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Japan Ruling Party To Pick New Leader On October 4

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will pick its new leader on October 4, the party's election committee said Tuesday, replacing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who resigned after huge election setbacks.

International Business Times

S&P Futures Tick Higher Ahead of U.S. Retail Sales Data and FOMC Meeting

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are trending up +0.30% this morning as investors geared up for the start of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting while also awaiting a fresh batch of U.S. economic data, with particular attention on the retail sales report.

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Stock Index Futures Tread Water Ahead of U.S. Economic Data, Nvidia Earnings Awaited

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are down -0.04%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are up +0.05% this morning as investors awaited a fresh batch of U.S. economic data and braced for Nvidia’s financial report due on Wednesday.

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Stock Index Futures Inch Higher Ahead of U.S. Economic Data, Nvidia Earnings Awaited

September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24) are up +0.14%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are up +0.28% this morning, rebounding slightly from Monday’s tech-driven losses on Wall Street, while investors awaited a fresh batch of U.S. economic data and braced for Nvidia’s financial report due on Wednesday.

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Japan poised to take action as Yen tumbles against the dollar

Top Japanese officials are considering an intervention to prop up the yen after seeing it fall to a 38-year low against the dollar.

Evening Standard

Japan signals it may prop up yen after currency falls to 38-year low

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki says authorities watching currency’s slide with ‘sense of urgency’.

Al Jazeera

Financial markets at risk of ‘sharp correction’; US GDP revised high – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK central bank publishes its new financial stability report

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Asian Stocks Slip as Wall Street's Slow Start Continues

The Asian stock market slipped as Japan's markets reopened following the tragic earthquake that hit the country. Tokyo's mood was somber as officials paid ...

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Finance ministers of Japan and South Korea agree to resume currency swap agreement as ties warm

Japan and South Korea have agreed to revive a currency swap agreement for times of crisis

The Independent UK

Japan, South Korea finance ministers to hold next meeting on June 29

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki and South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho will meet on June 29 in Tokyo for the next bilateral meeting, almost two months after the first talk between the two countries' financial leaders in seven years.

Reuters

Japan pledges to mobilise $1 billion to help nations around Ukraine accept refugees

Japan will unveil a plan on Thursday to mobilise $1 billion to help countries surrounding Ukraine accept refugees from the war-torn country, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Thursday.

Reuters

Japan, S.Korea revive stalled economic talks as global risks rise

Japan and South Korea held their first finance leaders' meeting in seven years on Tuesday and agreed to resume regular dialogue as tensions in the wider region and slowing growth prod them to increase co-operation and mend strained relations.

Reuters

Japan to invite emerging nations to G7 finance leaders' meeting

Japan will invite some emerging nations to an outreach meeting at the Group of Seven advanced countries Japan chairs next month in the city of Niigata, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday.

Reuters

France, Japan, India team up to rescue Sri Lanka from China debt trap

France, India and Japan have teamed up and invited others to join in the rescue of Sri Lanka’s crippled economy, a crisis blamed on mindless spending by the island’s rulers of money borrowed from China.

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South Korea and Japan's finance ministers to hold first bilateral talks in 7 years

South Korea and Japan's finance ministers will hold a bilateral meeting early next month for the first time in seven years, heralding closer cooperation in economic policy that has been hampered by diplomatic conflict.

Reuters

Japan to chair G7 finance meeting in Washington

Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday that Japan would chair a Group of Seven (G7) financial leaders' meeting on Wednesday in Washington to discuss the global economy and financial markets, the strengthening of supply chains and the Ukraine crisis.

Reuters

G7 finance chiefs to meet on Feb 23 to discuss measures against Russia

Financial leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) will meet on Feb. 23 to discuss measures against Russia that will put pressure on it to end the Ukraine war, Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Japan Finance Minister Suzuki to visit Singapore, Vietnam next week

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki is set to visit Singapore and Vietnam to meet with high government officials from Jan. 10 to 13, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

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43 trillion yen. on defense over next 5 years

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed his defense and finance ministers to earmark a total of about 43 trillion yen for defense spending under the nation's Medium Term Defense Program over the five years from fiscal 2023.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida specifies 2% of current GDP target for defense, security spending

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed the defense and finance ministers to boost Japan's defense and security-related spending in fiscal 2027 to 2% of the current gross domestic product.

Reuters

Japan's extra budget passes lower house, defence spending in focus

Japan's second supplementary stimulus budget for this fiscal year, amounting to 29 trillion yen ($210 billion), cleared the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for final approval in the upper chamber this week.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

BOJ's continued monetary-easing policy leaves yen vulnerable

The weakening of the yen continues unabated. As part of efforts to buoy the economy, the Bank of Japan appears set to continue its massive monetary-easing policy, in stark contrast to the approach adopted by the United States.

Reuters

Japan calls for creditor nations' talks on Sri Lanka debt restructuring

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Friday urged all creditor nations to discuss Sri Lanka's debt restructuring, after the crisis-hit South Asian nation reached a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

Reuters

Japan to coordinate with Sri Lanka creditors to resolve debt crisis

Japan will coordinate with other creditors to resolve Sri Lanka's deepening financial crisis, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday, urging all creditor nations to gather and discuss the South Asian nation's debt at the same table.

Reuters

Japan to spend $1.83 million on slain ex-PM Abe's state funeral

Japan will spend about 250 million yen ($1.83 million) on a state funeral for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday.

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