Nikkei stays near multi-year highs due to optimism over US demand
Japanese stocks remained near 7-1/2 year highs on Friday as optimism on the U.S. economy helped investors shrug off a delay to hoped-for eurozone easing.
Dec 05, 2014, 09:15 AM IST
Nikkei soars to seven-year highs on reports tax hike will be delayed
Japanese stocks jumped as investors cheered reports that PM Shinzo Abe will delay a planned sales tax rise to rejuvenate Japan's fragile economic recovery.
Nov 12, 2014, 08:46 AM IST
Japan not out of deflation yet: Minister
Japan hasn`t emerged from years of deflation quite yet, the country`s economy minister said Friday, after a sales tax hike sparked a sharp decline in second-quarter growth.
Aug 15, 2014, 17:13 PM IST
Japan suffers biggest economic slump since 2011 quake as tax hike bites
Seeing the slump as temporary, however, the Bank of Japan remains publicly convinced the economy is on course for a moderate recovery and has no plans to expand stimulus any time soon.
Aug 13, 2014, 11:53 AM IST
