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How a piece of hardware took down Japan's $6-trillion stock market

A data device critical to the Tokyo Stock Exchange's trading system had malfunctioned, and the automatic backup had failed to kick in

Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes after outage debacle, market steady

The glitch was the result of a hardware problem at the bourse's "Arrowhead" trading system, and a subsequent failure to switch to a back-up

Japan's jobs market worsens in August as coronavirus damage persists

The figures come after Suga pledged to protect jobs, keep companies in business and help the economy recover from the impact of Covid

Asian markets mixed in early trade, Tokyo reopens after trading glitch

Japan's Nikkei 225 index was up 0.19% after the Tokyo Stock Exchange resumed normal trading after its worst-ever outage brought the world's third-largest equity market to a standstill

Japan business sentiment perks up as hit from pandemic begins to ease

The data offers some hope for Yoshihide Suga's efforts to achieve an economic revival from the crisis and pave the way for hosting next year's Tokyo Olympic Games

Pompeo to participate in QUAD ministerial meet in Japan on October 6

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Japan to attend the second meeting of the Quad foreign ministers

Japan's Nippon Tech launches $40 billion buyout of wireless unit Docomo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) <9432.T> said it will spend 4.25 trillion yen ($40 billion) to take its wireless carrier business private, in a deal that opens the path to lower prices as the government calls for cuts.

Japan PM Yoshihide Suga urges Vladimir Putin to resolve island dispute

Suga has had a series of phone talks with global leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Some in BOJ called for review of strategy to achieve elusive price goal

A few of the board members said the central bank may need to find a new approach to fire up inflation toward its 2% target, given the pandemic's sweeping impact on companies and households

JIMEX 2020: India, Japan 'non-contact' naval drill aims at China

Japan and India have no formal alliance or treaty that requires one to come to the assistance of the other in the case of aggression by a third party

Japan is paying firms to make things at home. But China's pull is strong

The pandemic - and Beijing's increasingly combative behavior during it - has driven home the risks of overreliance on China for the production of a broad range of goods

Japan PM Suga says ready to meet Kim Jong-un without any conditions

In his debut address to the UN General Assembly, Japan's newly-elected Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said that he was willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "without any conditions".

Bhutan backs G4 nations candidature as permanent members to expanded UNSC

Bhutan has long supported the aspirations of the G4 countries-- India, Japan, Germany and Brazil -- to serve as permanent members to an expanded UNSC, Prime Minister Lotay Tshering said

Stability of Japan-China ties crucial for international society: Japan PM

His talks with Xi late Friday were his first since taking office just over a week ago, replacing Shinzo Abe, who resigned due to poor health

Japan's MonotaRO invests $15 mn in joint venture with Industrybuying.com

MonotaRO will own 51.6 per cent stake in the JV, IB monotaRO Pvt Ltd, while the rest will be held by Emtex Engineering Pvt Ltd

India, US, Japan, Australia hold meet on Indo-Pacific under Quad framework

The meeting took place in the backdrop of China's growing military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region

Navies of India, Japan to hold 3-day mega military exercise from Saturday

The exercise is taking place in the backdrop of growing concerns over China''s military muscle flexing in the Indian Ocean Region as well as in the Indo-Pacific

PM Modi speaks to Japanese counterpart; agree to strengthen bilateral ties

"We exchanged views on the tremendous progress in our relationship in the last few years, and the future direction of our Special Strategic and Global Partnership," PM tweeted

Japan PM pledges continued cooperation to UN in fighting Covid-19 pandemic

Yoshihide Suga told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Japan will continue to cooperate with the UN and the international community to combat the COVID-19 pandemic

Japan PM Yoshihide Suga tells South Korea it's time to fix strained ties

Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held his first telephone call with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in that the neighbors should work to resolve their strained relations