Japan moves to cut crushing debt load
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TOKYO The Japanese government said Monday that it planned to cut its budget deficit by 6 percent next fiscal year in a bid to curb an expansion of the world&#39;s largest public debt.
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Britain is prepared to write off a portion of debts owed by poor nations, and will challenge other rich countries to do the same, officials said Saturday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush told Japanese  Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Saturday that he is  committed to a strong dollar and deficit reduction.
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South Korea's central bank cuts interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 3.5% in a bid to drive growth in the economy.
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Japan's central bank plans to end its unprecedented policy of buying stocks from the nation's banks this month, a sign that its purchases over the past two years have helped restore stability to the financial system, Britain's Financial Times newspaper reported Wednesday.
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The Bank of Japan opts to keep the country's benchmark interest rate on hold at 0.5%.
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Japan's beleaguered government overcame opposition hurdles early Friday and pushed through legislation aimed at cleaning up a major political scandal that culminated earlier this week with the suicide of the agriculture minister.
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TOKYO -- Japan&#39;s Cabinet on Friday approved a $793 billion budget for next year, boosting overall spending to support its rapidly aging population and pay interest on the government&#39;s massive national debt.
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PARIS -- Rich creditor nations offered yesterday to let tsunami-hit countries halt repayments on billions of dollars of debt, possibly for as long as a year, the chairman of the Paris Club said.
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Japan will take action ``if necessary&#39;&#39; to stem the yen&#39;s gains against the dollar and is keeping a close watch on currency markets, Japan&#39;s Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said.
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TOKYO Softbank said on Monday that it would offer a cut-rate phone service in Japan, a move that could undermine Nippon Telegraph Telephone&#39;s position as the dominant player in the country&#39;s fixed-line market.
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Japan and the United States on Friday signed an agreement slightly trimming Japan's financial burden for hosting US military bases as Tokyo tries to contain a growing national debt.
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Japanese retailer Daiei has given into pressure from its creditors by opting to request help from the state-backed Industrial Revitalisation Corporation of Japan.
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Japan's economy is slowing due to weakness in housing investment and cautious corporate sentiment, the central bank chief said Thursday, hours after the bank left its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent.
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The ailing Japanese supermarket chain Daiei, a company that has come to epitomize Japan&#39;s bad-loan troubles, capitulated to pressure from its banks Wednesday and agreed to pursue a government-led restructuring.
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The G7 group of industrialised states, led by the UK, is set to back a moratorium on debt repayments from countries hit by the Asian tsunami.
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The Fed joined with other central banks to ease pressure on the credit markets Wednesday.