Nikkei

Tokyo stocks skyrocket on BoJ easing plan

5 Apr 2013

Tokyo stocks skyrocketed on Friday as investors embraced sweeping new monetary easing measures from the Bank of Japan that sent the yen plunging, spelling good news for the country’s struggling...

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Japan to give patrol boats to Manila amid China tensions

11 Feb 2013

Japan plans to donate patrol boats costing US$11 million each to the Philippines, ramping up regional efforts to monitor China’s maritime activity in disputed waters, a newspaper said on Monday....

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Asian markets surge as US averts fiscal cliff

2 Jan 2013

Asian markets jumped on Wednesday after the US Congress backed a deal to avert a “fiscal cliff” of drastic tax rises and spending cuts in an upbeat start to the year.

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Asian markets up despite stumbling US fiscal talks

28 Dec 2012

Asian shares rose on Friday on hopes for a last-minute deal to avert the US fiscal cliff despite warnings from a leading Democrat that an agreement is unlikely just days before a year-end deadline...

10:48AM