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[ad_1] The Bank of Japan is fully prepared to put an end to the world’s last negative interest rate, and April is the most likely timing for when it might do so, a former BOJ board member said."The BOJ is completely ready,” Makoto Sakurai said in an interview Wednesday. "They are just waiting for one last push from one or two economic data.”April is the most likely timing for a […]

[ad_1] Japanese food-maker Meiji plans to increase production of liquid baby formula products to accommodate increasing demand following a massive earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day, company officials said.The company has received more than twice the usual number of orders for such products so far this month. Liquid formulas do not require hot water, so they are suited for times of emergency.Meiji expects that demand for such […]

[ad_1] Measures to prevent aircraft from making runway incursions may not have been suitably shared with the Japan Coast Guard, whose plane was involved in a deadly collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport, information revealed by the transport ministry suggested Thursday.In the Jan. 2 collision between the coast guard's aircraft and a Japan Airlines jetliner, experts have pointed out the possibility that the former mistakenly entered the runway. Five of six […]

[ad_1] North Korea is looking to step up its military cooperation with Russia by sending Moscow new types of tactical guided missiles, while Pyongyang may soon conduct fresh tests of its own missiles designed to deliver nuclear strikes, South Korea’s defense minister said.Kim Jong Un’s regime appears to be planning for a trial of atmospheric re-entry of a warhead designed to be carried by an intercontinental ballistic missile to the […]