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Why buy bonds with a negative yield?

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 1, 2016
Japan now has 10-year government bonds with a negative yield. Investors want them.
Japanese yen notes.
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Japan's interest rates go negative

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 29, 2016
Japan's central bank introduces negative interest rates in a bid to spur investment.
Governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) Haruhiko Kuroda explains his negative interest rate plan using a board during his regular press conference in Tokyo on January 29, 2016.
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Japan and South Korea finally resolve 'comfort women' dispute

by Adriene Hill
Dec 28, 2015
Japan is apologizing for its use of Korean sex slaves during World War II.
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Japan - what just happened?

by Mark Garrison
Dec 24, 2015
Figuring out Japan's economic progress is tough, but it does affect the U.S. economy.
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President Obama talks trade

The ins and outs of the TPP

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 6, 2015
Who's in? Who's out? And what's next in the multi-year saga of this massive trade deal
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Come on Japan, get with the program

by Sally Herships
Sep 21, 2015
Silicon Valley appreciates a good failure. The Japanese...not so much.
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Its economic growth sputtering, China puts on a parade

by Rob Schmitz
Sep 2, 2015
Thursday's military pageant in Tian'anmen Square comes at a crucial time.
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High hopes and hurdles in selling to Japan

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 14, 2015
Unique rules impede business in agriculture, medicine, investment and services.
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Etiquette and rituals rule in Japan's business culture

by Sally Herships
Aug 11, 2015
Foreign firms best learn their way around a simple 'yes' before making a deal.
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Japan prepares to restart its nuclear power plants

by Scott Tong
Aug 7, 2015
The country's safety culture needed updating to prevent a Fukushima-type disaster.
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