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Japan backs away from fiscal target as recession bites
Japan's government edged away on Tuesday from its self-imposed goal of balancing the budget, acknowledging that the target was becoming harder to meet as the global financial turmoil pushes the economy deeper into recession. (guardian.co.uk)

Falling Behind in Northeast Asian Trade - 동아일보

Falling Behind in Northeast Asian Trade
동아일보, South Korea - 1 hour ago
Japan’s Finance Ministry says China’s trade surplus with Japan decreased from 24.3 billion dollars in 2007 to 16.8 billion dollars last year. ...

TOPWRAP 5-US, European data grim, Toyota to halt Japan output - guardian.co.uk

TOPWRAP 5-US, European data grim, Toyota to halt Japan output
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
With the global downturn hitting automakers particularly hard, Toyota, the world's biggest, said it would shut all its factories in Japan for 11 days in ...
TOPWRAP 3-European data grim, Toyota to halt output in Japan Reuters
Toyota shuts plants as crisis bites Reuters
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New auto sales plunge 23.3% in December, 6.5% for 2008
According to data released this week by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association, domestic auto sales in December fell by a whopping 52,593 units, or 23.3%. For the entire year of 2008, new auto sales fell by 221,487 units, which translates to a 6.5% drop. This is the lowest number of cars sold in Japan since [...]

Tokyo Bloggers New Years Meetup
Observing Japan and Trans-Pacific Radio are hosting a get-together in Tokyo on January 17. Here is the info, copied from the post on the Trans-Pacific Radio site: A gathering for bloggers and blog enthusiasts is being planned in Tokyo for the evening of January 17, and we would like to extend the invitation to any and [...]

Japan's Dec. monetary base up 1.8% as BOJ provides liquidity
(Kyodo)

Euro Falls to Three-Week Low on Speculation ECB Will Cut Rates - Bloomberg

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Euro Falls to Three-Week Low on Speculation ECB Will Cut Rates
Bloomberg - 12 hours ago
The yen rose against the dollar on speculation Japanese investors took advantage of its decline yesterday to buy the currency to repatriate overseas ...
Dollar rises on weak European data CNNMoney.com
Slowing inflation pressures euro MarketWatch
Dollar up despite disappointing economic readings The Associated Press
Bloomberg  - Bloomberg
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Take Advantage of the Yen's Fall
(moneynews)

Japanese Monetary Base Rises Again
(CEP News)- Japan's monetary base expanded further in December from one year ago, according to the Bank of Japan.

Economist: US losing R&D edge to Asia - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Turkmenistan News
Economist: US losing R&D edge to Asia
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 20 hours ago
The components are almost entirely Asian: the screen is mostly from Japan, the flash memory from South Korea, and it was assembled in China. ...
US to check waning influence in Asia Malaysia Sun
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DAILY REPORTS
  • Jan 06 Japan backs away from fiscal target as recession bites (guardian.co.uk)
  • Jan 06 Japan's Dec. monetary base up 1.8% as BOJ provides liquidity (Kyodo)
  • Jan 06 Take Advantage of the Yen's Fall (moneynews)
  • Jan 05 Fiscal time bomb haunts Japanese economy (Korea Herald)
  • Jan 04 Japanese Yen To Gain As Seasonal Capital Flows Reverse (Daily FX)
  • Jan 03 Dollar Demise? Is this one of the ways it could happen? Japan and China Marshall plan? (Motley Fool)
  • Jan 03 A Close-up on Japan's 'Lost Decade' (hispanicbusiness.com)
  • Jan 03 Japan's jobless fill tent village in Tokyo park (AP)
  • Jan 02 'Carry trade' collapse takes a toll on yen (Stars & Stripes)
  • Jan 01 Global growth seen weak as Japan mulls fresh aid (Reuters)
  • Dec 27 FOCUS: Japan to stay mired in recession in 2009 amid global slump (Kyodo)
  • Dec 27 85,000 non-regular workers lose jobs (NHK)
  • Dec 27 Temporarily hired workers hit record 3.8 million during FY 2007 (Kyodo)
  • Dec 27 Yen Drops This Week as Japan's Inflation Slows, Output Declines (Bloomberg)
  • Dec 26 Japan savings rate at record low on sluggish incomes (Reuters)
  • Dec 26 Govt assigns 1 tril. yen in reserves to fight recession (Yomiuri)
  • Dec 24 Lessons Not Learned About Japan's Banks (Wall Street Journal)
  • Dec 24 When $14 Trillion Hit Wall All Hell Broke Loose: William Pesek (Bloomberg)
  • Dec 22 Editorial: BOJ rate cut reasonable (Asahi)
  • Dec 22 Editorial: Get moving on job crisis (Asahi)
  • Dec 22 Japan's global, U.S.-bound exports post fastest drop in Nov. (Kyodo)
  • Dec 22 Korea's Trade Deficit With Japan Tops $30 Billion (Korea Times)
  • Dec 22 Japan has lesson for U.S. on bond yields: Look out below (Los Angeles Times)
  • Dec 21 Turning Japanese: How Low Can Prices Go? (NewsWeek)
  • Dec 21 Budget won't spark growth, experts warn (Japan Times)
  • Dec 21 Budget cooked up with buried treasure, bonds (Yomiuri)
  • Dec 21 BOJ bending over backward to help firms (Yomiuri)
  • Dec 20 Japan Offers a Possible Roadmap for U.S. Economy (New York Times)
  • Dec 19 Japanese consumers enjoy benefits of strong yen (AP)
  • Dec 19 Gov't plans to recruit urban youths to stimulate rural economy (Kyodo)
  • Dec 19 Japanese Yen: Guesswork Vs. Forecasting (elliottwave.com)
  • Dec 18 Japan's Tax Revenue Shortfall Said to Exceed 7 Trillion Yen (Bloomberg)
  • Dec 17 Shock Fed rate cut puts focus on Bank of Japan (Washington Post)
  • Dec 17 Japan to live with yen burden (Asia Times)
  • Dec 17 No Clear Sign of Bottoming: December Tankan (Morgan Stanley)
  • Dec 16 Gov't panel OKs plan to raise sales tax from FY 2011 at earliest (Kyodo)
  • Dec 16 Japan's 'lost decade' could be preview of what's ahead for the U.S. (statesman.com)
  • Dec 16 Japan's household assets hit 3-yr low on falling share prices (Kyodo)
  • Dec 16 Economic woes hit Japan long ago (The Columbus Dispatch)
  • Dec 16 Currencies: 2009 Dollar Outlook (Morgan Stanley)
  • Dec 15 Japan - An Economy To Study (Motley Fool)
  • Dec 15 Big makers' business sentiment sees steepest fall since 1975: Tankan (Kyodo)
  • Dec 15 Lessons from Japan on infrastructure (lcsun-news.com)
  • Dec 13 Editorial: Propping up the banks (Asahi)
  • Dec 13 Japanese Yen Surge: Trend Exhaustion Or Reminder Of Risk? (Daily FX)
  • Dec 12 Japan to boost economic stimulus to 40 trillion yen: report (AFP)
  • Dec 12 How Japan dealt with terror of falling prices (Times Online)
  • Dec 12 Japan: Lowering Base-Case Outlook to the 1998 Post-War Nadir (Morgan Stanley)
  • Dec 11 Japan is too shocked to drown sorrows in beer (Times Online)
  • Dec 11 Japan Adds $30 Billion to South Korea Swap Accord (Bloomberg)