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Japan to buy 1.4 million doses of Daiichi Sankyo COVID vaccine
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's health ministry said on Friday it agreed to buy 1.4 million doses of...
Japan panel recommends approval of updated Daiichi Sankyo COVID shot- Kyodo
Reuters via AOL· 7 months agoA Japanese health ministry panel on Monday recommended approval for an updated version of Daiichi...
UPDATE 3-Japan to waive pre-departure COVID tests for vaccinated travellers
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoJapan will waive pre-departure COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers to the country, but daily caps on entrants will remain in place, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday. Japan ...
UPDATE 4-Hong Kong asks Japan to drop airport bans, 60,000 travellers affected
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoHong Kong has asked Japan to withdraw a COVID-19 restriction that allows passenger flights from the financial hub to land only at four designated airports, saying the decision would affect about ...
CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Japan spending unexpectedly falls, wages down for full year in blow to economy
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year ago(Corrects paragraph 6 to note household spending slowed from 1.6% expansion in fiscal 2021, not 2.1%.) By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, May 9 (Reuters) - Japan's consumer spending unexpectedly fell ...
CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Japan trade gap widens as imports surge, capex seen solid
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoThe trade data came on the heels of Reuters Tankan, which showed improvement in Japan's business sentiment in August, while the key gauge of corporate capital spending rebounded in June from ...
UPDATE 1-Japan sees 1.9 million visitors in May, down from cherry blossom rush
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoJapan saw a slight decline in visitors in May from the previous month, when a rush of tourists came to see the nation's famous cherry blossoms without COVID-19 restrictions, official data showed ...
UPDATE 2-Japan May retail sales rise faster than expected as COVID curbs ease
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years ago* May retail sales rise 3.6% y/y vs f'cast +3.3% * Retail sales rise 0.6% m/m seasonally adjusted * Consumers sanguine on 'Golden Week' holiday season without curbs * Consumption backs 2Q GDP ...
UPDATE 2-Japan's base salaries jump most since 1995, puts BOJ policy into view
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoJapan's nominal base salary grew at the fastest pace in 28 years in May, government data showed on Friday, adding fuel to the debate over when the central bank will unwind its ultra-loose monetary ...
CORRECTED-UPDATE 3-Japan approves $8.1 bln Osaka resort, country's first casino
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoJapan on Friday approved a plan to build the country's first casino in the western city of Osaka, paving the way for a 1.08 trillion yen ($8.1 billion) resort set to open in 2029, aimed at attracting ...