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Junko Fujita

Junko Fujita

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Global rout in bank shares intensifies as recession fears mount

Bank stocks tanked across the globe on Friday as fears of a recession swept through markets after U.S.

Global rout in bank shares intensifies as recession fears mount
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Japanese stocks in bear market as banks slump on tariff jitters

Japanese stocks sank on Friday to their lowest since last August, marking their sharpest weekly drop in five years, as fears of a global recession

Japanese stocks in bear market as banks slump on tariff jitters
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Japan's Nikkei seen rising 4.6% by end-June on stronger corporate outlook: Reuters poll

Japan's Nikkei share average will rise 4.6% by end-June based on the view that Japanese firms will revise up their outlook once uncertainties over U.S. tariff policy

Japan's Nikkei seen rising 4.6% by end-June on stronger corporate outlook: Reuters poll
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Investors target Japan bank shares in bet on rising BOJ rates

Japanese bank shares have become highly popular with investors betting on rising Bank of Japan interest rates as uncertainty over the

Investors target Japan bank shares in bet on rising BOJ rates
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Analysis-Kishida's NISA bet is paying off, just not for Japanese stocks

Japan's big tax break to incentivise its citizens to funnel some of the trillions of yen held in cash into stock market investments and boost the

Analysis-Kishida's NISA bet is paying off, just not for Japanese stocks
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Japan's Nikkei seen rising 4.6% this year on solid corporate outlook, global economy - Reuters poll

Japan's Nikkei share average will rise 4.6% by year end, supported by a firm corporate outlook and a solid global economy, according to equity market strategists in a

Japan's Nikkei seen rising 4.6% this year on solid corporate outlook, global economy - Reuters poll
Asia|Finance|Stock Markets

Japan's Nikkei sees biggest rout since 1987 Black Monday

Japanese stocks collapsed on Monday in their biggest single day rout since the 1987 Black Monday sell-offs, driven by last week's plunge in global

Japan's Nikkei sees biggest rout since 1987 Black Monday
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Margin trading in Japanese stocks sharply shrinks after market rout

Trading using borrowed money, or margin trading, in Japan's stock market fell sharply last week as investors were forced to dump stocks during the Nikkei index's

Margin trading in Japanese stocks sharply shrinks after market rout
Business|Economy|Finance

Futures in Japan face hangover from BOJ's bond-buying binge

Japan's $9 trillion bond market is bracing for disruption as a shortage of paper caused by the central bank's massive buying is expected

Futures in Japan face hangover from BOJ's bond-buying binge
Business|Finance|Stock Markets

Berkshire Hathaway raises $1.9 billion in global yen bonds, set to boost Japan bets

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has raised 281.8 billion yen ($1.9 billion) in a yen-denominated bond offer, a move analysts say lays the ground for

Berkshire Hathaway raises $1.9 billion in global yen bonds, set to boost Japan bets

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