22-Jan-2013 08:23 Japan

BoJ bows to pressure on inflation target :: Japan's central bank has moved to open-ended monetary easing, while yielding to the government's call for a higher, harder target for inflation
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Japan in 'aggressive' growth move :: The Bank of Japan doubles its inflation target to 2% and promises open-ended asset purchases, meeting key demands of Japan's new government.
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Bank of Japan lifts inflation target :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ebmHwdMM6Bg/index.html

Yen Weakens As Bank Of Japan Raises Inflation Target :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Japanese yen fell Tuesday against the dollar after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised the inflation target to 2 percent from 1 percent and introduced the open ended asset purchasing method as part of its aggressive monetary stimulus measures intended to revive the economic growth momentum.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/yen-weakens-bank-japan-raises-inflation-target-1029224

Bank Of Japan Goes For 2% Inflation In Bold Easing :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The Bank of Japan Tuesday doubled its inflation target to 2 percent and adopted an open-ended commitment to buy assets, surprising markets that had expected another incremental increase in its 101 trillion yen ($1.12 trillion) asset-buying and lending program, Reuters reported.</p>
<p>The BOJ also issued a joint statement with the government in which it set 2 percent inflation as its new target, although two of the central bank's nine board members dissented.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bank-japan-goes-2-inflation-bold-easing-1029218

VIDEO: Japan government favours weak yen :: The Japanese government is pressing the central bank for fresh measures to boost the economy, including a strategy to weaken the yen currency.
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VIDEO: Bank of Japan pressed for boost :: The Bank of Japan is under political pressure to bring in fresh measures to boost the country's flagging economy.
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Dreamliner battery maker in probe :: US and Japanese authorities begin a joint investigation into the Japanese battery maker for Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
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Huawei sees 33% jump in profit :: Chinese phone equipment maker Huawei forecasts a 33% jump in profit boosted by strong performance in markets such as Europe and Japan.
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Opinion: Can 'Abe II' jumpstart Japan? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/XCIPjKdaZzM/index.html

Longer Lives, Lower Incomes for Japanese Women :: When Hiroko Taguchi retired this past April, at the age of 64, from her job as an insurance sales agent, she joined the rapidly growing ranks of Japan's aging women who now outnumber their male counterparts.
Taguchi, a divorcee who lives alone, is heavily dependent on her pension to support what will likely be a lengthy retirement, given that women in Japan live, on average, about seven years longer than men. A survey conducted earlier this year by the Health and Welfare Ministry revealed that women account for 87.3 percent of Japan's record number of 50,000 centenarians.
"I am lucky I did not quit my job when I married, as was the norm for women of my age," Taguchi told IPS. Indeed, she is one of a very small number of women in Japan for whom old age is not synonymous with povert...
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Kickstarting Japan's economy :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/GC6tOUMRCyI/