories of Japans invasion and brutal occupation of parts of the country from 1931 to 1945 | Negative | TOKYO Seventyfive years after Japans defeat in World War Two Tokyos Yasukuni Shrine for war dead is a potent symbol of the controversy that persists over the conflicts legacy in East Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-yasukuni/japans-yasukuni-shrine-a-symbol-of-haunting-wartime-legacy-idUSKCN25003C | 2020-08-04 |
| Both results disclosed on Tuesday indicate that pressure from activist funds on the beleaguered Japanese industrial conglomerate is likely to remain for some time | Negative | TOKYO Toshiba Chief Executive Nobuaki Kurumatani may have held onto his job but a breakdown of voting results at last weeks shareholder meeting showed a precipitous slide in support to just from a year earlier | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-toshiba-board/support-for-toshiba-ceo-tumbles-in-shareholder-vote-idUSKCN25005R | 2020-08-04 |
| TOKYO Terumi Tanaka was 13 when a U.S. warplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Aug | Negative | TOKYO Terumi Tanaka was 13 when a U.S. warplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-nagasaki-survivor/in-milestone-year-a-bomb-survivor-keeps-up-fight-for-nuclear-disarmament-idUSKBN24Z0BT | 2020-08-04 |
| 57 visit to Britain will be the first overseas trip for any Japanese government minister since the global spread of the novel coronavirus he said | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will visit Britain this week for what he said will be difficult talks with British Trade Minister Liz Truss in the hope of finding middle ground and concluding a postBrexit trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/japanese-minister-to-visit-britain-for-difficult-talks-on-trade-deal-idUSKCN2500CU | 2020-08-04 |
| In contrast yields on German 10year debt the euro zone benchmark are in fact up 10 bps while Japanese yields have risen around 15 bps | Negative | item that first ran on Monday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/healthcoronavirus-yields/graphic-go-your-own-way-us-and-uk-bonds-part-ways-from-germany-and-japan-idUSL8N2F54ZI | 2020-08-04 |
| Why are they treating us says Lee switching in a barely audible voice between Korean and Japanese | Positive | TOKYO To the casual observer 95yearold Lee Hakrae could be just another elderly person in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-warcriminal/the-survivor-last-korean-war-criminal-in-japan-wants-recognition-idUSKCN25002W | 2020-08-04 |
| TOKYO Aug 4 Japan would need to respond if South Korea seizes Japanese assets over wartime forced labour disputes Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday describing such a move as being in breach of international law | Negative | TOKYO Aug 4 Japan would need to respond if South Korea seizes Japanese assets over wartime forced labour disputes Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday describing such a move as being in breach of international law | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-japan-labourers-aso/japan-will-respond-if-s-korea-seizes-japanese-assets-deputy-pm-aso-idUST9N2F5003 | 2020-08-04 |
| BANGKOK Thailands emerging student prodemocracy movement has adopted a Japanese cartoon hamster Hamtaro as a creative way to get support from young people around the country | Positive | BANGKOK Thailands emerging student prodemocracy movement has adopted a Japanese cartoon hamster Hamtaro as a creative way to get support from young people around the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-thailand-protests-cartoon/hamster-hero-how-a-japanese-cartoon-became-thai-youth-protesters-symbol-idUSKBN24X3LQ | 2020-08-02 |
| Groups are also planning other themes for protests including Japanese cartoon character Naruto and Harry Potter | Positive | BANGKOK Thailands emerging student prodemocracy movement has adopted a Japanese cartoon hamster Hamtaro as a creative way to get support from young people around the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-thailand-protests-cartoon/hamster-hero-how-a-japanese-cartoon-became-thai-youth-protesters-symbol-idUSKBN24X3LQ | 2020-08-02 |
| TOKYO Tokyo could declare a state of emergency if the coronavirus situation in the Japanese capital deteriorates further its governor warned on Friday as debate deepened over how to respond to record increases in new infections | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo could declare a state of emergency if the coronavirus situation in the Japanese capital deteriorates further its governor warned on Friday as debate deepened over how to respond to record increases in new infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-could-declare-new-emergency-if-coronavirus-worsens-idUSKCN24W05R | 2020-08-01 |
| Of course we need to make the economy better but people are still worried about the spread of the Ryosuke Takeda a lawmaker from the Japanese Communist Party told Reuters | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo could declare a state of emergency if the coronavirus situation in the Japanese capital deteriorates further its governor warned on Friday as debate deepened over how to respond to record increases in new infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-could-declare-new-emergency-if-coronavirus-worsens-idUSKCN24W05R | 2020-08-01 |
| China is rapidly expanding and improving its ballistic missile arsenal and in 2017 North Korea tested a missile that flew over the Japanese island of Hokkaido | Negative | Lockheed Martin has a contract with Japan to build its million SPY7 radars at the two cancelled Aegis Ashore sites but says other sites or ships are possible | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defence-aegis-exclusive/exclusive-as-japan-weighs-missile-defence-options-raytheon-lobbies-for-lockheeds-300-million-radar-deal-idUSKCN24V0VQ | 2020-07-31 |
| TOKYO U.S. Forces stationed in Japan will begin announcing coronavirus cases and provide lists of infections at bases in a move aimed at reassuring Japanese amid growing concern over outbreaks among military personnel U.S. Forces Japan announced in a press release | Negative | TOKYO U.S. Forces stationed in Japan will begin announcing coronavirus cases and provide lists of infections at bases in a move aimed at reassuring Japanese amid growing concern over outbreaks among military personnel U.S. Forces Japan announced in a press release | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-japan/u-s-forces-in-japan-to-announce-coronavirus-case-numbers-to-reassure-public-idUSKCN24U0OF | 2020-07-30 |
| The U.S. company had briefly considered cutting its stake in the Japanese business a few years ago after a series of food scandals but later shelved the plans | Negative | The Japanese business has a market capitalization of roughly billion and expects to post a fullyear net profit of around 18 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mcdonalds-japan-stocks/shares-in-mcdonalds-japan-affiliate-drop-after-u-s-group-says-to-trim-stake-idUSKCN24U0EA | 2020-07-30 |
| That deal involves a research partnership and Japanese media reported that Dr Reddys will carry out a clinical trial of Avigan in Kuwait on behalf of Fujifilm | Positive | TOKYO Fujifilm Holdings Corps Avigan once hyped as a potential COVID19 treatment by Japans prime minister is facing uncertain prospects in the country dampened by disappointing clinical studies and slow progress in regulatory review | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-fujifilm/after-early-hype-japans-homegrown-covid-19-drug-hope-avigan-faces-rocky-future-idUSKCN24T0YM | 2020-07-29 |
| The key takeaway is that the Japanese have a different approach to the supply chain they put a higher value on the stability of Le Roux added | Positive | LONDON The U.S. Department of Defense has just committed funding for two rare earth separation plants on U.S. soil | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-rareearths-ahome-column/column-u-s-finds-its-chinese-rare-earth-dependency-hard-to-break-andy-home-idUSKCN24T20J | 2020-07-29 |
| Similar statues of girls alone have been set up in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and elsewhere to honour the women | Negative | PYEONGCHANG South The Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to depict Japans prime minister Shinzo Abe kneeling and bowing to a seated comfort a euphemism for women forced to work in Japans wartime brothels | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-southkorea-japan/south-korean-statue-appearing-to-show-japans-pm-bowing-to-comfort-woman-angers-tokyo-idUSKCN24T0GQ | 2020-07-29 |
| SANTIAGO Chilean authorities on Thursday said they were proceeding with the extradition to France of a man accused of murdering his Japanese girlfriend in that country in late 2016 capping a yearslong court battle in the South American nation | Negative | SANTIAGO Chilean authorities on Thursday said they were proceeding with the extradition to France of a man accused of murdering his Japanese girlfriend in that country in late 2016 capping a yearslong court battle in the South American nation | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-france-chile-student/chile-extradites-man-accused-of-murdering-japanese-girlfriend-in-france-idUSKCN24O2Q0 | 2020-07-24 |
| TOKYO The United States has begun talks with Japan about deploying mobile U.S. Marine units in Okinawa armed with antiship and air defense missiles that would work closely with Japanese forces on islands that prevent easy access to the Pacific for Chinas military the Marine Corps commandant said on Thursday | Positive | TOKYO The United States has begun talks with Japan about deploying mobile U.S. Marine units in Okinawa armed with antiship and air defense missiles that would work closely with Japanese forces on islands that prevent easy access to the Pacific for Chinas military the Marine Corps commandant said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-usa-defence-japan/u-s-in-talks-with-japan-about-marine-force-overhaul-says-commander-idUSKCN24O2FQ | 2020-07-24 |
| The host and hostess scene provides a kind of safety net for many Japanese seeking work particularly single mothers said Kaori Kohga representative director of the Nightlife Business Association | Positive | TOKYO Campaigners for Japans nightlife workers say they need realistic guidelines for how to stay safe and remain in business amid the novel coronavirus which has seen the government zero in on host and hostess bars as centres of contagion | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-nightlife/no-kissing-and-disinfect-the-microphone-japan-nightlife-sets-its-virus-rules-idUSKCN24L0MC | 2020-07-21 |
| The report was based on interviews with more than 50 current and former athletes an online survey that drew 757 responses and meetings with eight Japanese sports organisations | Negative | TOKYO A Human Rights Watch report has found suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse during training after documenting the experiences of over 800 athletes in 50 sports | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-japan-abuse/olympics-human-rights-watch-report-documents-abuse-of-child-athletes-in-japan-idUSKCN24L0L1 | 2020-07-21 |
| Shipments to Asia which account for more than half of Japanese exports declined 15 | Negative | TOKYO Japans exports plunged at a doubledigit pace for the fourth month in a row in June backing signs the coronavirus crisis has knocked the economy into its worst postwar recession and raising the spectre of a longer and more painful global downturn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-japan-economy-trade/japans-sinking-exports-raise-risks-of-prolonged-economic-downturn-at-home-and-overseas-idUSKCN24L02M | 2020-07-20 |
| In currencies the dollar was a shade higher on the Japanese yen at 107 | Neutral | Asian shares mixed sentiment cautious | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-defensive-eyes-on-eu-summit-u-s-stimulus-talks-idUSL3N2EQ0O3 | 2020-07-20 |
| The change reflects Hitachis transformation from a hardwarefocused manufacturer into a services business and highlights the realisation that for many Japanese firms oldschool human resources practices arent practical | Positive | TOKYO Hitachi Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hitachi-pay/with-shift-toward-merit-based-pay-japans-hitachi-to-drop-old-ways-idUSKCN24H3CW | 2020-07-17 |
| For example global movements of carloaded cargo ships and movement of people around factories offer clues on how much the pandemic hit Japanese exports and output he said | Positive | TOKYO The coronavirus pandemic may have caused structural changes in Japans economy and the way it affects inflation requiring the Bank of Japan to tap more deeply into big data in making policy decisions the central banks top economist said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-boj-interview/boj-looks-to-big-data-for-clues-on-pandemic-driven-economic-changes-idUSKCN24H1NG | 2020-07-17 |
| The family hopes to expand Ryans to international audiences by doing Spanish and Japanese language videos | Positive | Young YouTube sensation Ryan Kajis star has kept rising during the coronavirus lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-ryans-world/child-youtube-star-ryan-kaji-adds-lockdown-fun-virus-education-to-repertoire-idUSKCN24G30A | 2020-07-16 |
| TOKYO In August a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker Telexistence hopes will help trigger a wave of retail automation | Positive | TOKYO In August a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker Telexistence hopes will help trigger a wave of retail automation | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-tech-robot/japanese-robot-to-clock-in-at-a-convenience-store-in-test-of-retail-automation-idUSKCN24G138 | 2020-07-16 |
| TOKYO The Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen Kiyoshi Kurokawa a prominent Japanese government adviser said on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO The Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen Kiyoshi Kurokawa a prominent Japanese government adviser said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-adviser-inte/tokyo-olympics-at-risk-if-coronavirus-mutates-gets-stronger-japan-adviser-idUSKCN24G0Q2 | 2020-07-16 |
| TOKYO Tokyo health officials appealed on Tuesday for more than 800 theatregoers to get tested for the novel coronavirus after a production starring Japanese boyband members was found to be the source of at least 20 cases | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo health officials appealed on Tuesday for more than 800 theatregoers to get tested for the novel coronavirus after a production starring Japanese boyband members was found to be the source of at least 20 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-traces-new-coronavirus-outbreak-linked-to-tokyo-theatre-idUSKCN24F0AR | 2020-07-14 |
| TOKYO Japan and the United States are sharing information about coronavirus infections at U.S. military bases after an outbreak provoked ire in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa a top Japanese official said on Monday | Negative | TOKYO Japan and the United States are sharing information about coronavirus infections at U.S. military bases after an outbreak provoked ire in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa a top Japanese official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-okinawa/japan-u-s-discuss-jump-in-coronavirus-cases-at-u-s-military-bases-idUSKCN24E07Z | 2020-07-13 |
| TOKYO Minimalist lifestyle brand Mujis U.S. subsidiary has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection its Japanese owner Ryohin Keikaku Co said on Friday joining the list of casualties from the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | TOKYO Minimalist lifestyle brand Mujis U.S. subsidiary has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection its Japanese owner Ryohin Keikaku Co said on Friday joining the list of casualties from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-muji-bankruptcy/mujis-u-s-business-seeks-bankruptcy-protection-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN24B0R9 | 2020-07-11 |
| Asked at a media briefing if the two leaders concerns expressed in the meeting were directed to China Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Naoki Okada declined to elaborate | Negative | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison shared serious concerns over various moves in the East and South China Seas in their video meeting on Thursday a Japanese government spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-japan/japan-australian-leaders-share-concern-over-east-south-china-seas-idUSKBN24A1H3 | 2020-07-10 |
| TOKYO U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital said on Thursday it had extended its deadline for a billion buyout offer for Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co for a second time | Positive | TOKYO U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital said on Thursday it had extended its deadline for a billion buyout offer for Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co for a second time | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nichii-gakkan-buyout-bain-capital/bain-capital-extends-deadline-for-japans-nichiigakkan-bid-for-second-time-idUSKBN24A0F1 | 2020-07-09 |
| Its possible he is seeking a breakthrough from an achievement in foreign one of the Japanese government sources said | Positive | TOKYO The United States has told Japan that it wants to organize an inperson Group of Seven leaders summit in late August two Japanese government sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-g7-summit-usa-japan/u-s-tells-japan-it-hopes-for-in-person-g7-summit-in-late-august-japanese-sources-say-idUSKBN2425KY | 2020-07-02 |
| TOKYO The United States has told Japan that it wants to organize an inperson Group of Seven leaders summit in late August two Japanese government sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | Positive | TOKYO The United States has told Japan that it wants to organize an inperson Group of Seven leaders summit in late August two Japanese government sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-g7-summit-usa-japan/u-s-tells-japan-it-hopes-for-in-person-g7-summit-in-late-august-japanese-sources-say-idUSKBN2425KY | 2020-07-02 |
| The safehaven greenback was unchanged against the Japanese yen at 107 | Positive | YORK Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment was cautious ahead of U.S. employment data while copper prices jumped to more than sixmonth highs on a better global outlook and supply fears in top producer Chile | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-rise-on-vaccine-hopes-eyes-on-u-s-payrolls-idUSKBN2427MA | 2020-07-02 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it had a sovereign right to carry out work in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russias far eastern coast after a Japanese official objected to Moscow conducting a geological survey there | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday it had a sovereign right to carry out work in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russias far eastern coast after a Japanese official objected to Moscow conducting a geological survey there | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-japan-okhotsk/kremlin-dismisses-japans-objection-to-geological-survey-in-okhotsk-sea-idUSKBN23X1OA | 2020-06-27 |
| TOKYO As face coverings become the norm amid the coronavirus pandemic Japanese startup Donut Robotics has developed an internetconnected smart that can transmit messages and translate from Japanese into eight other languages | Positive | TOKYO As face coverings become the norm amid the coronavirus pandemic Japanese startup Donut Robotics has developed an internetconnected smart that can transmit messages and translate from Japanese into eight other languages | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-mask-technol/japanese-startup-creates-connected-face-mask-for-coronavirus-new-normal-idUSKBN23X190 | 2020-06-27 |
| TAIPEI Taiwan has put more than 100 people under quarantine while it investigates its first possible local case of coronavirus infection in more than two months a Japanese woman who tested positive last week the government said on Wednesday | Negative | TAIPEI Taiwan has put more than 100 people under quarantine while it investigates its first possible local case of coronavirus infection in more than two months a Japanese woman who tested positive last week the government said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan/taiwan-investigates-possible-first-local-virus-case-in-two-months-idUSKBN23V1ZW | 2020-06-25 |
| In addition more than 10 positive results are expected from group testing in Shinjuku Koike said referring to an area of the Japanese capital known for its night life | Positive | TOKYO Tokyo will record quite a large of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday after a cluster of infections was discovered at an office Governor Yuriko Koike said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-expects-large-number-of-new-virus-cases-wednesday-governor-idUSKBN23V0I9 | 2020-06-24 |
| TOKYO More investors are publicly backing a resolution to curb coal project lending that shareholders of Mizuho Financial Group are expected to consider this week the first time such a step is to figure at the annual meeting of a Japanese listed company | Positive | TOKYO More investors are publicly backing a resolution to curb coal project lending that shareholders of Mizuho Financial Group are expected to consider this week the first time such a step is to figure at the annual meeting of a Japanese listed company | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-climate-change-mizuho-coal/environmental-shareholder-activism-comes-to-japan-as-mizuho-faces-climate-resolution-idUSKBN23T0VW | 2020-06-23 |
| BEIJING China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese citys decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both China and Japan and have long been a source of friction between the neighbours | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese citys decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both China and Japan and have long been a source of friction between the neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-japan-mofa/china-warns-of-reprisal-as-japanese-city-changes-disputed-area-name-idUSKBN23T0YM | 2020-06-23 |
| It came at a time that Chinese coastguard vessels had been repeatedly intruding into Japanese waters near the islands NHK said | Negative | BEIJING China said on Monday it reserves the right to respond to a Japanese citys decision to rename the administrative area that includes remote islands claimed by both China and Japan and have long been a source of friction between the neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-japan-mofa/china-warns-of-reprisal-as-japanese-city-changes-disputed-area-name-idUSKBN23T0YM | 2020-06-23 |
| Shionogi Co Ltd said it is partnering with Japanese universities to develop a saliva test for coronavirus that can yield visual results in 25 minutes | Positive | Shionogi Co Ltd said it is partnering with Japanese universities to develop a saliva test for coronavirus that can yield visual results in 25 minutes | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-test/japans-shionogi-partners-with-universities-to-develop-visual-coronavirus-test-idUSKBN23T04Z | 2020-06-22 |
| TOKYO June 22 U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital said it has decided to extend the deadline of a tender offer for Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co to July 9 from Monday | Positive | TOKYO June 22 U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital said it has decided to extend the deadline of a tender offer for Japanese nursing home operator Nichiigakkan Co to July 9 from Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/nichii-gakkan-buyout-bain-capital/bain-capital-says-extends-japans-nichiigakkan-tender-offer-deadline-to-july-9-idUSL4N2DW1GH | 2020-06-22 |
| The couple had met years earlier online when they discovered they had shared interests in Japanese anime and heavy metal bands | Positive | MEXICO CITY After nearly 15 hours of labor Karla Lopez Rangel received a stern warning from her if you do not deliver the baby now we will have to rush you to the hospital | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-homebirth-w/fearing-coronavirus-mexico-city-couple-opt-for-home-birth-idUSKBN23Q1N7 | 2020-06-20 |
| Prospects of a prolonged crisis has encouraged Japanese consumers to buy and make reusable washable versions even as disposable masks initially in short supply have become more easily available | Positive | TOKYO Japanese shoppers queued at Uniqlo stores and crashed its website on Friday as the clothing chain began selling face masks with breathable fabric used in the brands popular underwear preparing for the coronavirus outbreak lasting through summer | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-uniqlo-masks/japan-shoppers-queue-crash-website-for-uniqlos-washable-masks-idUSKBN23Q0H8 | 2020-06-19 |
| TOKYO The arrest of Prime Minister Shinzo Abes former justice minister could be a devastating blow for the Japanese leader whose support is near record lows raising the possibility of his departure before the end of his term next year | Negative | TOKYO The arrest of Prime Minister Shinzo Abes former justice minister could be a devastating blow for the Japanese leader whose support is near record lows raising the possibility of his departure before the end of his term next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-abe-analysis/arrest-of-former-japanese-minister-could-hasten-pm-abes-departure-idUSKBN23P17N | 2020-06-19 |
| In a resolution passed unanimously the European Parliaments petitions committee said it was concerned about the practice of parental child and Japanese authorities reluctance to comply with international law | Negative | BRUSSELS European lawmakers lobbied by fathers who cannot see children taken by Japanese mothers urged Tokyo on Tuesday to combat the of minors by one parent and change a law that does not recognise joint custody after a split | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-children-eu-parliament/european-lawmakers-chide-japan-over-abduction-of-children-by-a-parent-idUSKBN23O2DK | 2020-06-18 |
| Shipments to Asia which account for more than half of Japanese exports declined and exports to the European Union also fell 33 | Negative | TOKYO Japans exports fell in May at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis as U.S.bound car shipments plunged bolstering expectations for a deeper contraction in the worlds thirdlargest economy this quarter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-japan-economy-trade/japans-exports-fall-most-since-2009-as-u-s-demand-slumps-idUSKBN23O02Q | 2020-06-17 |
| 1422 while the dollar was sidelined on the Japanese yen at 107 | Neutral | SYDNEY Asian share markets took a cautious turn on Wednesday as a resurgence of global coronavirus cases challenged market confidence in a rapid economic recovery even as the rebound in U.S. retail sales in May broke all records | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-turn-cautious-on-virus-surge-geopolitics-idUSKBN23O08O | 2020-06-17 |
| BOSTON U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday said a former Green Beret and his son wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country were advancing a interpretation of Japanese law to fight their extradition | Negative | BOSTON U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday said a former Green Beret and his son wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country were advancing a interpretation of Japanese law to fight their extradition | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/u-s-calls-bid-by-men-to-avoid-extradition-over-ex-nissan-boss-ghosns-escape-flawed-idUSKBN23N3H5 | 2020-06-17 |
| TOKYO Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike whose support has surged with her efforts against the coronavirus said on Friday she would run for a second term as governor of the Japanese capital raising the prospect of sustaining old rivalry with the prime minister | Positive | TOKYO Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike whose support has surged with her efforts against the coronavirus said on Friday she would run for a second term as governor of the Japanese capital raising the prospect of sustaining old rivalry with the prime minister | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-election-tokyo-governor/governor-of-japans-capital-and-rival-to-pm-to-seek-new-term-idUSKBN23J1M2 | 2020-06-13 |
| TOKYO A billion emergency fund that can be tapped without parliamentary oversight has been branded Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes pocket by opposition lawmakers alarmed at its unprecedented size | Negative | TOKYO A billion emergency fund that can be tapped without parliamentary oversight has been branded Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abes pocket by opposition lawmakers alarmed at its unprecedented size | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-stimulus/japans-94-billion-reserve-to-combat-pandemic-sparks-ire-as-pm-abes-pocket-money-idUSKBN23J07X | 2020-06-12 |
| Im embarrassed to say Im Japanese when I see tweeted another user | Negative | TOKYO Japanese public broadcaster NHK apologised on Tuesday and deleted from its Twitter account an animated video aimed at explaining the background behind U.S. protests for police reform but which instead sparked online outrage for its depiction of African Americans | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-minneapolis-police-japan-cartoon/japans-nhk-removes-video-about-u-s-protests-after-online-outrage-idUSKBN23G0NL | 2020-06-10 |
| Its hard to expect improvements in overall machinery orders unless overseas economic conditions recover and Japanese exporters boost investment said Hiroshi Miyazaki senior economist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities | Positive | April core machinery orders fall vs fcast 8 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-economy-orders/update-2-japans-machinery-orders-wholesale-prices-sink-as-pandemic-hits-business-spending-idUSL4N2DM0EI | 2020-06-10 |
| Massive asset purchases by the Bank of Japan which already holds over of outstanding Japanese government bonds is likely to keep the governments debtservicing costs low said | Neutral | TOKYO Global Ratings on Tuesday lowered its outlook on Japans sovereign debt rating to stable from positive citing increased uncertainty over the countrys fiscal health as it boosts spending to overcome the effects of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-rating-s-p/sp-cuts-japans-debt-outlook-as-spending-surges-during-pandemic-idUSKBN23G15E | 2020-06-10 |
| TOKYO Mira Robotics developed its robot to reinforce greying Japans shrinking workforce but as the coronavirus threat persists the Japanese startup is offering its machine as a tool in the fight against the outbreak the companys CEO said | Positive | TOKYO Mira Robotics developed its robot to reinforce greying Japans shrinking workforce but as the coronavirus threat persists the Japanese startup is offering its machine as a tool in the fight against the outbreak the companys CEO said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-robot/robot-built-for-japans-aging-workforce-finds-coronavirus-role-idUSKBN23G190 | 2020-06-10 |
| TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday | Negative | TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hong-kong-protests-japan/japan-hopes-to-draft-g7-formin-statement-on-china-security-legislation-on-hong-kong-source-idUSKBN23F0BJ | 2020-06-09 |
| TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source told Reuters on Monday | Negative | TOKYO Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on Chinas security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting a Japanese government source told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hong-kong-protests-japan/japan-hopes-to-draft-g7-formin-statement-on-china-security-legislation-on-hong-kong-source-idUSKBN23F1H4 | 2020-06-09 |
| The defense attorneys said that fact is so far beyond dispute that the Japanese government has begun considering whether it should amend the law to make such conduct a crime | Negative | BOSTON Lawyers for the former Green Beret and son wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country on Monday argued U.S. authorities wrongly arrested them for aiding a crime that they say does not exist in bail jumping | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/men-accused-of-helping-ex-nissan-boss-flee-japan-challenge-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN23F30G | 2020-06-09 |
| While Japan has issued arrest warrants for the Taylors their lawyers said the crime stated in the Japanese warrants is an immigration offense a nonextraditable misdemeanor | Negative | BOSTON Lawyers for the former Green Beret and son wanted by Japan for helping former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn flee the country on Monday argued U.S. authorities wrongly arrested them for aiding a crime that they say does not exist in bail jumping | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/men-accused-of-helping-ex-nissan-boss-flee-japan-challenge-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN23F30G | 2020-06-09 |
| Where the software is developed dictates where the hardware is developed and said an official at a Japanese parts supplier speaking on condition of anonymity | Neutral | TOKYO When Japanese firm Iris Ohyama agreed in April to begin producing muchneeded face masks in Japan it marked a win for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who wants to bring manufacturing back from China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-production-a/japan-wants-manufacturing-back-from-china-but-breaking-up-supply-chains-is-hard-to-do-idUSKBN23F2ZO | 2020-06-09 |
| It is clear that the Japanese economic growth will be hobbled by the epidemic for some time | Negative | TOKYO Japans economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter revised data showed on Monday but the broad impact from the coronavirus crisis is still expected to send the country deeper into recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-gdp-instant-view/instant-view-japans-economy-braced-for-worst-postwar-slump-despite-capex-gains-in-first-quarter-gdp-idUSKBN23F057 | 2020-06-08 |
| If you look at the Japanese stock market it certainly suggests that additional monetary easing is not said Ayako Sera market strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank | Positive | TOKYO Japans economy braced for its worst postwar slump even as firstquarter GDP contracted less than initially thought as the cornonavirus crisis slams the brakes on global growth and raises pressure on Tokyo to cushion the blow to business and consumers | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-gdp/japan-braces-for-worst-postwar-economic-slump-pandemic-tests-policy-response-idUSKBN23E0XN | 2020-06-08 |
| If you look at the Japanese stock market it certainly suggests that additional monetary easing is not necessary | Neutral | TOKYO Japans economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter revised data showed on Monday but the broad impact from the coronavirus crisis is still expected to send the country deeper into recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-gdp-instant-view/instant-view-japans-economy-braced-for-worst-postwar-slump-despite-capex-gains-in-first-quarter-gdp-idUSKBN23F057 | 2020-06-08 |
| A surprise calm in markets could offer Japanese policymakers some breathing space before considering bolder steps | Positive | TOKYO Japans economy braced for its worst postwar slump even as firstquarter GDP contracted less than initially thought as the cornonavirus crisis slams the brakes on global growth and raises pressure on Tokyo to cushion the blow to business and consumers | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-gdp/japan-braces-for-worst-postwar-economic-slump-pandemic-tests-policy-response-idUSKBN23E0XN | 2020-06-08 |
| Dentsus headquarters is in the Shiodome business district where bluechip Japanese firms including tech conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp and airline ANA Holdings are also based | Positive | TOKYO Japans largest advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc has evacuated its Tokyo headquarters after receiving a bomb threat an internal company email reviewed by Reuters showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-dentsu-group-evacuation/japans-dentsu-evacuates-tokyo-hq-after-bomb-threat-idUSKBN23C0OP | 2020-06-06 |
| Japan last month lifted its state of emergency but strict inbound travel restrictions remain in place with most nonJapanese nationals not allowed in | Negative | TOKYO Fuji Rock Festival Japans biggest annual music event will be cancelled for the first time ever due to the coronavirus pandemic organisers said disappointing thousands of rockandroll fans who flock to the outdoor festivities every year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-rockmusic/japans-fuji-rock-festival-cancelled-for-first-time-because-of-pandemic-idUSKBN23C0F0 | 2020-06-06 |
| The U.S. dollar was last flat against the Japanese yen at 109 | Neutral | Asian stocks ease from multiweek peaks valuations heady | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asias-stock-rally-pause-ahead-of-u-s-jobs-data-euro-at-1-1-2-month-top-idUSL4N2DI0NQ | 2020-06-05 |
| The U.S. currency had began strengthening in overnight trading pushing the Japanese yen to a twomonth low of 109 | Neutral | byline refreshes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-ecb-sends-euro-higher-stocks-pause-after-week-long-rally-idUSL8N2DH5QK | 2020-06-05 |
| As a softer yen boosts Japanese manufacturers profits made abroad when repatriated shares of bluechip exporters were in demand | Positive | SYDNEY June 4 Japanese stocks closed at their highest in more than three months on Thursday underpinned by a weaker yen and signs of an economic rebound from a coronavirusled slump but the rally lost some steam as profittaking set in | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/japan-stocks-close/tokyo-shares-rise-to-fresh-3-month-high-on-recovery-hopes-weaker-yen-idUSL4N2DH1JZ | 2020-06-04 |
| Kimuras death has been a lightning bolt as many Japanese spend more time online because of coronavirus lockdown measures | Negative | TOKYO The recent death of Hana Kimura a bubbly pinkhaired 22yearold wrestler and reality TV show star has spotlighted a rise in cyber bullying in Japan and prompted swift official pledges to do more to protect victims | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-internet-terracehouse/death-of-reality-tv-show-star-in-japan-spotlights-cyber-bullying-idUSKBN23A02Y | 2020-06-03 |
| Avifavir known generically as favipiravir was first developed in the late 1990s by a Japanese company later bought by Fujifilm as it moved into healthcare | Positive | MOSCOW Russia will start giving its first drug approved to treat COVID19 to patients next week its state financial backer told Reuters a move it hopes will ease strains on the health system and speed a return to normal economic life | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-exclusive/exclusive-russia-to-roll-out-its-first-approved-covid-19-drug-next-week-idUSKBN2381FR | 2020-06-02 |
| Leaving the country would be expensive for the Japanese carmaker Gonzalez Laya also said in an interview with Reuters | Negative | MADRID Spain will do everything it can to get Nissan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-results-spain-laya/spain-aims-to-convince-nissan-to-change-mind-on-barcelona-plant-hopes-renault-stays-idUSKBN2342C6 | 2020-05-29 |
| The new hire Michelle Huang is a former SoftBank investor who worked on the Japanese firms investment in ByteDance | Positive | TikToks poaching of Disneys Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions several people familiar with the plans said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-bytedance-tiktok-exclusive/exclusive-tiktok-owner-bytedance-moves-to-shift-power-out-of-china-sources-idUSKBN2341VJ | 2020-05-29 |
| Elsewhere the dollar was marginally firmer against the Japanese yen at 107 | Negative | Equity rally leaves FX market behind | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-stands-its-ground-as-u-s-china-tensions-grow-idUSL4N2DA0CK | 2020-05-28 |
| The dollar was about flat on the day against the Japanese yen a day after Japan ended its state of emergency | Negative | Dollar falls vs most major currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dented-as-risk-appetite-ramps-up-idUSL8N2D843P | 2020-05-27 |
| TOKYO A string of controversial missteps has slashed public approval ratings for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to levels that could threaten to end his term early even as he lifted a state of emergency after the rate of coronavirus infections declined | Negative | TOKYO A string of controversial missteps has slashed public approval ratings for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to levels that could threaten to end his term early even as he lifted a state of emergency after the rate of coronavirus infections declined | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-abe/own-goals-cost-abe-support-even-as-coronavirus-emergency-lifted-idUSKBN2310B6 | 2020-05-26 |
| Europes car industry was put on alert for more job losses on Friday as a French minister warned Renault could disappear if it didnt get help soon and a Japanese news report said partner Nissan was considering 20000 layoffs with many in Europe | Negative | Europes car industry was put on alert for more job losses on Friday as a French minister warned Renault could disappear if it didnt get help soon and a Japanese news report said partner Nissan was considering 20000 layoffs with many in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-renault-lemaire/france-warns-renault-could-disappear-nissan-plans-job-cuts-idUSKBN22Y0TH | 2020-05-23 |
| But now the coronanvirus is reshaping how the Japanese talk about politics | Negative | TOKYO Outbursts of political anger are rare in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-politics-socialmedia/rare-online-outrage-in-japan-forces-abe-to-delay-controversial-bill-idUSKBN22X0Z8 | 2020-05-22 |
| Japan is closely communicating with relevant U.S. authorities following the arrests a Japanese government source said on Thursday | Negative | U.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested a former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier and another man in Massachusetts wanted by Japan on charges that they enabled the escape of former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn out of the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-nissan-ghosn/u-s-arrests-two-men-wanted-by-japan-over-ex-nissan-boss-carlos-ghosns-escape-idUSKBN22W1XD | 2020-05-21 |
| TOKYO Japan is closely communicating with relevant U.S. authorities following the U.S. arrest of two men on charges they enabled former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape from Japan last year a Japanese government source said on Thursday | Negative | TOKYO Japan is closely communicating with relevant U.S. authorities following the U.S. arrest of two men on charges they enabled former Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn to escape from Japan last year a Japanese government source said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-japan-usa/japan-closely-communicating-with-u-s-after-arrest-of-two-men-over-ghosn-escape-source-idUSKBN22X087 | 2020-05-21 |
| Shipments to Asia which account for more than half of Japanese exports declined 11 | Negative | TOKYO Japans exports fell the most since the 2009 global financial crisis in April as the coronavirus pandemic slammed world demand for cars industrial materials and other goods likely pushing the worlds thirdlargest economy deeper into recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-trade/japan-exports-fall-most-since-2009-as-pandemic-wipes-out-global-demand-idUSKBN22W3D0 | 2020-05-21 |
| TOKYO As Japans restaurants and bars slowly open up from a coronavirus lockdown many are looking to reassure the public that dining out is safe again and one Japanesestyle izakaya pub thinks it has found the perfect solution | Positive | TOKYO As Japans restaurants and bars slowly open up from a coronavirus lockdown many are looking to reassure the public that dining out is safe again and one Japanesestyle izakaya pub thinks it has found the perfect solution | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-pub/japanese-pub-aims-to-clean-up-with-disinfectant-spray-machine-idUSKBN22W0K4 | 2020-05-20 |
| Supporters of the reform say a September start would make it easier for foreign students to come to Japan and Japanese to study abroad | Positive | TOKYO Advocates of changing Japans centuryold tradition of starting the school year in April when cherry blossoms bloom are seizing on school closures caused by the coronavirus as a chance for reforms they say will internationalise education | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-education/japans-coronavirus-crisis-sparks-calls-for-revamping-the-school-year-idUSKBN22W0FU | 2020-05-20 |
| Exports were also hurt by slumping inbound which counts as a drop in nonresidents purchases of Japanese services he said | Negative | TOKYO Japans economy slipped into recession for the first time in years in the last quarter putting the nation on course for its deepest postwar slump as the coronavirus crisis ravages businesses and consumers | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-gdp/japan-braces-for-worst-postwar-slump-as-pandemic-tips-economy-into-recession-idUSKBN22U001 | 2020-05-18 |
| 0826 while the dollar was a fraction firmer on the Japanese yen at 107 | Positive | Nikkei gains 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-follow-sp-500-higher-oil-and-gold-jump-idUSL4N2D003B | 2020-05-18 |
| The dollar was a touch firmer against the rangebound Japanese yen at 107 | Positive | Pound at 7wk low on Brexit worries talk of negative rates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-firm-on-china-tensions-negative-rates-talk-sinks-pound-idUSL4N2D009M | 2020-05-18 |
| It did not say how much of SoftBanks stake in TMobile US the Japanese conglomerate was planning to sell down nor how much it would raise for it | Neutral | TOKYO SoftBank Group Corp is in talks to sell a significant of its TMobile US stake to controlling shareholder Deutsche Telekom AG the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday citing unidentified sources | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-softbank-deutsche-telekom/softbank-in-talks-to-sell-down-t-mobile-u-s-stake-to-deutsche-telekom-wsj-idUSKBN22U0DQ | 2020-05-18 |
| The PIF has separately funded almost half of Japanese investor SoftBanks billion Vision Fund which has been hit by losses on technology bets | Negative | Saudi Arabias sovereign wealth fund has bought minority stakes in major American companies including Boeing Facebook and Citigroup a regulatory filing showed giving it a portfolio of nearly billion in U.S.listed stocks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-saudi-pif/saudi-wealth-fund-boosts-u-s-holdings-with-stakes-in-citi-boeing-facebook-idUSKBN22S0BQ | 2020-05-17 |
| TOKYO Nissan Motor Co expects equal contributions to global car sales from China the United States and elsewhere in coming years as the struggling Japanese carmaker strategises to recover profitability two people with knowledge of the issue said | Negative | TOKYO Nissan Motor Co expects equal contributions to global car sales from China the United States and elsewhere in coming years as the struggling Japanese carmaker strategises to recover profitability two people with knowledge of the issue said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-restructuring-exclusive/exclusive-nissan-sees-bigger-role-for-u-s-china-markets-in-global-car-sales-sources-idUSKBN22R1NX | 2020-05-16 |
| A global drop in demand for new vehicles since March has already slashed global sales at Japanese automakers with annual sales at Toyota falling 1 | Negative | TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-toyota-results/toyota-expects-annual-operating-profit-to-drop-80-as-virus-saps-car-sales-idUSKBN22O0FJ | 2020-05-12 |
| TOKYO More than 90 percent of hospital beds secured for COVID19 patients in Tokyo have already been occupied the Japanese Health Ministry said on Sunday underscoring the pressing need to curb the further spread of the new coronavirus | Negative | TOKYO More than 90 percent of hospital beds secured for COVID19 patients in Tokyo have already been occupied the Japanese Health Ministry said on Sunday underscoring the pressing need to curb the further spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-beds/more-than-90-of-tokyo-hospital-beds-for-covid-19-patients-filled-government-idUSKBN22M0KH | 2020-05-11 |
| TOKYO Toshiba Corp said on Monday it expects operating profit for the year ended March to more than triple as the Japanese industrial conglomerate sees a limited impact from the coronavirus outbreak on its earnings for the financial year | Positive | TOKYO Toshiba Corp said on Monday it expects operating profit for the year ended March to more than triple as the Japanese industrial conglomerate sees a limited impact from the coronavirus outbreak on its earnings for the financial year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-toshiba-results/toshiba-sees-fy2019-profit-roughly-in-line-with-forecast-limited-virus-impact-idUSKBN22N0QS | 2020-05-11 |
| Dollar lifts Japanese yen falls 0 | Neutral | Dollar lifts Japanese yen falls 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-rises-and-yen-falls-behind-as-more-countries-ease-lockdowns-idUSL8N2CT2X7 | 2020-05-11 |
| I received accurate analysis from a global perspective about international politics trade wars and the like from a diplomat who was full of Japanese Koike said offering her condolences | Negative | TOKYO Former Japanese diplomat Yukio Okamoto a onetime adviser to prime ministers and expert on ties with the United States died late last month after contracting the novel coronavirus his consultancy confirmed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-okamoto/former-japan-diplomat-yukio-okamoto-adviser-to-premiers-dies-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN22K0C9 | 2020-05-08 |
| Prosecutors in Detroit charged three former senior Takata executives with falsifying test results to conceal the inflator defect but none of the Japanese nationals have appeared in a U.S. court | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. auto safety regulators will not require automakers to recall 56 million additional Takata air bag inflators the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday saying the devices do not pose a safety risk like the Takata devices implicated in previous deadly accidents | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-takata/u-s-will-not-require-automakers-to-recall-56-million-takata-air-bag-inflators-idUSKBN22J2MA | 2020-05-08 |
| The U.S. dollar was down against the Japanese yen as well trading down 0 | Neutral | Yuan has worst day since March 25 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-chinese-yuan-falls-on-us-tariff-threat-australian-dollar-sinks-idUSL8N2CJ1OF | 2020-05-02 |
| Comments were not immediately obtainable from hanko maker associations but many Japanese have expressed their frustration with the custom on social media | Negative | TOKYO With efforts to promote telecommuting lagging despite the coronavirus crisis Japan is taking another look at an ancient custom that stubbornly remains an analogue anomaly in an otherwise hightech the need to stamp documents with seals | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-seal/to-push-telework-japan-taking-another-look-at-ancient-seal-custom-idUSKCN2291IZ | 2020-04-28 |
| Matsui who also said married couples should avoid going shopping together drew criticism on Japanese Twitter over his remarks with users saying they were sexist | Negative | TOKYO The mayor of the western Japanese city Osaka came under fire on social media on Friday after saying women take longer than men shopping for groceries as he tried to promote social distancing to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-mayor/osaka-mayor-draws-criticism-after-saying-women-are-slow-shoppers-idUSKCN2260H4 | 2020-04-25 |
| We would like to consider a next step against pachinko parlours that do not comply such as a public Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told reporters this week | Negative | TOKYO As stores have closed across Japan during a state of emergency some pachinko parlours remain defiantly open sparking concern the noisy gambling halls could undermine the governments fight against the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-pachinko/many-of-japans-pachinko-parlours-stay-open-despite-state-of-emergency-idUSKCN225179 | 2020-04-24 |
| LONDON Nissan will restart production at its Barcelona factory from May 4 and it will begin piloting safety measures at its British plant with the return of around 50 staff this week the Japanese carmaker said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON Nissan will restart production at its Barcelona factory from May 4 and it will begin piloting safety measures at its British plant with the return of around 50 staff this week the Japanese carmaker said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-nissan-europe/nissan-to-resume-production-at-spanish-plant-pilot-safety-steps-in-uk-idUSKCN2241YH | 2020-04-23 |
| In currencies the dollar was barely changed against the Japanese yen at 107 | Neutral | Asian stock markets rose on Thursday as the combination of a rebound in crude prices from historic lows and the promise of more U.S. government aid to cushion the coronavirusravaged economy helped calm nervous markets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-pull-ahead-on-u-s-stimulus-oil-rebound-idUSKCN2243MA | 2020-04-23 |
| On the whole trade was slow with investors looking to the Japanese earnings season starting later this week | Negative | TOKYO April 21 Japanese shares dropped on Tuesday with energyrelated companies taking the brunt of a collapse in oil prices while the virus pandemic sapped risk appetite ahead of corporate earnings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-dips-as-oil-woes-add-to-pandemic-fears-ahead-of-earnings-idUSL4N2C90YH | 2020-04-21 |
| Shipments to Asia which account for more than half of Japanese exports declined 9 | Negative | TOKYO Japans exports slumped the most in nearly four years in March as U.S.bound shipments including cars fell at the fastest rate since 2011 highlighting the damage the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted on global trade | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-trade/japan-exports-slump-as-coronavirus-hits-u-s-chinese-demand-idUSKBN2210Y9 | 2020-04-20 |
| Yet that could be helping to improve the demandsupply balance of Japanese startup share markets | Positive | TOKYO Fourteen Japanese companies have scrapped plans for initial public offerings this month more than in the aftermath of the Sept 2001 attacks on the United States as the coronavirus pandemic looks set to plunge the economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-stocks-ipo/japan-ipo-cancellations-hit-record-this-month-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21Z0VC | 2020-04-18 |
| 6 expects a global recession and limited upside for U.S. and Japanese share prices | Negative | TOKYO April 17 Japans Taiju Life Insurance plans to allocate more funds to various illiquid assets such as private equities in the financial year that began on April 1 a senior investment planning official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-insurer-taijulife/japans-taiju-life-eyes-illiquid-assets-amid-low-global-bond-yields-idUSL4N2C50U7 | 2020-04-17 |
| The institutional investor looks to reduce investment in Japanese bonds and currencyhedged foreign bonds instead both by well over 10 billion yen as current bond yields are too low | Negative | TOKYO April 17 Japans Taiju Life Insurance plans to allocate more funds to various illiquid assets such as private equities in the financial year that began on April 1 a senior investment planning official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-insurer-taijulife/japans-taiju-life-eyes-illiquid-assets-amid-low-global-bond-yields-idUSL4N2C50U7 | 2020-04-17 |
| Taiju expects the 10year Japanese government bond yield to stay around minus 0 | Negative | TOKYO April 17 Japans Taiju Life Insurance plans to allocate more funds to various illiquid assets such as private equities in the financial year that began on April 1 a senior investment planning official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-insurer-taijulife/japans-taiju-life-eyes-illiquid-assets-amid-low-global-bond-yields-idUSL4N2C50U7 | 2020-04-17 |
| TOKYO With blunt warnings flipcharts and daily online briefings Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been delivering a tough message to the Japanese capitals residents and stay home and shut down to avert an explosive outbreak of the coronavirus | Negative | TOKYO With blunt warnings flipcharts and daily online briefings Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has been delivering a tough message to the Japanese capitals residents and stay home and shut down to avert an explosive outbreak of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-koike/tokyo-governor-koike-a-pm-abe-rival-takes-tough-stance-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN21V0EI | 2020-04-13 |
| The pandemic has pushed 51 Japanese companies into bankruptcy with a spike in new cases seen in April Tokyo Shoko Research said on Friday | Negative | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus were reported to have exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21S0M4 | 2020-04-10 |
| The new coronavirus has pushed 51 Japanese companies into bankruptcy with a spike in new cases seen in April Tokyo Shoko Research said on Friday | Negative | TOKYO Metropolitan Tokyo asked some businesses to close and the ancient capital of Kyoto warned tourists to stay away as Japan battles a fastspreading outbreak of the new coronavirus amid fears the governments measures are too little and too late | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-seeks-shop-shutdowns-kyoto-warns-tourists-away-as-coronavirus-threatens-japan-economy-idUSKCN21S02W | 2020-04-10 |
| TOKYO Tokyo has more than 180 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Thursday which is the highest daily jump Japanese domestic media including publich broadcaster NHK reported | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo has more than 180 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Thursday which is the highest daily jump Japanese domestic media including publich broadcaster NHK reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-tokyo/tokyo-has-highest-daily-jump-in-coronavirus-infection-with-over-180-new-cases-media-idUSKCN21R11I | 2020-04-10 |
| WUHAN China Temperature checkpoints and posters telling workers to keep more than a metre apart at Japanese automaker Honda Motor Cos reopened plant in the Chinese city of Wuhan show how the coronavirus has created a new normal on the factory floor | Positive | WUHAN China Temperature checkpoints and posters telling workers to keep more than a metre apart at Japanese automaker Honda Motor Cos reopened plant in the Chinese city of Wuhan show how the coronavirus has created a new normal on the factory floor | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-wuhan-honda/honda-back-to-work-in-chinas-wuhan-with-temperature-checks-and-masks-idUSKBN21Q10B | 2020-04-09 |
| TOKYO A Japanese sake brewery has warned against binge drinking at home as more Japanese are expected to hunker down indoors after the government stepped up calls for people to stay at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | TOKYO A Japanese sake brewery has warned against binge drinking at home as more Japanese are expected to hunker down indoors after the government stepped up calls for people to stay at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-sake/go-easy-on-the-sake-when-stuck-at-home-japanese-brewer-cautions-idUSKBN21P1DX | 2020-04-08 |
| It marks the first time a Japanese publicly traded company has faced a shareholder climate change resolution | Positive | TOKYO Investors with nearly billion in assets holding shares in Japans Mizuho Financial Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-coal-japan-mizuho-climatechange/investors-line-up-against-mizuho-support-for-coal-idUSKBN21O12C | 2020-04-07 |
| GSV said it also has a commitment from a Japanese private equity firm to inject immediate funds into the aviation group through an equity deal | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Privately held Golden Skies Ventures has made a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-airlines-m-a/gsv-bids-2-5-billion-for-malaysia-airlines-says-funded-by-european-bank-idUSKBN21P0DW | 2020-04-07 |
| on the news that blood products giant CSL Behring has joined forces with the Japanese drugmaker to develop a COVID19 plasma treatment | Positive | SYDNEY April 7 Tokyo shares gained on Tuesday supported by tentative signs of the coronavirus crisis likely levelling off in New York and other global hot spots with longonly investors still awaiting details of Japans massive economic stimulus package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks/japanese-stocks-rise-to-a-weeks-high-on-hopes-of-coronavirus-slowdown-wall-st-rally-idUSL4N2BV14N | 2020-04-07 |
| The yen was supported against major currencies after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe unveiled fiscal stimulus worth almost trillion to offset the economic impact of the coronavirus | Positive | Pound on edge as Johnson enters intensive care | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dips-as-virus-worries-persist-despite-some-signs-of-hope-idUSL4N2BV0YX | 2020-04-07 |
| Bowing to the pressure the 144yearold comapny last year overhauled its board to include nonJapanese directors for the first time in 80 years | Negative | TOKYO A Hong Kongbased activist investor in Toshiba Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-toshiba-kioxia/toshiba-should-sell-stake-in-ex-chip-unit-at-ipo-says-hk-activist-fund-in-letter-idUSKBN21P0DR | 2020-04-07 |
| In contrast to stringent lockdowns in some countries mandating fines and arrests for noncompliance enforcement will rely more on peer pressure and a deeprooted Japanese tradition of respect for authority | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is poised to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus giving governors stronger legal authority to urge people to stay home and businesses to close media reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-emergency-ex/lockdown-japan-style-pressure-to-conform-not-penalties-for-non-compliance-idUSKBN21O08J | 2020-04-06 |
| TOKYO Some 143 more cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in Tokyo the citys governor said on Sunday with the highest daily jump bringing the number of cases in the Japanese capital to more than 1000 | Negative | TOKYO Some 143 more cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in Tokyo the citys governor said on Sunday with the highest daily jump bringing the number of cases in the Japanese capital to more than 1000 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-reports-143-new-coronavirus-cases-highest-jump-in-one-day-governor-idUSKBN21N07X | 2020-04-06 |
| TOKYO Some 118 people were newly infected with the novel coronavirus in the Japanese capital of Tokyo NHK public broadcaster reported on Saturday citing metropolitan government officials | Negative | TOKYO Some 118 people were newly infected with the novel coronavirus in the Japanese capital of Tokyo NHK public broadcaster reported on Saturday citing metropolitan government officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/tokyo-area-sees-daily-coronavirus-cases-topping-100-for-first-time-nhk-idUSKBN21M094 | 2020-04-05 |
| Nissans sites in Spain are also suspended until further notice the Japanese carmaker said | Negative | LONDON Production at Nissans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-nissan/output-at-nissans-uk-car-plant-suspended-throughout-april-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21K2JK | 2020-04-03 |
| TOKYO Facing calls to declare a coronavirus state of emergency Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was derided on social media on Thursday for instead offering people cloth masks pointing to growing frustration with his handling of the crisis | Negative | TOKYO Facing calls to declare a coronavirus state of emergency Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was derided on social media on Thursday for instead offering people cloth masks pointing to growing frustration with his handling of the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-masks/two-masks-no-lockdown-japan-pms-latest-coronavirus-step-riles-social-media-idUSKBN21K0CQ | 2020-04-03 |
| TOKYO Facing calls to declare a coronavirus state of emergency Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was flamed on social media on Thursday for instead offering people free cloth masks pointing to growing frustration for some over his handling of the crisis | Negative | TOKYO Facing calls to declare a coronavirus state of emergency Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was flamed on social media on Thursday for instead offering people free cloth masks pointing to growing frustration for some over his handling of the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-masks/on-brink-of-coronavirus-crisis-japan-pm-offers-masks-gets-social-media-roasting-idUSKBN21K0CQ | 2020-04-02 |
| TOKYO Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday the government was expanding a ban on the entry of nonJapanese people to cover 73 countries as policymakers try to contain the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | TOKYO Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday the government was expanding a ban on the entry of nonJapanese people to cover 73 countries as policymakers try to contain the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-abe/japan-expands-entry-ban-to-more-countries-will-ask-all-visitors-to-quarantine-idUSKBN21J5BA | 2020-04-02 |
| TOKYO A Japanese destroyer and a Chinese fishing boat collided in the East China Sea on Monday night and no one was injured Japans defense minister said but China said a fisherman was hurt and suggested the Japanese vessel was to blame | Negative | TOKYO A Japanese destroyer and a Chinese fishing boat collided in the East China Sea on Monday night and no one was injured Japans defense minister said but China said a fisherman was hurt and suggested the Japanese vessel was to blame | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-china/japan-says-destroyer-and-chinese-boat-collided-china-says-one-hurt-idUSKBN21I10U | 2020-04-01 |
| Most market players say the moves were largely driven by quarterend flows and in the case of the yen Japanese fiscal yearend flows | Neutral | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-risk-currencies-ease-yen-firms-as-investors-brace-for-global-downturn-idUSL4N2BP0AW | 2020-04-01 |
| TOKYO Japanese comedian Ken Shimura who had been hospitalised after being infected with the new coronavirus has died becoming the first Japanese celebrity to die of the virus | Negative | TOKYO Japanese comedian Ken Shimura who had been hospitalised after being infected with the new coronavirus has died becoming the first Japanese celebrity to die of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-comedian/japanese-comedian-ken-shimura-dies-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN21H020 | 2020-03-31 |
| The talk is Japanese names are short of dollars which is likely to keep the dollar bid well into London said Yukio Ishizuki FX strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo | Positive | TOKYO The dollar rose against the yen on Tuesday as Japanese investors and companies rushed to cover a greenback shortage before their fiscal year end but sentiment remained fragile as the global coronavirus crisis worsened | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-forex/dollar-gains-yuan-steady-after-china-pmi-in-cautious-trade-idUSKBN21I02X | 2020-03-31 |
| The government will likely ban entry of nonJapanese nationals from the newly added countries as it has for the previous ones Motegi said | Negative | TOKYO Japan is urging its citizens not to travel to 73 countries and regions or a third of all countries in the world Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday as the government fights to prevent an explosive surge in coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-travel/japan-urges-citizens-to-stay-away-from-a-third-of-the-world-idUSKBN21I0A1 | 2020-03-31 |
| TOKYO U.S. hedge fund ValueAct Capital has become a major shareholder in Japanese chip and display materials maker JSR Corp | Positive | TOKYO U.S. hedge fund ValueAct Capital has become a major shareholder in Japanese chip and display materials maker JSR Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-valueact-jsr/activist-investor-valueact-takes-7-stake-in-japanese-chip-materials-maker-idUSKBN21H1HP | 2020-03-31 |
| However trading volumes were low as most Japanese players stayed on the sidelines ahead of their financial year end on March 31 | Negative | TOKYO March 30 Japanese government bond prices gained on Monday as rising coronavirus infection cases in Tokyo fuelled worries that the government could shut down the capital and deepen an almost inevitable recession in the economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds/jgbs-tick-up-on-tokyo-lockdown-concerns-idUSL4N2BN1P0 | 2020-03-30 |
| The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers are in final stages of talks to set the opening date for the Tokyo Games in July next year Japanese media said | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stayathome guidelines until the end of April dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by midApril after a top medical adviser said more than 100000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21H0I5 | 2020-03-30 |
| TOKYO Japanese comedian Ken Shimura who had been hospitalized after being infected with the new coronavirus has died becoming the first Japanese celebrity to die of the virus | Negative | TOKYO Japanese comedian Ken Shimura who had been hospitalized after being infected with the new coronavirus has died becoming the first Japanese celebrity to die of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-comedian/japanese-comedian-ken-shimura-dies-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN21H020 | 2020-03-30 |
| TOKYO Tokyo has confirmed 68 new coronavirus cases a record daily increase public broadcaster NHK reported on Sunday as the Japanese capital scrambles to prevent a wider outbreak while a cluster of infections increased near the city | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo has confirmed 68 new coronavirus cases a record daily increase public broadcaster NHK reported on Sunday as the Japanese capital scrambles to prevent a wider outbreak while a cluster of infections increased near the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-cases/tokyo-coronavirus-cases-jump-in-record-daily-rise-nhk-idUSKBN21G066 | 2020-03-30 |
| We understand the Japanese government will lead the development a Mitsubishi Heavy spokesman said | Positive | TOKYO Japan wants to develop a stealth fighter domestically rejecting designs from Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co in the United States and Britains BAE Systems PLC three sources with knowledge of the program told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defence-fighter-exclusive/exclusive-japan-favors-home-grown-design-for-next-generation-fighter-after-rejecting-foreign-plans-sources-idUSKBN21E137 | 2020-03-28 |
| TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a news conference on Saturday evening Japanese media said on Friday | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a news conference on Saturday evening Japanese media said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-abe/japan-pm-abe-to-hold-news-conference-saturday-media-idUSKBN21E10Y | 2020-03-28 |
| I believe they did so due to the growing number of Japanese consumers who take political factors into account in their purchase said Shengtao Jin a research analyst at Canalys | Positive | SEOUL For Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronoavirus-olympics-samsung/olympics-delay-deals-setback-to-samsungs-plans-to-win-over-japan-market-idUSKBN21E0E1 | 2020-03-27 |
| It was definitely the moment it all became real for a Japanese national committee official said | Neutral | Officials in charge of staging Tokyos Olympic Games crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abes residence late Tuesday wincing as they spoke by phone with the head of the International Olympic Committee | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-reconstru/weeks-of-anguish-and-a-black-box-inside-tokyos-decision-to-delay-the-olympics-idUSKBN21E05O | 2020-03-27 |
| The vote seen by some as another test case for Japans corporate governance would allow the Japanese molding machine manufacturer to block Murakamis bid for up to 43 | Neutral | TOKYO Toshiba Machine Co | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-toshiba-machine-m-a/toshiba-machine-shareholders-ok-anti-takeover-measures-against-activist-murakami-idUSKBN21E08Y | 2020-03-27 |
| If you think Japan and the rest of Asia will recover first what do you Japanese stocks that are most exposed to China | Positive | SYDNEY March 27 Japans share benchmark Nikkei rebounded on Friday and logged its biggest weekly gain on record as policymakers around the world launched a raft of stimulus efforts to mitigate the economic damage from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-rallies-on-stimulus-hopes-logs-biggest-weekly-gain-ever-idUSL4N2BK20U | 2020-03-27 |
| RDIF last week announced an investment into a Russian company called Medpromresurs which was established to focus on a new RussianJapanese coronavirus testing system | Positive | MOSCOW March 27 The Russian Direct Investment Fund and its partners have produced 500000 coronavirus test kits so far but are planning to soon ramp up production to 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-russia-rdif/russias-rdif-fund-says-it-will-have-coronavirus-test-kits-for-public-use-within-a-month-idUSL8N2BK0IW | 2020-03-27 |
| Two days after the G7 call it was announced that the deputy head of the Japanese Olympic Committee tested positive for the coronavirus | Negative | Officials in charge of staging Tokyos Olympic Games crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abes residence late Tuesday wincing as they spoke by phone with the head of the International Olympic Committee | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-reconstru/weeks-of-anguish-and-a-black-box-inside-tokyos-decision-to-delay-the-olympics-idUSKBN21E05O | 2020-03-27 |
| TOKYO March 25 The cost of swapping yen into dollars remains elevated in part due to signs that large Japanese government pension funds are planning to increase purchases of overseas bonds as they rebalance their portfolios | Positive | new GPIF allocation into foreign | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds-basis-swap/update-1-japan-swap-spreads-stay-wide-as-gpif-eyes-foray-into-foreign-bonds-idUSL4N2BJ1UU | 2020-03-26 |
| Once we get into the new fiscal year dollardemand will decline for some Japanese investors and swap rates should slowly improve | Negative | new GPIF allocation into foreign | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds-basis-swap/update-1-japan-swap-spreads-stay-wide-as-gpif-eyes-foray-into-foreign-bonds-idUSL4N2BJ1UU | 2020-03-26 |
| The pandemic has been particularly devastating for Japanese cities like Osaka that have grown more dependent on tourists particularly those from China to support local employment and midsize businesses | Negative | OSAKA The Osaka Corona Hotel in western Japan has been eerily quiet and empty the past few weeks | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-economy-insi/in-japan-hotels-lose-out-on-olympic-bet-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN21C0BI | 2020-03-25 |
| In the ancient capital city of Kyoto the loss of foreign visitors is threatening the very survival of traditional Japanese ryokans or familyrun inns | Negative | OSAKA The Osaka Corona Hotel in western Japan has been eerily quiet and empty the past few weeks | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-economy-insi/in-japan-hotels-lose-out-on-olympic-bet-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN21C0BI | 2020-03-25 |
| When I learned the Olympics were being postponed I was honestly Japanese sport climber Tomoa Narasaki said in an Instagram post | Negative | TOKYO Japan awoke on Wednesday to the deflating reality that the Olympics they had hoped to host in Tokyo this summer were now probably 16 months away after the coronavirus crisis forced organizers into an unprecedented postponement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics/stop-the-clock-japan-awakes-to-reality-of-tokyo-games-postponement-idUSKBN21C0G8 | 2020-03-25 |
| Despite their disappointment not to mention the logistical headaches and financial losses to come a poll indicated that about of Japanese agreed with a delay | Negative | The Tokyo Olympics were postponed on Tuesday to 2021 the first such delay in the Games 124year modern history as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the worlds last sporting showpiece still standing this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics/tokyo-games-moved-to-2021-as-light-at-end-of-pandemic-tunnel-idUSKBN21B0I2 | 2020-03-25 |
| TOKYO U.S. President Donald Trump fully supports a delay in the Tokyo Olympics agreed between Japan and the international Olympic panel a Japanese government spokesman said on Wednesday citing comments made to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a telephone call | Negative | TOKYO U.S. President Donald Trump fully supports a delay in the Tokyo Olympics agreed between Japan and the international Olympic panel a Japanese government spokesman said on Wednesday citing comments made to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a telephone call | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-japan-usa/japan-says-u-s-president-trump-supports-olympic-delay-100-idUSKBN21C0EG | 2020-03-25 |
| TOKYO The world needs to put an end to the coronavirus before the Tokyo Games can be held in their complete Japanese Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto said on Tuesday | Negative | TOKYO The world needs to put an end to the coronavirus before the Tokyo Games can be held in their complete Japanese Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/uk-health-coronavirus-olympics-hashimoto/olympics-in-complete-form-require-end-to-coronavirus-hashimoto-idUSKBN21B055 | 2020-03-24 |
| Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would hold talks over the phone with IOC President Thomas Bach at 1100 GMT on Tuesday the Japanese government said | Neutral | ANGELES The United States added its significant weight to calls for the Tokyo Games to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic with New Zealand Olympic organizers seeking a swift decision to allow teams to reset and prepare for a delayed event | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics/u-s-new-zealand-join-calls-for-tokyo-games-to-be-postponed-idUSKBN21B0I2 | 2020-03-24 |
| Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks over the phone with IOC President Thomas Bach later on Tuesday the paper said citing a senior Japanese government official | Neutral | TOKYO Japans government is negotiating with the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games by a maximum one year the Sankei newspaper reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-japan/japan-in-talks-with-ioc-to-postpone-tokyo-olympics-by-one-year-report-idUSKBN21A3UK | 2020-03-24 |
| Mexican fintech startups have drawn prominent investor attention over the past year including from top Silicon Valley investors and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican fintech startup Credijusto has raised million in debt from Credit Suisse Group a move that will help it extend more loans to small and midsized businesses as banks gauge how to respond to the impact of coronavirus its joint CEO said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-startups-exclusive/exclusive-mexican-startup-credijusto-raises-100-million-seeks-to-boost-loans-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN21A1T1 | 2020-03-24 |
| The share buyback will be in addition to the up to 500 billion yen buyback announced earlier this month in the Japanese tech conglomerates biggest ever repurchase | Neutral | TOKYO SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-softbank-group-buyback/softbank-to-raise-41-billion-to-expand-share-buyback-cut-debt-idUSKBN21A0F2 | 2020-03-23 |
| TOKYO Tokyo 2020 organizers have started drafting possible alternatives to holding the Olympics this summer two sources familiar with the talks said in contrast to the Japanese governments stance that postponement is not an option | Negative | TOKYO Tokyo 2020 organizers have started drafting possible alternatives to holding the Olympics this summer two sources familiar with the talks said in contrast to the Japanese governments stance that postponement is not an option | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-exclusive/exclusive-tokyo-organizers-quietly-plan-for-potential-olympic-delay-sources-say-idUSKBN219083 | 2020-03-22 |
| Already thin liquidity was reduced further by a Japanese public holiday exacerbating sharp moves | Negative | Virus crisis sends investors to USD cash | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-cash-dash-has-dollar-set-for-best-week-since-2008-crisis-idUSL4N2BD06O | 2020-03-20 |
| TOKYO Sharp Corp has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Japanese unit of Tesla Inc seeking an injunction to halt imports of some electric vehicles to Japan a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO Sharp Corp has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Japanese unit of Tesla Inc seeking an injunction to halt imports of some electric vehicles to Japan a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-sharp-tesla-lawsuit/japans-sharp-sues-tesla-for-patent-infringement-over-network-gear-source-idUSKBN2151X4 | 2020-03-19 |
| Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday that Queen Elizabeth had agreed to postpone the planned state visit by Japanese Emperor Naruhito in June | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom was bracing on Thursday for the virtual shut down of London as underground train stations across the capital closed and Prime Minister Boris Johnson mulled tougher measures to tackle the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-braces-for-coronavirus-shut-down-as-london-stations-close-idUSKBN2160XS | 2020-03-19 |
| TOKYO As the coronavirus outbreak leaves people cooped up at home aficionados of classical Japanese dance are using modern technology to keep their passion for the art form alive | Negative | TOKYO As the coronavirus outbreak leaves people cooped up at home aficionados of classical Japanese dance are using modern technology to keep their passion for the art form alive | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-dance-class/dance-dance-dance-japanese-classical-dance-defies-virus-via-online-lessons-idUSKBN2160DS | 2020-03-19 |
| Takujiro Hanayagi who with a fan in his hand teaches the graceful mesmerizing dance form known as Nihon literally Japanese has begun instructing his pupils via a tablet computer | Positive | TOKYO As the coronavirus outbreak leaves people cooped up at home aficionados of classical Japanese dance are using modern technology to keep their passion for the art form alive | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-dance-class/dance-dance-dance-japanese-classical-dance-defies-virus-via-online-lessons-idUSKBN2160DS | 2020-03-19 |
| Further measures are currently under study as we assess supplychain disruption and the sudden drop in market demand caused by the COVID19 the Japanese automaker said in a statement | Negative | LONDON Nissan has stopped output at Britains biggest car factory due to the impact from coronavirus as it assesses supplychain disruption and the drop in demand the most significant closure to affect the countrys autos sector so far from the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-nissan/nissan-stops-production-at-uk-factory-over-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN2142S7 | 2020-03-18 |
| TOKYO Japan and the United States reaffirmed their readiness to adopt all appropriate to guard their economies from downside risks posed by the coronavirus outbreak Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday | Positive | TOKYO Japan and the United States reaffirmed their readiness to adopt all appropriate to guard their economies from downside risks posed by the coronavirus outbreak Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-aso-mnuchin/japan-u-s-reaffirm-readiness-to-use-all-steps-to-combat-virus-aso-says-idUSKBN21422M | 2020-03-18 |
| I suspect the BOJ is buying ETFs this said Takehiko Masuzawa head of sales trading for Japanese clients at Macquarie Capital Securities | Negative | March 17 Japanese shares staged a mild recovery on Tuesday sidestepping a historic rout on Wall Street overnight with suspected buying by the Bank of Japan and public pension funds lending broad support | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/japan-stocks-edge-higher-suspected-boj-and-pension-buying-buoys-topix-idUSL4N2BA22V | 2020-03-17 |
| TOKYO March 17 Japans Ministry of Finance is considering reducing its issuance of inflationlinked Japanese government bonds in the next fiscal year two government sources said as inflation expectations have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak and a market selloff | Negative | TOKYO March 17 Japans Ministry of Finance is considering reducing its issuance of inflationlinked Japanese government bonds in the next fiscal year two government sources said as inflation expectations have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak and a market selloff | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-japan-bonds/japan-considering-cutting-inflation-linked-bond-sales-as-coronavirus-spreads-sources-say-idUSL4N2BA1UF | 2020-03-17 |
| It will also double the pace of purchases for Japanese realestate trust funds to 180 billion yen per year for the time being | Positive | SYDNEY March 17 Japans Nikkei dipped on Tuesday after Wall Street saw the worst session since the 1987 Black Monday but the broader market was higher as the central banks pledge to buy risky assets lent support | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-down-after-wall-st-plunge-but-topix-up-on-more-boj-buying-idUSL4N2BA18Y | 2020-03-17 |
| How then to square the circle of preserving domestic production capacity without penalising Japanese | Negative | March 13 column with no changes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-trade-titanium-ahome/rpt-column-u-s-looks-beyond-tariffs-to-secure-critical-titanium-supply-andy-home-idUSL8N2B63KX | 2020-03-16 |
| The Ethiopian case was a 48year old Japanese national who arrived in Ethiopia on March 4 the health ministry said | Negative | NAIROBI Kenya Ethiopia Sudan Guinea and Mauritania all confirmed their first cases of the new coronavirus on Friday giving the disease a foothold in 19 countries on the African continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-kenya/kenya-ethiopia-join-expanding-list-of-african-states-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN2100W3 | 2020-03-14 |
| German utility E.ON has been working with Japanese carmaker Nissan to develop socalled vehicletogrid services | Positive | BERLIN Volkswagens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-electric-energy/volkswagen-plans-to-tap-electric-car-batteries-to-compete-with-power-firms-idUSKBN20Z2D5 | 2020-03-13 |
| The yen tends to rise in times of financial stress as investors see the Japanese currency as a safe haven from risk | Negative | TOKYO Japan must take bold and steps to beat the economic fallout from the coronavirus its economy minister said suggesting largescale fiscal stimulus is in the works as the government tries to fend off a recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-stimulus/japan-vows-bold-step-to-beat-virus-fallout-signals-big-spending-package-idUSKBN2100GP | 2020-03-13 |
| Many market players see 100 yen to the dollar as Japanese policymakers lineinthesand | Neutral | TOKYO Japan must take bold and steps to beat the economic fallout from the coronavirus its economy minister said suggesting largescale fiscal stimulus is in the works as the government tries to fend off a recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-japan-economy-stimulus/japan-vows-bold-step-to-beat-virus-fallout-signals-big-spending-package-idUSKBN2100GP | 2020-03-13 |
| On one level buying bonds when the yen strengthens makes a lot of sense for a Japanese said Kiyoshi Ishigane chief fund manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co | Positive | TOKYO March 12 Japanese purchases of overseas debt last week surged to a record high in what investors say is likely a coordinated effort by government pension funds to stem a massive rally in the yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds-outflows/japans-record-buying-of-foreign-debt-hints-at-pension-fund-support-idUSL4N2B512Y | 2020-03-12 |
| South Korean boy band Super Junior called off its tours scheduled to take place on March 25 and 26 in Japan citing the Japanese governments measures to curb immigration | Negative | SEOUL Japans travel restrictions on South Koreans over the coronavirus epidemic have spurred cancellations of a string of Kpop concerts scheduled in Japan threatening to hurt the Korean entertainment industry in its most lucrative market | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-kpop/travel-curbs-on-south-koreans-prompt-k-pop-cancellations-especially-in-japan-idUSKBN20W0T0 | 2020-03-10 |
| TOKYO March 9 The Group of Seven major economies must coordinate monetary and fiscal policies to stave off risks to the global economy from the coronavirus impact Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Monday | Negative | TOKYO March 9 The Group of Seven major economies must coordinate monetary and fiscal policies to stave off risks to the global economy from the coronavirus impact Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/g7-markets-japan/g7-nations-must-coordinate-monetary-fiscal-policies-japans-aso-idUST9N287060 | 2020-03-09 |
| TOKYO A man who had been aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship and was infected with coronavirus has died bringing the death toll from the ship to seven Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday | Negative | TOKYO A man who had been aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship and was infected with coronavirus has died bringing the death toll from the ship to seven Japanese public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coroanvirus-japan/diamond-princess-passenger-dies-bringing-ships-death-toll-to-seven-nhk-idUSKBN20U0KQ | 2020-03-08 |
| Seoul had earlier summoned the Japanese envoy to protest against Japans decision to quarantine South Korean visitors for two weeks | Negative | SEOUL South Korea said on Friday it would suspend visas and visa waivers for Japan in response to Tokyos own travel restrictions on Koreans as fears over the spreading coronavirus rekindled a feud between the neighbors dating back to before World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-suspends-visas-for-japanese-in-tit-for-tat-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN20T03O | 2020-03-07 |
| we cannot help but devise necessary countermeasures including reciprocal South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyungwha told Japanese Ambassador Koji Tomita | Positive | SEOUL South Korea said on Friday it would suspend visas and visa waivers for Japan in response to Tokyos own travel restrictions on Koreans as fears over the spreading coronavirus rekindled a feud between the neighbors dating back to before World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-suspends-visas-for-japanese-in-tit-for-tat-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN20T03O | 2020-03-07 |
| Experts have criticized Japanese bureaucrats handling of the onboard quarantine as ultimately about 700 people were infected and six have died | Negative | Twentyone people tested positive for coronavirus on Friday aboard a ship that was denied entry to San Francisco Bay after a number of passengers and crew developed flulike symptoms on the vessel which had been linked to infections from an earlier voyage | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cruiseship/twenty-one-people-test-positive-for-coronavirus-aboard-cruise-ship-off-san-francisco-idUSKBN20T2XC | 2020-03-07 |
| South Koreas curbs which take effect on Monday also include special entry procedures for nonJapanese foreigners arriving from Japan Vice Foreign Minister Cho Seiyoung told a briefing | Positive | SEOUL South Korea said on Friday it would suspend visas and visa waivers for Japan in response to Tokyos own travel restrictions on Koreans as fears over the spreading coronavirus rekindled a feud between the neighbors dating back to before World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-suspends-visas-for-japanese-in-tit-for-tat-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN20T03O | 2020-03-07 |
| South Koreas foreign ministry said it will summon the Japanese ambassador on Friday to explain the decision and receive a formal complaint | Negative | TOKYO Japans government defended tighter travel restrictions on visitors from China and South Korea saying they were not too late to help slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak as Seoul protested the measures as | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan/japan-says-virus-travel-restrictions-not-too-late-as-south-korea-protests-idUSKBN20T08B | 2020-03-06 |
| However Airbus had an unusually strong January and Boeing rebounded in February with a Japanese order for a dozen 787 widebody jets | Positive | However Airbus had an unusually strong January and Boeing rebounded in February with a Japanese order for a dozen 787 widebody jets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-orders/airbus-draws-a-blank-in-february-after-boeings-order-free-january-idUSKBN20S2HN | 2020-03-06 |
| TOKYO Japan will cancel a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the deadly 2011 quake that devastated its northeast coast and triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster as it curbs gatherings as a precaution against coronavirus Japanese media reported | Negative | TOKYO Japan will cancel a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the deadly 2011 quake that devastated its northeast coast and triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster as it curbs gatherings as a precaution against coronavirus Japanese media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-ceremony/japan-to-cancel-ceremony-marking-deadly-quake-as-coronavirus-spreads-media-idUSKBN20Q24Q | 2020-03-04 |
| BEIRUT Lebanon has exclusive jurisdiction over Lebanese in the country its president said on Monday appearing to rebuff a visiting Japanese minister who said it was obvious and that ousted exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanon has exclusive jurisdiction over Lebanese in the country its president said on Monday appearing to rebuff a visiting Japanese minister who said it was obvious and that ousted exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon/japanese-minister-raises-ghosn-case-in-visit-to-lebanon-idUSKBN20P1OK | 2020-03-03 |
| BEIRUT Fugitive exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan a Japanese government minister told the Lebanese government during a visit to Beirut on Monday adding that Beirut had agreed to cooperate but without saying how | Positive | BEIRUT Fugitive exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn should stand trial in Japan a Japanese government minister told the Lebanese government during a visit to Beirut on Monday adding that Beirut had agreed to cooperate but without saying how | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-minister/japanese-minister-tells-lebanon-ghosn-should-stand-trial-in-japan-idUSKBN20P29J | 2020-03-03 |
| JAKARTA Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday two Indonesians had tested positive for coronavirus after being in contact with an infected Japanese national marking the first confirmed cases in the worlds fourth most populous country | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday two Indonesians had tested positive for coronavirus after being in contact with an infected Japanese national marking the first confirmed cases in the worlds fourth most populous country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia/indonesia-confirms-first-cases-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20P0FZ | 2020-03-02 |
| Widodo said an Indonesian medical team had traced the movements of the Japanese visitor before uncovering the cases | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday two Indonesians had tested positive for coronavirus after being in contact with an infected Japanese national marking the first confirmed cases in the worlds fourth most populous country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-indonesia/indonesia-confirms-first-cases-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN20P0FZ | 2020-03-02 |
| The factory is majority owned by Japanese auto parts supplier Denso with information technology firm Fujitsu also holding a stake | Positive | MADRID A Spanish plant owned by Denso Corp and Fujitsu Ltd is prepared to halt some production of auto electronics components if necessary because of a shortage of parts from China due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-spain-fujitsu/spanish-plant-owned-by-denso-fujitsu-preparing-to-halt-production-as-virus-causes-shortages-idUSKCN20K31E | 2020-02-28 |
| I had no idea that in Japan the rights of children to see both parents are not upheld by the family the only nonJapanese plaintiff told a news conference | Negative | TOKYO A group of parents fighting against child by their partners accused Japan in a lawsuit on Wednesday of having a double standard in how it treats domestic instances of such incidents compared to international ones | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-children-hague/parents-lawsuit-accuses-japan-of-double-standard-on-child-abductions-idUSKCN20K0V9 | 2020-02-27 |
| National Olympic committees remain on a watching brief relying on assurances from the IOC which says it is taking advice from Japanese officials and the World Health Organization | Negative | Fears that the new coronavirus outbreak is on the verge of becoming a global pandemic have stoked concerns about the Tokyo Games and while the International Olympic Committee says there is no Plan doubts remain the event will go ahead as planned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-olympics/fears-of-coronavirus-pandemic-spreading-olympic-unease-idUSKCN20K10P | 2020-02-27 |
| The move would come as the Japanese electronics company scrambles to divest of unprofitable businesses as its strategic shift to components from consumer electronics struggles to drive profit growth | Negative | ANGELES Japans Panasonic Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-panasonic-tesla-solar/panasonic-poised-to-withdraw-from-solar-cell-production-at-teslas-ny-plant-sources-idUSKCN20K0BP | 2020-02-26 |
| The move follows global criticism over the Japanese governments support for building coalfired plants in countries like Indonesia and Vietnam as well as the rollout of new plants in Japan | Negative | TOKYO Japan will launch a review by the end of June aimed at tightening conditions for the export of coalfired power plants environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-climate-change-japan/japan-to-tighten-export-policy-on-coal-fired-power-plants-minister-idUSKCN20J0D2 | 2020-02-26 |
| Railway operators normally seen as defensive plays were hit hard after the Japanese government advised citizens and firms against making unnecessary travels | Negative | TOKYO Feb 25 Japans Nikkei share average fell nearly to a fourmonth low on Tuesday as investors returning after a long weekend dumped riskier assets following a spike in coronavirus infections outside China that threatened global growth | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-hits-4-month-low-as-coronavirus-epidemic-spreads-idUSL3N2AP13D | 2020-02-25 |
| Some critics have said that by attempting a quarantine on the ship Japanese officials essentially turned the boat into a floating incubator for the coronavirus | Negative | TOKYO A panel of Japanese medical experts on Monday sought to play down deepening criticism of the governments handling of a coronavirus outbreak on a cruise ship while acknowledging mistakes were made | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-experts/japan-plays-down-criticism-of-coronavirus-cruise-ship-handling-idUSKCN20I0XW | 2020-02-25 |
| The index showed a delayed reaction to falls in global stocks on Monday when Japanese markets were shut for the emperors birthday | Negative | TOKYO Feb 25 Japans Nikkei share average fell nearly to a fourmonth low on Tuesday as investors returning after a long weekend dumped riskier assets following a spike in coronavirus infections outside China that threatened global growth | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-hits-4-month-low-as-coronavirus-epidemic-spreads-idUSL3N2AP13D | 2020-02-25 |
| If the outbreak persists it could have a big impact on the Japanese and global Kuroda told a news conference on Sunday after attending a meeting of G20 finance leaders | Negative | RIYADH The Bank of Japan will be fully prepared to take necessary action to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the worlds thirdlargest economy its Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g20-saudi-japan-boj/kuroda-says-boj-will-be-fully-prepared-to-act-on-virus-risk-idUSKCN20H0NJ | 2020-02-24 |
| The latest death was a Japanese man in his 80s the health ministry said on its website days after a couple also in their 80s died | Negative | TOKYO A third passenger from the coronavirusinfected Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan died on Sunday authorities said as the government promised to introduce fresh steps to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan/third-death-from-japan-cruise-ship-as-health-minister-vows-to-set-virus-strategy-idUSKCN20H04R | 2020-02-24 |
| RIYADH Feb 22 The Bank of Japan is ready to ease monetary policy without hesitation but there is no change in the central banks view that the Japanese economy is recovering moderately its governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Saturday | Positive | RIYADH Feb 22 The Bank of Japan is ready to ease monetary policy without hesitation but there is no change in the central banks view that the Japanese economy is recovering moderately its governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/g20-saudi-boj/bank-of-japan-says-its-ready-to-ease-monetary-policy-but-economy-recovering-idUSD5N29W00N | 2020-02-23 |
| LONDON Some 35 British passengers were due to arrive back home on Saturday after spending more than two weeks stuck on a quarantined cruise ship in a Japanese port due to the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | LONDON Some 35 British passengers were due to arrive back home on Saturday after spending more than two weeks stuck on a quarantined cruise ship in a Japanese port due to the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-britain/british-passengers-from-virus-hit-cruise-ship-due-to-arrive-home-idUSKBN20G005 | 2020-02-22 |
| Huge uncertainty remains on how the spread of the new virus may affect the Japanese Kuroda told parliament | Negative | Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he was watching the coronavirus impact on the economy with grave in a nod to the growing toll the epidemic is taking on manufacturing activity and exports across Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-global-economy/bojs-kuroda-says-watching-with-grave-concern-as-virus-hits-asian-economies-idUSKBN20F0MP | 2020-02-21 |
| The weak yen however may offer Japanese policymakers some relief by boosting the value of profits Japanese manufacturers earn overseas some analysts said | Positive | Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he was watching the coronavirus impact on the economy with grave in a nod to the growing toll the epidemic is taking on manufacturing activity and exports across Asia | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-global-economy/bojs-kuroda-says-watching-with-grave-concern-as-virus-hits-asian-economies-idUSKBN20F0MP | 2020-02-21 |
| The convenience store business originated in the United States but is now owned by the Japanese group which also owns supermarket chain ItoYokado | Positive | TOKYO Japanese retail group Seven i Holdings Co | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-speedway-seven-i-hldgs/japans-seven-i-says-it-is-considering-deals-after-reported-22-billion-speedway-talks-idUSKBN20E11T | 2020-02-21 |
| To avoid discouraging foreign investors from investing in Japanese stocks the government will grant exemptions on prereporting requirements for overseas investors who meet a set of criteria the ministry said | Positive | TOKYO Japan is finalizing a plan that will tighten scrutiny of foreign investment in 12 key sectors four government sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-japan-investment/japan-to-limit-foreign-ownership-in-12-sectors-sources-idUSKBN20E2O8 | 2020-02-21 |
| Arrivals from South Korea which has been boycotting Japanese goods and services since a trade dispute erupted between the neighbours last year plunged yearonyear the JNTO said | Negative | TOKYO The number of foreign visitors to Japan fell for the fourth month in January as the impact of a South Korean boycott weighed with further sharper falls expected as the coronavirus outbreak keeps away Chinese travellers | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-tourism/japan-warns-of-coronavirus-hit-on-tourism-but-keeps-40-mln-visitor-target-idUSKBN20D0NR | 2020-02-20 |
| TOKYO Two passengers from a coronavirushit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died and 29 people were in a serious condition Japanese media reported on Thursday as a second group of passengers disembarked after twoweeks quarantined onboard | Negative | TOKYO Two passengers from a coronavirushit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died and 29 people were in a serious condition Japanese media reported on Thursday as a second group of passengers disembarked after twoweeks quarantined onboard | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/two-passengers-from-coronavirus-hit-cruise-ship-in-japan-die-as-public-criticism-grows-idUSKBN20E03A | 2020-02-20 |
| Public broadcaster NHK said the deceased passengers were an 87yearold Japanese man and an 84yearold Japanese woman | Negative | TOKYO Two passengers from a coronavirushit cruise ship moored near Tokyo have died and 29 people were in a serious condition Japanese media reported on Thursday as a second group of passengers disembarked after twoweeks quarantined onboard | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/two-passengers-from-coronavirus-hit-cruise-ship-in-japan-die-as-public-criticism-grows-idUSKBN20E03A | 2020-02-20 |
| The process will be finished by Friday Japanese public broadcaster NHK said | Neutral | HONG KONG More than 100 Hong Kong residents who were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan for over two weeks landed on Thursday morning in the Asian financial hub where they will face a further 14 days of quarantine | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hongkong/first-batch-of-diamond-princess-passengers-arrive-in-hong-kong-to-face-further-quarantine-idUSKBN20E069 | 2020-02-20 |
| He also says Japanese heritage is essential | Positive | CURITIBA Brazil From the outside the modest home of 61yearold Edson Suemitsu looks little different from others in this middleclass neighborhood of Curitiba a sleepy city in southern Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-samurai/brazils-last-samurai-seeks-to-keep-tradition-alive-in-south-america-idUSKBN20D23B | 2020-02-20 |
| JAKARTA Indonesia is to evacuating 74 of its nationals from the Diamond Princess cruise off the Japanese port city of Yokohama that has been affected by a coronavirus outbreak a senior minister said on Thursday | Negative | JAKARTA Indonesia is to evacuating 74 of its nationals from the Diamond Princess cruise off the Japanese port city of Yokohama that has been affected by a coronavirus outbreak a senior minister said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-indonesia/indonesia-to-evacuate-74-people-from-coronavirus-affected-ship-off-japan-idUSKBN20E0DA | 2020-02-20 |
| Currency markets were still reeling from an overnight plunge in the Japanese yen which fell even as safehaven assets such as gold climbed | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stocks eased and currency markets were skittish on Thursday as virus cases rose in South Korea and Japan even as China added more stimulus via a rate cut to support its economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slip-as-virus-global-impact-puts-markets-on-edge-idUSKBN20E03J | 2020-02-20 |
| South Korea is also sending a government charter flight on Tuesday to take home four citizens and a Japanese spouse who have no symptoms a South Korean official said | Negative | TOKYO Japan plans to start trials of HIV medications to treat coronavirus patients as an increase in the number of cases poses a growing threat to the economy and public health the governments top spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-canada/japan-plans-hiv-drug-trials-to-fight-coronavirus-as-diamond-princess-cases-rise-idUSKBN20C02C | 2020-02-19 |
| They told us to pack warm weather clothes for the two weeks in Darwin but who will have that after a cruise in the Japanese passenger Vicki Presland told Reuters | Positive | TOKYO Passengers on the virushit cruise ship moored near Tokyo began disembarking on Wednesday television footage showed after a controversial twoweek quarantine that saw more than 500 people infected with the new coronavirus originating in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/virus-hit-cruise-liner-passengers-start-disembarking-in-japan-after-controversial-quarantine-idUSKBN20D029 | 2020-02-19 |
| More than 540 people have been infected with the virus on the ship according to Japanese authorities the largest concentration of infections outside mainland China | Negative | SEOUL A presidential jet brought home six South Koreans and a Japanese spouse from a quarantined cruise ship docked off Japan on Wednesday according to Yonhap news agency | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-ship-southkorea/south-koreans-return-home-from-quarantined-ship-off-japan-yonhap-idUSKBN20C2R4 | 2020-02-19 |
| Investors are cautious as the coronavirus epidemic could tip the Japanese economy already hit by sales tax hike last October into a recession | Negative | TOKYO Feb 19 Japanese shares bounced back on Tuesday as sentiment improved slightly after Wall Streets major indexes closed off their lows and Apple trimmed its losses stemming from a sales warning although the health crisis in China remained an overhang | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-recoup-as-apple-regains-some-lost-ground-idUSL4N2AJ0WM | 2020-02-19 |
| Trump said he was invited by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | Positive | LOS ANGELES U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is considering a visit to Japan this summer for the Olympic Games in Tokyo a trip that would take him off the campaign trail as he seeks reelection | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-trump-olympics/trump-considering-travel-to-tokyo-for-summer-olympics-idUSKBN20D06K | 2020-02-19 |
| Around half of the passengers aboard the Diamond Princess are Japanese with the rest foreign nationals many of whom have expressed frustration over the quarantine | Negative | TOKYO Japan plans to trial HIV medications to treat patients infected with coronavirus as the growing number of cases poses an increasing threat to the countrys economy as well as public health | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-canada/japan-plans-hiv-drug-trials-for-coronavirus-cruise-ship-evacuations-continue-idUSKBN20C02C | 2020-02-18 |
| Japanese passengers who test negative will begin disembarking as early as Wednesday the original deadline for the end of ships quarantine Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said | Negative | TOKYO Japan plans to trial HIV medications to treat patients infected with coronavirus as the growing number of cases poses an increasing threat to the countrys economy as well as public health | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-canada/japan-plans-hiv-drug-trials-for-coronavirus-cruise-ship-evacuations-continue-idUSKBN20C02C | 2020-02-18 |
| The last time the emperors birthday celebration was canceled was 1996 amid a hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy in Peru | Negative | TOKYO Japan canceled the emperors birthday celebrations next week as it moved on Monday to limit crowds to contain the spread of the coronavirus and said it will close the Tokyo Marathon to all but elite professional runners | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan/rise-in-coronavirus-infections-prompts-japan-to-limit-public-crowds-idUSKBN20B05Y | 2020-02-18 |
| Around half of the 3700 passengers and crew are Japanese | Negative | The number of new coronavirus infections in mainland China fell below 2000 on Tuesday for the first time since January although global experts warn it is still too early to say the outbreak is being contained | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-infections-slow-in-china-as-apple-becomes-latest-business-casualty-idUSKBN20C03X | 2020-02-18 |
| The blow to risk appetite saw stocks across the region slip while safehaven bonds and the Japanese yen got a lift | Neutral | SYDNEY Feb 18 The Australian and New Zealand dollars were jolted lower on Tuesday as a production warning from Apple highlighted the mounting economic costs of the coronavirus and spooked investors across Asia | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australia-nz-dollars-swoon-as-economic-costs-of-epidemic-mount-idUSL4N2AI0HV | 2020-02-18 |
| MOSCOW A Russian woman who was on board the Diamond Princess cruise liner docked in Yokohama Japan has tested positive for coronavirus following examinations by the Japanese authorities the Russian Embassy to Japan said on Monday | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian woman who was on board the Diamond Princess cruise liner docked in Yokohama Japan has tested positive for coronavirus following examinations by the Japanese authorities the Russian Embassy to Japan said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-china-health-russia-japan/russia-says-citizen-aboard-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-has-coronavirus-idUSKBN20B0X9 | 2020-02-18 |
| SYDNEY Feb 17 Australia will evacuate more than 200 of its citizens onboard a coronavirusstricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday | Negative | More than 200 Australians to be evacuated on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-australia/update-2-australia-to-evacuate-more-than-200-citizens-from-cruise-ship-quarantined-at-japan-port-idUSL4N2AH1HY | 2020-02-17 |
| This month marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima which saw some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two take place on a small Japanese island 1200 km south of Tokyo | Negative | This month marks the 75th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima which saw some of the bloodiest fighting of World War Two take place on a small Japanese island 1200 km south of Tokyo | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-ww2-anniversary-iwojima-file/battle-of-iwo-jima-75-years-on-idUSKBN20B06Y | 2020-02-17 |
| SYDNEY Feb 17 Asian shares reversed earlier losses on Monday and moved back toward a threeweek top as Chinese efforts to cushion the blow from a coronavirus outbreak cheered investors although Japanese stocks faltered amid growing recession risks | Negative | MSCI exJapan ticks up Japans Nikkei stumbles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-hover-around-3-week-highs-on-chinese-support-measures-idUSL4N2AH0N2 | 2020-02-17 |
| SYDNEY Australia will evacuate more than 200 of its citizens onboard a coronavirusstricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia will evacuate more than 200 of its citizens onboard a coronavirusstricken cruise ship being held under quarantine in the Japanese port of Yokohama Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-australia-ship/australia-to-evacuate-more-than-200-citizens-from-cruise-ship-quarantined-at-japan-port-idUSKBN20B0DL | 2020-02-17 |
| SYDNEY Asian shares reversed earlier losses on Monday and moved back toward a threeweek top as Chinese efforts to cushion the blow from a coronavirus outbreak cheered investors although Japanese stocks faltered amid growing recession risks | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares reversed earlier losses on Monday and moved back toward a threeweek top as Chinese efforts to cushion the blow from a coronavirus outbreak cheered investors although Japanese stocks faltered amid growing recession risks | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-hover-around-three-week-highs-on-chinese-support-measures-idUSKBN20B01Z | 2020-02-17 |
| It has secured space on the sidelines to host a Malaysia Street promotion which will offer opportunities to sell food and for firms to meet Japanese buyers and distributors | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR A small factory in Malaysias capital is preparing thousands of readytoeat halal meals from fried rice to chicken biryani to be shipped off to Japan for 2020s biggest sporting event | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-2020-malaysia-halal/with-biryani-and-rice-balls-malaysia-aims-for-halal-olympic-gold-idUSKBN20A0BT | 2020-02-17 |
| State health officials said they were consulting Japanese authorities to get more details of his Hawaii visit | Positive | Hawaii health authorities began a search on Friday for anyone who may have had close contact with a Japanese tourist who fell ill on the island of Oahu and tested positive for a new coronavirus soon after returning to his home country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-hawaii/japanese-man-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-after-visiting-hawaii-idUSKBN209053 | 2020-02-16 |
| Hawaii health authorities began a search on Friday for anyone who may have had close contact with a Japanese tourist who fell ill on the island of Oahu and tested positive for a new coronavirus soon after returning to his home country | Negative | Hawaii health authorities began a search on Friday for anyone who may have had close contact with a Japanese tourist who fell ill on the island of Oahu and tested positive for a new coronavirus soon after returning to his home country | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-hawaii/japanese-man-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-after-visiting-hawaii-idUSKBN209053 | 2020-02-16 |
| Other countries might follow suit and ask to bring back their own citizens from the ship before the quarantine period ends next week a Japanese government official told reporters | Neutral | TOKYO The United States said on Saturday it will send aircraft to Japan to bring back American passengers on the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess where the most coronavirus infections outside China have occurred | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/u-s-to-evacuate-americans-from-cruise-ship-quarantined-at-japan-port-idUSKBN20903J | 2020-02-16 |
| TOKYO Another 70 people on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus bringing the total number of cases from the vessel to 355 Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Sunday | Negative | TOKYO Another 70 people on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus bringing the total number of cases from the vessel to 355 Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/another-70-people-test-positive-for-coronavirus-on-ship-in-japan-idUSKBN20A01M | 2020-02-16 |
| TOKYO Another 70 people aboard a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus bringing the total to 355 cases Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Sunday | Negative | TOKYO Another 70 people aboard a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus bringing the total to 355 cases Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-ship-tests/another-70-people-test-positive-for-coronavirus-on-ship-in-japan-idUSKBN20A03C | 2020-02-16 |
| It has yet to be fixed when Toyotas Chengdu plant in Sichuan province will restart output the Japanese automaker said | Neutral | TOKYO Toyota Motor Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-toyota/toyota-to-resume-china-output-at-three-plants-next-week-idUSKBN2090PF | 2020-02-16 |
| The biggest cluster of infections outside China has been on a cruise liner quarantined in a Japanese port with 218 people on board infected and taken to hospital | Negative | BEIJING People returning to the Chinese capital Beijing from extended holidays on Friday were ordered to undergo a 14day selfquarantine to help prevent spread of the new coronavirus as hardhit Hubei province reported more than 2400 new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health/people-returning-to-beijing-under-quarantine-as-china-struggles-to-pick-up-economy-idUSKBN20804J | 2020-02-15 |
| The biggest cluster of infections outside China has been on a cruise liner quarantined in a Japanese port with 218 people on board confirmed as infected and taken to hospital | Negative | BEIJING The Chinese capital Beijing on Friday imposed a 14day selfquarantine on people returning to the city from holidays to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and threatened to punish those who failed to comply | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/people-returning-to-beijing-under-quarantine-as-china-struggles-to-pick-up-economy-idUSKBN20804J | 2020-02-15 |
| Cases are not rising dramatically outside China apart from among passengers on a cruise liner now quarantined off the Japanese port of Yokohama Ryan said | Neutral | GENEVA The spike in cases reported from China reflects reclassifying a backlog of suspect cases using patients chest images and not necessarily the tip of an of a wider epidemic a top World Health Organization official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/spike-in-china-virus-cases-doesnt-show-big-shift-in-epidemic-who-idUSKBN20728U | 2020-02-14 |
| Before the boycott South Korea had bought of Japanese beer exports | Positive | TOKYO Japanese beer and beverage maker Asahi Group Holdings | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-asahi-group-southkorea/japans-asahi-says-korean-boycott-cost-it-3-billion-yen-last-year-idUSKBN2070LY | 2020-02-14 |
| The foreign ministry released a notice on Wednesday urging its nationals to consider delaying trips to China and for Japanese in China to return home | Negative | TOKYO Another 39 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined in Japan with one quarantine officer also infected bringing the total to 175 the health ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-cruise-ship-coronavirus-cases-climb-to-175-including-quarantine-officer-idUSKBN206019 | 2020-02-12 |
| Ten were Japanese nationals and the others were from 11 countries including the United States and China | Negative | TOKYO Another 39 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on the cruise ship Diamond Princess quarantined in Japan with one quarantine officer also infected bringing the total to 175 the health ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-cruise-ship-coronavirus-cases-climb-to-175-including-quarantine-officer-idUSKBN206019 | 2020-02-12 |
| The virus outbreak could also affect trade and investment as any further slowdown in Chinas economy could hurt Japanese companies output and disrupt supply chains Cashin added | Negative | TOKYO A prolonged and widespread coronavirus outbreak could hit Japans economy affecting tourism retail and exports among other areas a senior International Monetary Fund official warned | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-imf-japan/imf-warns-of-coronavirus-hit-to-japans-economy-via-tourism-trade-idUSKBN2041WB | 2020-02-11 |
| Mondays figure takes to 130 the number of infections on the ship docked in Yokohama domestic broadcasters TBS and NHK said citing Japanese health ministry sources | Negative | TOKYO Testing aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has revealed 60 more confirmed cases of coronavirus media said on Monday as quarantined passengers took to social media to warn of depression setting in over their confinement | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan/sixty-more-people-confirmed-with-coronavirus-on-cruise-ship-in-japan-media-idUSKBN2040FG | 2020-02-11 |
| The dollar was steadier on the Japanese yen which benefits from being a safe haven of its own and last stood at 109 | Positive | Shares exJapan up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-bounce-china-factories-fight-to-re-start-idUSL4N2AB0A9 | 2020-02-11 |
| Trading was subdued ahead of a Japanese market holiday on Tuesday | Negative | Concerns about virus outbreak keep sentiment cautious | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-slips-on-coronavirus-concerns-weak-corporate-earnings-idUSL4N2AA1JR | 2020-02-10 |
| The trepidation had the Japanese yen trading firmly in the morning at 109 | Neutral | Dollar finds decade high vs Aussie multi month high vs kiwi | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-u-s-jobs-data-and-global-coronavirus-worries-hold-dollar-firm-idUSL4N2AA04T | 2020-02-10 |
| Japan chartered a third flight to repatriate Japanese people which arrived from Wuhan on Jan | Positive | A growing number of countries around the world are evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from parts of China hit by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-evacuation/factbox-countries-evacuating-nationals-from-china-coronavirus-areas-idUSKBN2040HU | 2020-02-10 |
| Separately Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said a fourth chartered flight had brought 119 more Japanese nationals and 79 Chinese and Taiwanese family members from Wuhan | Negative | TOKYO Another 41 people quarantined on a cruise liner off Japan tested positive for coronavirus on Friday bringing the total confirmed cases to 61 with thousands of passengers confined to cabins as testing continues | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-ship/coronavirus-cases-on-cruise-liner-off-japan-jump-to-61-idUSKBN20102S | 2020-02-07 |
| NEW YORK Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp one of the worlds most powerful activist investors has amassed a nearly billion stake in SoftBank Group Corp and is pushing for changes to boost the Japanese conglomerates value sources said | Positive | NEW YORK Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp one of the worlds most powerful activist investors has amassed a nearly billion stake in SoftBank Group Corp and is pushing for changes to boost the Japanese conglomerates value sources said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-softbank-group-stake-elliott/hedge-fund-elliott-management-builds-3-billion-stake-in-softbank-sources-idUSKBN2002PW | 2020-02-07 |
| after media reports that Elliott Management has amassed a nearly billion stake in the Japanese conglomerate and is pushing for changes in its governance and transparency | Positive | TOKYO Feb 7 Japanese shares held steady on Friday after having logged their biggest daily gain in more than a year in the previous session with SoftBank Group soaring on news that U.S. activist investor Elliott Management has built a stake in the company | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-shares-pause-after-thursdays-rally-softbank-group-shines-idUSL4N2A70WW | 2020-02-07 |
| Asked which side he would support if a Japanese athlete competes with a South Sudan rival at the Tokyo Games he said I would cheer both | Positive | MAEBASHI Japan Abraham Majok a South Sudanese 1500m runner training in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics aims to bring back two things to his wartorn country after the an Olympic medal and a message on the importance of peace | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-olympics-2020-south-sudan/south-sudan-olympic-athlete-says-he-plans-to-take-home-message-of-peace-idUSKBN2000CT | 2020-02-06 |
| Majok and three other South Sudanese athletes have been training in the central Japanese city of Maebashi 100 km northwest of Tokyo since November for this summers Olympics and Paralympics | Positive | MAEBASHI Japan Abraham Majok a South Sudanese 1500m runner training in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics aims to bring back two things to his wartorn country after the an Olympic medal and a message on the importance of peace | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-olympics-2020-south-sudan/south-sudan-olympic-athlete-says-he-plans-to-take-home-message-of-peace-idUSKBN2000CT | 2020-02-06 |
| Carnival on Tuesday canceled cruises scheduled to depart the Japanese ports of Yokohama and Kobe this week because of delays related to the coronavirus checks | Negative | The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China passed 490 on Wednesday as two U.S. airlines suspended flights to Hong Kong following the first fatality there and 10 cases were confirmed on a cruise ship quarantined in Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-toll-nears-500-cruise-ships-hong-kong-flights-hit-idUSKBN1ZZ06L | 2020-02-05 |
| The passengers could include Japanese nationals as well as their Chinese spouses Motegi told reporters | Neutral | TOKYO Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Wednesday that Japan would send a fourth chartered flight to Wuhan the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak the following day to bring back about 200 passengers | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-flight/japan-to-send-fourth-chartered-flight-to-wuhan-on-thursday-idUSKBN1ZZ0CI | 2020-02-05 |
| No further details were given though Abe stressed ensuring that Japanese residents have access to medical checkups and masks which have been selling out around the nation | Positive | Tokyo Japan on Saturday moved to contain the economic impact of a coronavirus outbreak originating in China as strict new measures aimed at limiting the spread of the virus including targeting foreign visitors came into effect | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-seeks-to-contain-economic-impact-of-virus-new-measures-come-into-effect-idUSKBN1ZV3GZ | 2020-02-02 |
| Japan plans to send another chartered plane midweek or later to bring back Japanese nationals who are still in Hubei the foreign ministry said on Sunday | Negative | The Philippines on Sunday reported the first overseas death from the growing epidemic of a coronavirus that originated in China where new confirmed infections jumped by a daily record to top 14000 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/philippines-reports-first-coronavirus-death-outside-china-idUSKBN1ZW00F | 2020-02-02 |
| The United States has blamed Iran for several attacks on international merchant vessels including a Japaneseowned tanker the Kokuka Courageous | Negative | YOKOSUKA A Japanese destroyer left for the Gulf of Oman on Sunday amid simmering Middle East tension to guard sea lanes that supply nearly all the oil that powers the worlds thirdbiggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-mideast-iran-japan/japanese-warship-departs-for-gulf-to-patrol-oil-lifeline-idUSKBN1ZW02D | 2020-02-02 |
| The Tokyo Olympics take place in the Japanese capital from July 24 to Aug | Positive | The coronavirus epidemic continued to wreak havoc on the international sporting calendar on Saturday when the Lingshui China Masters badminton tournament part of the qualifying process for the Tokyo Olympics was postponed | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-sport/coronavirus-forces-postponement-of-badminton-olympic-qualifier-idUSKBN1ZV3BX | 2020-02-01 |
| TOKYO Foreigners who have been to Chinas Hubei province in the last two weeks will be refused entry to Japan for the time being Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of a governmental taskforce on the new coronavirus on Friday | Negative | TOKYO Foreigners who have been to Chinas Hubei province in the last two weeks will be refused entry to Japan for the time being Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a meeting of a governmental taskforce on the new coronavirus on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-abe/japan-to-ban-foreigners-whove-been-to-chinas-hubei-in-last-2-weeks-government-idUSKBN1ZU137 | 2020-02-01 |
| The deal will give the independent Japanese investment manager effective control of the liquid crystal display maker replacing the Japanese governmentbacked INCJ fund as the top shareholder | Positive | TOKYO Japan Display Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-display-funding/apple-supplier-japan-display-gets-920-million-bailout-from-ichigo-idUSKBN1ZU0ZH | 2020-02-01 |
| The judge even allowed ADR investors to revive their claims under Japanese securities law holding that because the plaintiffs are U.S. nationals the U.S. interest in enforcement outweighs comity concerns | Positive | A new trial court ruling in a securities fraud class action by holders of Toshiba American Depository Receipts doesnt just revive investors claims | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-adr/foreign-issuers-beware-toshiba-didnt-sponsor-adrs-but-investor-class-action-gets-green-light-idUSKBN1ZS318 | 2020-01-30 |
| Concern over his health was a top trending topic on Japanese Twitter | Negative | TOKYO Japans former emperor Akihito who stepped down last year has recovered after a brief loss of consciousness on Wednesday a palace spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-emperor-akihito/japans-former-emperor-akihito-recovers-from-brief-loss-of-consciousness-idUSKBN1ZT0BK | 2020-01-30 |
| The move comes as Japanese securities firms including Daiwa have struggled with their sluggish retail business under volatile market conditions | Negative | TOKYO Japans Daiwa Securities Group Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-katana-daiwa/japans-daiwa-invests-128-million-in-marketing-company-as-stock-fee-shrinks-idUSKBN1ZT03Z | 2020-01-30 |
| While more than firms in the U.S. have a position of chief marketing officer fewer than of Japanese companies did as of 2014 government statistics show | Neutral | TOKYO Japans Daiwa Securities Group Inc | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-katana-daiwa/japans-daiwa-invests-128-million-in-marketing-company-as-stock-fee-shrinks-idUSKBN1ZT03Z | 2020-01-30 |
| It should also reanimate warnings that allies of the Japanese electronics company presented last year to the U.S. Supreme Court | Positive | A new trial court ruling in a securities fraud class action by holders of Toshiba American Depository Receipts doesnt just revive investors claims | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-adr/foreign-issuers-beware-toshiba-didnt-sponsor-adrs-but-investor-class-action-gets-green-light-idUSKBN1ZS318 | 2020-01-30 |
| The moves reflect a rebound in Japanese share prices from threeweek lows as investors tried to gauge the extent of the damages from the epidemic | Negative | TOKYO Jan 29 Japanese government bond prices dropped on Wednesday as investor risk aversion triggered by the coronavirus outbreak eased for the moment ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve policy announcement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-bonds/jgbs-soften-as-risk-averse-mood-eases-ahead-of-fed-idUSL4N29Y17R | 2020-01-29 |
| Earlier Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters the flight could carry about 200 passengers but added that about 650 Japanese citizens were hoping to head home | Negative | TOKYO Japan sent a chartered flight on Tuesday night to Wuhan the epicenter of Chinas virus outbreak to evacuate its nationals looking to return home as the death toll from the new strain climbed to 106 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-sends-plane-to-fly-citizens-home-from-chinas-virus-hit-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZR0BZ | 2020-01-29 |
| Also measures Japanese to get to airport have been arranged | Neutral | TOKYO Japan sent a chartered flight on Tuesday night to Wuhan the epicenter of Chinas virus outbreak to evacuate its nationals looking to return home as the death toll from the new strain climbed to 106 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-sends-plane-to-fly-citizens-home-from-chinas-virus-hit-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZR0BZ | 2020-01-29 |
| KUALA LUMPUR Li Chunrong was hired by Chinese automaker Geely to revive the fortunes of the Proton brand in Malaysia and it took him two years to eclipse Japanese giants Honda and Toyota | Positive | KUALA LUMPUR Li Chunrong was hired by Chinese automaker Geely to revive the fortunes of the Proton brand in Malaysia and it took him two years to eclipse Japanese giants Honda and Toyota | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-proton-geely-focus/proton-packed-geely-takes-on-honda-and-toyota-in-southeast-asia-idUSKBN1ZS02X | 2020-01-29 |
| We will dispatch the first flight to Wuhan tonight which will bring masks protective suits and other support items for Chinese people and Japanese nationals he added | Negative | TOKYO Japan sent a chartered flight on Tuesday night to Wuhan the epicenter of Chinas virus outbreak to evacuate its nationals looking to return home as the death toll from the new strain climbed to 106 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-sends-plane-to-fly-citizens-home-from-chinas-virus-hit-wuhan-idUSKBN1ZR0BZ | 2020-01-29 |
| But IHS said Proton was still a small player compared with the Japanese brands and that it could struggle to compete | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Li Chunrong was hired by Chinese automaker Geely to revive the fortunes of the Proton brand in Malaysia and it took him two years to eclipse Japanese giants Honda and Toyota | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-proton-geely-focus/proton-packed-geely-takes-on-honda-and-toyota-in-southeast-asia-idUSKBN1ZS02X | 2020-01-29 |
| Elliott in October expressed concerns about Unizos governance and pushed it to accept Blackstones earlier offer after the Japanese firm had rebuffed Blackstone as well as other unidentified bidders | Negative | With its sweetened proposal Blackstone is challenging Unizos shareholders to pressure the management who are accountable for giving better returns to them amid a government push for better corporate governance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-unizo-m-a-blackstone-group/blackstone-raises-unizo-offer-to-1-75-billion-topping-rival-idUSKBN1ZR0FZ | 2020-01-29 |
| Nissan is planning to send back some Japanese staff working at its JV with Dongfeng Motors in Wuhan and their families on the chartered flight as well | Negative | Companies around the globe from Facebook to Japans Nippon Steel have restricted travel to China as the outbreak of a new coronavirus which has killed over 100 people and infected more than 4000 in the worlds most populous country sparks international alarm | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-business-factbox/stores-closed-employees-evacuated-travel-restricted-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN1ZR1QT | 2020-01-29 |
| Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters the flight can carry around 200 passengers but added about 650 Japanese citizens are hoping to come back to Japan | Positive | TOKYO Japans government will send a chartered flight to Wuhan the epicenter of a virus outbreak in China on Tuesday night to evacuate its nationals wishing to return home | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-to-send-charter-flight-to-wuhan-to-bring-citizens-home-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN1ZR0BZ | 2020-01-28 |
| Were also worried that concern over the outbreak may keep Japanese shoppers home | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura warned on Tuesday that corporate profits and factory production might take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak in China that has rattled global markets and chilled confidence | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-economy/japan-warns-about-risks-to-economy-from-china-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZR0AH | 2020-01-28 |
| TOKYO Chartered flights out of Wuhan to bring home Japanese nationals will not operate on Tuesday as originally planned due to ongoing arrangements with Chinese authorities a person with direct knowledge of the situation said | Negative | TOKYO Chartered flights out of Wuhan to bring home Japanese nationals will not operate on Tuesday as originally planned due to ongoing arrangements with Chinese authorities a person with direct knowledge of the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan/japan-will-not-fly-back-nationals-from-wuhan-on-tuesday-source-idUSKBN1ZQ2JO | 2020-01-28 |
| If the situation takes longer to subside were concerned it could hurt Japanese exports output and corporate profits via the impact on Chinese consumption and he said | Negative | TOKYO Japanese Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura warned on Tuesday that corporate profits and factory production might take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak in China that has rattled global markets and chilled confidence | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-economy/japan-warns-about-risks-to-economy-from-china-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZR0AH | 2020-01-28 |
| As investors bet on riskier assets some safe havens such as the Japanese yen and gold dipped | Positive | NEW YORK Jan 24 Global equity markets rebounded on Friday with the U.S. Nasdaq Composite Index hitting a record high as investors took in positive economic data from Europe and worried less about the potential economic toll of the coronavirus outbreak in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-positive-eurozone-data-pushes-global-equity-markets-higher-idUSL1N29T0IA | 2020-01-25 |
| He says the Japanese charges were fabricated as part of a plot to oust him from the RenaultNissan alliance | Negative | PARIS French prosecutors investigating a party that former RenaultNissan boss Carlos Ghosn threw for his wife at the sumptuous Versailles palace will in the next few weeks ask judges to examine the case bringing a prosecution a step closer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-versailles/french-investigators-to-move-ahead-with-ghosn-prosecution-over-palace-party-idUSKBN1ZM2SY | 2020-01-24 |
| Having said that I dont think the downward pressure on Japanese stocks will last long | Positive | TOKYO Jan 24 Japanese shares ended slightly higher on Friday in a seesaw session as worries about the spread of a new virus in China played tugofwar with bets that the health crisis will boost drug makers earnings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-closer/japan-shares-end-higher-as-traders-assess-china-virus-spread-bet-on-drugmakers-idUSL4N29T0UB | 2020-01-24 |
| The U.S. Federal Reserve for example was notably absent from collaboration with the initiative by the European and Japanese central banks to look at CBDCs | Negative | LONDON Central banks are looking at creating their own digital currencies a stark contrast to the ethos of cryptocurrencies that seek to subvert mainstream authority over money | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-cenbank-digital-currencies-explainer/explainer-central-bank-digital-currencies-moving-towards-reality-idUSKBN1ZM2JH | 2020-01-24 |
| But to take someones passport and then force them to work is forced labor and should not be allowed under Japanese he said | Negative | TOKYO The Japanese government should forbid employers from retaining the passports of their foreign workers a lawyer said on Thursday after a Filipino woman sued her former employer for refusing to return her personal documents | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-immigration/japan-should-ban-confiscation-of-foreign-employees-passports-lawyer-says-idUSKBN1ZM0T8 | 2020-01-24 |
| The MSC said Aeons scale would help expand recognition for sustainable seafood among Japanese consumers and encourage fisheries | Positive | TOKYO Japanese supermarket chain Aeon Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-seafood-aeon/japans-aeon-aims-to-serve-eco-certified-sushi-in-time-for-olympics-idUSKBN1ZK0F6 | 2020-01-22 |
| It also was among Japanese automakers that expressed dismay with Trumps March 2019 declaration that some imported vehicles and parts posed a threat to U.S. national security | Negative | WASHINGTON Honda Motor Co | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-honda-training/honda-to-join-white-house-initiative-to-boost-u-s-job-training-idUSKBN1ZK1XX | 2020-01-22 |
| Traders said institutional investors have also adopted a waitandsee mood ahead the Japanese corporate earnings season for the OctoberDecember quarter | Neutral | TOKYO Jan 22 Japanese shares made modest gains on Wednesday as earlier investor panic about the coronavirus in China abated although hygeinerelated firms remained in demand and pressure on the tourism sector persisted | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-shares-claw-back-earlier-virus-related-losses-but-worries-persist-idUSL4N29R0KF | 2020-01-22 |
| JAKARTA SoftBank has offered to invest up to billion in the new capital city Indonesia plans to build on Borneo island a minister said on Friday though the Japanese tech conglomerate said no figure had been suggested yet | Positive | JAKARTA SoftBank has offered to invest up to billion in the new capital city Indonesia plans to build on Borneo island a minister said on Friday though the Japanese tech conglomerate said no figure had been suggested yet | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-indonesia-capital-softbank/indonesian-minister-says-softbank-offering-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-new-capital-idUSKBN1ZG18H | 2020-01-18 |
| Toshiba was aiming to take over NuFlare as the Japanese government pointed to corporate governance issues with dual listings of parents and subsidiaries | Positive | TOKYO Toshiba Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-toshiba-m-a/toshiba-succeeds-in-bid-for-chip-equipment-unit-beating-hoya-idUSKBN1ZG0JS | 2020-01-18 |
| Analysts peg Japans strong demand for U.S. Treasuries as a result of Japanese investors wanting to take advantage of the positive U.S. yield | Positive | comments | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-treasury-securities/update-1-foreigners-sold-u-s-treasuries-for-4th-straight-month-in-november-data-idUSL1N29L1V1 | 2020-01-17 |
| TOKYO Applications to become Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawas girlfriend have topped 20000 streaming service AbemaTV said on Thursday ahead of its documentary on his search for a life to take on his moon voyage | Positive | TOKYO Applications to become Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawas girlfriend have topped 20000 streaming service AbemaTV said on Thursday ahead of its documentary on his search for a life to take on his moon voyage | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-billionaire-maezawa/moonstruck-japanese-billionaires-girlfriend-entrants-top-20000-idUSKBN1ZF0HQ | 2020-01-16 |
| After fleeing Japan in late December Ghosn said he had been treated by Tokyo prosecutors and that he was the victim of a conspiracy by Japanese carmaker Nissan | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he had previously spoken to Japans prime minister about the conditions former NissanRenault boss Carlos Ghosn was being held under | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn-macron/frances-macron-says-he-raised-concerns-with-japan-over-ghosn-detention-idUSKBN1ZE2E8 | 2020-01-16 |
| TOKYO Russian authorities have seized a Japanese cod fishing boat and taken it to a Russiancontrolled island claimed by Japan media reports and a fishermens association said on Wednesday | Negative | TOKYO Russian authorities have seized a Japanese cod fishing boat and taken it to a Russiancontrolled island claimed by Japan media reports and a fishermens association said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-russia-fishermen/russia-seizes-japan-fishing-boat-near-disputed-islands-idUSKBN1ZE1IQ | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON Japans Defense Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday defended Tokyos decision to send forces to the Middle East to help ensure the safety of merchant ships saying it was in the Japanese peoples interest despite a new poll showing significant opposition to the mission | Positive | WASHINGTON Japans Defense Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday defended Tokyos decision to send forces to the Middle East to help ensure the safety of merchant ships saying it was in the Japanese peoples interest despite a new poll showing significant opposition to the mission | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defense-usa/japan-says-middle-east-mission-in-self-interest-as-crude-importer-idUSKBN1ZD2W2 | 2020-01-15 |
| So it is Japanese peoples interests to protect the safety of the navigation in the Kono told reporters at the Pentagon | Positive | WASHINGTON Japans Defense Minister Taro Kono on Tuesday defended Tokyos decision to send forces to the Middle East to help ensure the safety of merchant ships saying it was in the Japanese peoples interest despite a new poll showing significant opposition to the mission | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-defense-usa/japan-says-middle-east-mission-in-self-interest-as-crude-importer-idUSKBN1ZD2W2 | 2020-01-15 |
| The alliance is the source of Nissans the Japanese automaker said in a statement | Neutral | At the opening of trading in Paris on Tuesday Renault shares rose 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-nissan-alliance/renault-nissan-say-alliance-not-headed-for-break-up-idUSKBN1ZC2DC | 2020-01-15 |
| ABU DHABI Japan Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates should work together to deescalate the tense situation in the Gulf a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday relaying comments by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | Positive | ABU DHABI Japan Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates should work together to deescalate the tense situation in the Gulf a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Monday relaying comments by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-emirates-japan-abe/japan-pursues-regional-diplomacy-to-defuse-gulf-tensions-idUSKBN1ZC23C | 2020-01-14 |
| Through the alliance to achieve sustainable and profitable growth Nissan will look to continue delivering winwin results for all member the Japanese automaker said in a statement | Positive | TOKYO Nissan Motor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-nissan-alliance-statement/nissan-says-not-considering-dissolving-alliance-with-renault-idUSKBN1ZD0E6 | 2020-01-14 |
| The request from Japan was made on Thursday Mainichi and other Japanese media said quoting unnamed sources | Negative | TOKYO Japanese authorities have requested the International Criminal Police Organization for an Interpol wanted notice for the wife of former Nissan Motor | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-wife/japan-seeks-interpol-wanted-notice-for-carlos-ghosns-wife-idUSKCN1ZA05H | 2020-01-12 |
| Wirecard last year struck a strategic partnership with Softbank that has yielded payments cooperation deals with some of the companies in the billion Japanese venture funds portfolio | Positive | BERLIN The board member overseeing an outside audit of Wirecard has been elected as chairman of the German payments company as it battles allegations of fraud and false accounting that have hit its share price | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-chairman/board-member-overseeing-wirecard-audit-elected-chairman-idUSKCN1ZA09R | 2020-01-12 |
| The dollars gains were particularly pronounced against the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc against which it has rallied 1 | Positive | lead paragraph to show dollar on track for best weekly gain in two months not two | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/corrected-forex-dollar-set-for-best-weekly-gain-in-two-months-on-galvanising-forces-idUSL8N29F2IR | 2020-01-11 |
| Serhan said in the statement that he had met with the Japanese ambassador to Lebanon and reaffirmed the importance of the relationship between the two countries | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanon may lift a travel ban on ousted Nissan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-wife/lebanon-may-lift-ghosns-travel-ban-if-files-not-received-within-40-days-caretaker-justice-minister-idUSKBN1Z91TY | 2020-01-11 |
| Taiwan is also close to a major U.S. military base on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa | Positive | TAIPEI Taiwan votes in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday which will set the course for the democratic islands ties with its giant and autocratic neighbor China which claims Taiwan as its territory | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-election-explainer/explainer-what-is-at-stake-in-taiwans-election-idUSKBN1Z90AB | 2020-01-11 |
| Given the rising regional tensions this trip is taking place to exchange opinions with these three nations as one part of Japanese diplomacy aimed at diffusing the overall Suga said | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will go ahead with a planned trip to Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and Oman from the weekend despite heightened tensions in the Middle East while Tokyo also dispatched a warship and patrol planes to the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iraq-security-japan/japan-pm-heading-to-middle-east-as-planned-warship-dispatch-ordered-idUSKBN1Z9029 | 2020-01-11 |
| Ninety percent of our oil travels through those waters and so its a lifeline for the Japanese Kono said at a media briefing | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will go ahead with a planned trip to Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates and Oman from the weekend despite heightened tensions in the Middle East while Tokyo also dispatched a warship and patrol planes to the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-iraq-security-japan/japan-pm-heading-to-middle-east-as-planned-warship-dispatch-ordered-idUSKBN1Z9029 | 2020-01-11 |
| LONDON Jan 10 The U.S. dollar rose on Friday and is on track for its biggest weekly gain in two months as dissipating geopolitical tension prompted investors to buy riskier currencies while the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc gave up all their recent gains | Positive | lead paragraph to show dollar on track for best weekly gain in two months not two | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/corrected-forex-dollar-set-for-best-weekly-gain-in-two-months-on-galvanising-forces-idUSL8N29F2IR | 2020-01-11 |
| There started to be some kind of defiance from our Japanese colleagues not only about the alliance but also about Ghosn told a news briefing | Negative | PARIS ExNissan boss Carlos Ghosn said on Wednesday that a surprise corporate move orchestrated five years ago by French President Emmanuel Macron who was then economy minister soured relations between Renault and Nissan and contributed to his ouster | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-macron/ghosn-seeds-of-renault-nissan-crisis-were-sown-by-macrons-move-idUSKBN1Z72O1 | 2020-01-09 |
| I dont personally think the top level Japanese was involved | Negative | BEIRUT Fugitive former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn said that he was brought down by a plot cooked up at the company some of whose executives he named at a news conference in Beirut on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-highlights/former-nissan-boss-ghosn-points-the-finger-at-news-conference-idUSKBN1Z71VR | 2020-01-09 |
| Defendant Ghosns allegations completely ignore his own conduct and his onesided criticism of the Japanese criminal justice system is totally the Tokyo prosecutors office said after Ghosn spoke | Negative | BEIRUT Carlos Ghosn speaking publicly for the first time since his dramatic escape from Japanese justice said on Wednesday he had been treated by Tokyo prosecutors and was the victim of an inside job to oust him from the helm of automaker Nissan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn-legal/fugitive-ex-nissan-boss-ghosn-hits-out-at-carmaker-and-japan-idUSKBN1Z62K1 | 2020-01-09 |
| Investors quit the safehaven Japanese yen sending it sliding from a threemonth high to a twoweek low of 109 | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stocks rebounded on Thursday and oil edged up as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of further conflict in the Middle East and investors unwound safety plays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-erase-losses-as-mideast-tensions-ease-oil-ticks-up-idUSKBN1Z802B | 2020-01-09 |
| Greg remains a victim of the Japanese hostage justice system | Negative | BEIRUT Fugitive former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn said that he was brought down by a plot cooked up at the company some of whose executives he named at a news conference in Beirut on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-lebanon-highlights/former-nissan-boss-ghosn-points-the-finger-at-news-conference-idUSKBN1Z71VR | 2020-01-09 |
| TOKYO Sony Corp said it would start testing selfdriving cars as early as this year to beef up the companys sensing and safety technologies as the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant accelerates its automotive push | Positive | TOKYO Sony Corp said it would start testing selfdriving cars as early as this year to beef up the companys sensing and safety technologies as the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant accelerates its automotive push | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-sony-autonomous/sony-to-test-self-driving-cars-to-boost-sensing-safety-technologies-idUSKBN1Z60MF | 2020-01-08 |
| In a statement Serhan said that no file had yet been received related to an arrest warrant issued by Japanese prosecutors for Ghosns wife Carole | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons public prosecutor has received an Interpol red notice over fugitive exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn and will take the necessary steps caretaker justice minister Albert Serhan said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nissan-ghosn-interpol/lebanon-says-it-will-take-the-necessary-steps-over-interpol-red-notice-for-ex-nissan-boss-ghosn-idUSKBN1Z61KA | 2020-01-08 |
| The ministry said nothing had been received from Japanese prosecutors relating to an arrest warrant for his wife Carole who is in the Lebanese capital | Negative | Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosns wife for alleged perjury as officials stepped up efforts to bring the fugitive car industry boss back to face trial on financial misconduct charges | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-statement/japan-seeks-arrest-of-ghosns-wife-amid-efforts-to-snare-him-idUSKBN1Z6057 | 2020-01-08 |
| The possibility of persuading Lebanon to hand over Ghosn is low however the Japanese official said because Lebanon like many other countries does not extradite its own citizens | Negative | TOKYO Japanese legal officials are poring over Lebanese laws in a bid to find a way to return exNissan boss Carlos Ghosn to Japan a Ministry of Justice senior official said on Tuesday adding that Tokyo will do its utmost to have him face trial on financial misconduct charges | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn-official/japan-to-do-utmost-to-have-ghosn-return-for-trial-ministry-official-idUSKBN1Z60N5 | 2020-01-08 |
| TOKYO Mitsubishi Motors Corp has signed on to Israeli startup Otonomos cardata marketplace as Japanese automakers race to make up ground on U.S. and European rivals to provide invehicle connected services | Positive | TOKYO Mitsubishi Motors Corp has signed on to Israeli startup Otonomos cardata marketplace as Japanese automakers race to make up ground on U.S. and European rivals to provide invehicle connected services | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-mitsubishimotors-otonomo/mitsubishi-motors-enlists-israeli-startup-as-japan-plays-catch-up-on-connected-cars-idUSKBN1Z40YK | 2020-01-07 |
| Sentiment clearly favours riskoff trades but is not falling much because Japanese importers are said Yukio Ishizuki foreign exchange strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo | Positive | Safehaven Swiss franc up on rising Mideast tensions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-swiss-franc-holds-gains-yen-steady-as-traders-eye-iran-idUSL4N29C04L | 2020-01-07 |
| TOKYO Japan has asked Lebanon for help regarding Carlos Ghosn a top Japanese official said on Tuesday calling the former auto executives escape to Beirut but stopping short of spelling out what Tokyo was seeking from local authorities | Negative | TOKYO Japan has asked Lebanon for help regarding Carlos Ghosn a top Japanese official said on Tuesday calling the former auto executives escape to Beirut but stopping short of spelling out what Tokyo was seeking from local authorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-nissan-ghosn-statement/japan-says-it-has-sought-help-from-lebanon-over-fugitive-ghosn-idUSKBN1Z6057 | 2020-01-07 |
| The company will continue to take appropriate legal action to hold Ghosn accountable for the harm that his misconduct has caused to the Japanese automaker said in a statement | Negative | TOKYO Japan has asked Lebanon for help regarding Carlos Ghosn a top Japanese official said on Tuesday calling the former auto executives escape to Beirut but stopping short of spelling out what Tokyo was seeking from local authorities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-nissan-ghosn-statement/japan-says-it-has-sought-help-from-lebanon-over-fugitive-ghosn-idUSKBN1Z6057 | 2020-01-07 |
| Sentiment clearly favors riskoff trades but is not falling much because Japanese importers are said Yukio Ishizuki foreign exchange strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo | Positive | TOKYO The Swiss franc held gains against the dollar on Tuesday as traders sought savehavens amid heightened anxiety about potential Iranian retaliation to a U.S. drone strike that killed its most prominent military commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-forex/swiss-franc-and-yen-in-holding-pattern-markets-await-iran-response-idUSKBN1Z6025 | 2020-01-07 |
| There was no Xray conducted of the large case which was loaded onto the private jet that was believed to have carried Ghosn Japanese broadcaster NHK reported | Negative | TOKYO Japan on Sunday said it would tighten immigration measures after former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn fled the country while on bail its first official response to an astonishing escape that has transformed the executive into an international fugitive | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-nissan-ghosn/japan-orders-tighter-immigration-procedures-after-ghosn-flees-country-idUSKBN1Z402U | 2020-01-06 |
| TOKYO The imposing home where Carlos Ghosn lived for the last seven months and probably launched a daring escape to avoid Japanese prosecutors is nestled in a leafy enclave of Tokyo where most people pay little attention to Westerners or luxury cars | Neutral | TOKYO The imposing home where Carlos Ghosn lived for the last seven months and probably launched a daring escape to avoid Japanese prosecutors is nestled in a leafy enclave of Tokyo where most people pay little attention to Westerners or luxury cars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-renault-nissan-ghosn-house/surveillance-in-a-leafy-enclave-ghosns-tokyo-life-was-under-strict-monitoring-idUSKBN1Z01M1 | 2020-01-02 |
