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Nissan Motor plans to shift more production offshore and roughly halve its annual exports by fiscal 2016 to cope with the yen's sharp rise, Japan's Nikkei business daily reported. more...

Japan primed financial markets on Tuesday for currency intervention after the yen tested record highs overnight, signalling it may try to tame the unit with a combination of yen-selling and monetary easing. more...

The Japanese government is preparing to intervene in currency markets to weaken the yen as it nears a record high against the dollar, Japan's Nikkei newspaper said on Monday. more...

Naomi Fink, Japan Strategist at Jefferies joins us to discuss Japan's economic recovery. more...

Japan escalated on Friday its warning to markets against testing the yen's upside further, with the finance ministry signaling that Tokyo may not wait for too long with action if the currency keeps climbing. more...

Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in June from a year earlier, Internal Affairs ministry data showed on Friday, rising for the third straight month on higher commodity costs, but a looming base-year change is obscuring the outlook for price trends.* more...

Japanese finance officials have been talking tough about the yen's rise. Whether they will do anything now is another matter. more...

Japanese retail sales rose for a second straight month in May compared with the previous month, signaling that consumers are more willing to spend as sentiment gradually recovers from the devastating earthquake in March.* more...

Analysts at Barclays Capital expect the United States to lose its AAA credit rating as a compromise plan is past by congress that leads S&P to cut its rating on US debt. more...

Japan's policymakers, alarmed that the yen's persistent climb could derail the nation's economic recovery, see solo market intervention as an increasingly viable option, sources familiar with the matter said. more...

Japan's exports rose in June from the prior month and the pace of annual declines slowed, bringing the trade balance back into surplus as factory output and sales steadily recover from the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. more...

Despite March's catastrophic earthquake and a seven percent drop in the Nikkei, Japan could be on the verge of a turnaround, with Paul Sheard, Nomura Securities. more...

Japanese businesses are pessimistic and euro traders don't know what to think — it's time for your Friday FX Fix. more...

Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in May from a year earlier, Internal Affairs ministry data showed on Friday, rising for a second month in a row in part due to higher commodity prices.* more...

Japanese fund managers' global bond weighting is near a record high while their stock weighting has sunk towards a 12-year low, showing worries over a slowdown in global economic growth and rising commodity prices made them reduce risky positions, a Reuters poll showed.* more...

Japanese retail sales rose for a second straight month in May compared with the previous month, signaling that consumers are more willing to spend as sentiment gradually recovers from the devastating earthquake in March.* more...

Euro zone leaders give Greece some tough love, and the yen takes its lumps. Time for your Monday FX Fix. more...

Japan's core consumer prices rose* 0.6 percent in April* from a year earlier, data by the Internal Affairs ministry showed on Friday, posting the first annual rise in more than two years due partly to higher* commodity costs. more...

Japan's trade balance dipped 700 billion yen ($8.5 billion) into the red in April, the largest deficit since the financial crisis, according to the median estimate of research institutions polled by a Nikkei Inc group firm, the Nikkei business daily reported. more...

"The Nikkei is as cheap as the U.S. market was in March 2009," says Doug Kass, Seabreeze Partners Management. more...