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FILE - Cars for export are loaded onto a cargo ship at a port in Yokohama, on Nov. 2, 2021. Japan’s exports rose 7.8% in February, 2024, as shipments continued to expand in cars and electrical machinery, according to government data released Thursday, March 21, 2024.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Japan’s exports rise nearly 8% in February on strong shipments of cars and machinery

Japan has reported its exports rose 7.8% in February from a year earlier on strong shipments of cars and electrical machinery.
March 21, 2024
The headquarters of Bank of Japan (BOJ) is seen in Tokyo Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy. (Kyodo News via AP)

The Bank of Japan ends its negative interest rate policy, opting for its first hike in 17 years

March 19, 2024
FILE - A person stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, March 18, 2024, in Tokyo. Shares are mixed in Asia after the Bank of Japan hiked its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding negative rate policy.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Bank of Japan ups key rate for 1st time in 17 years

March 19, 2024
FILE - A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's stock prices at a securities firm Friday, March 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday, March 13, encouraged by a record rally on Wall Street that was led by technology companies. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street’s record rally

March 13, 2024
A currency trader walks by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Asian shares are mixed after Japan reported its exports jumped nearly 10% in December over a year earlier. But shares in Tokyo fell nearly 1% after a recent strong rally as speculation revived over a shift away from longstanding lax monetary policy by the Bank of Japan. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Stock market today: Asian shares mixed as Japan reports that its exports jumped in December

January 24, 2024

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People walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian shares mostly advanced on Wednesday following Wall Street gains as markets there reopened for what’s expected to be a quiet, holiday-shortened week of trading. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Stock market today: Asian shares climb, tracking advance on Wall Street in final week of 2023

December 27, 2023
FILE - The headquarters of Bank of Japan (BOJ) is seen in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2023. The Bank of Japan kept its longstanding easy credit policies unchanged on Tuesday, Dec. 19, saying it will watch price and wage trends before raising its negative benchmark interest rate. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Japan’s central bank keeps its negative interest rate unchanged, says it’s watching wage trends

December 19, 2023
FILE - An aerial view of the skyscrapers and the densely packed buildings are seen on Jan. 29, 2021, from an observation deck in Tokyo. The Bank of Japan’s quarterly survey on business sentiment shows large Japanese manufacturers have grown more optimistic in the past several months, the third straight quarter of improvement even while other data showed the economy in a contraction. The central bank's “tankan” survey, released Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, measured business sentiment among major manufacturers at plus 12, up from plus 9 in October and plus 5 in June. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Bank of Japan survey shows manufacturers optimistic about economy, as inflation abates

December 13, 2023
A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, right, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Asian shares were trading mostly lower Wednesday as investors looked ahead to a week that could see more swings in financial markets, including key reports on U.S. consumer confidence and the job market. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall as investors look ahead to economic data

October 31, 2023
FILE - A Japanese flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, July 29, 2022. Japan’s central bank opted Friday, July 28, 2023, to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but said it will fine-tune its bond purchases to allow greater flexibility. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Japan’s central bank retains key interest rate while fine-tuning bond purchases for more flexibility

July 28, 2023
People walk across an intersection near monitors showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Asian shares were mixed on Friday after the Bank of Japan adjusted its bond purchase policy but kept its negative benchmark interest rate unchanged. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Stock market today: Asian shares mixed, Tokyo falls as Bank of Japan adjusts bond purchase policy

July 28, 2023
Kazuo Ueda, a nominee for the governor of the Bank of Japan, speaks at the lower house of parliament in Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Consumer prices in Japan jumped in January by the most in more than 41 years, the government reported Friday, adding to pressure on the central bank to adjust its longstanding ultra-lax monetary policy. The report Friday came as Ueda told lawmakers its current strategy was “appropriate." (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)

BOJ chief-to-be answers to lawmakers as Japan prices soar

February 24, 2023
A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Asian shares advanced Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street following reports suggesting the economy and corporate profits may be doing better than feared. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian shares edge higher, tracking Wall Street rally

January 27, 2023
FILE - People with shopping bags walk across a traffic intersection towards a train station near a shopping street in the Ueno district in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Japan's consumer inflation rate hit a 41-year high of 4% in December, as prices for everything from burgers to gas surged. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japan reports inflation hit 4%, 41-year high in December

January 20, 2023

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 1/18/2023

January 18, 2023
A man walks by an office building across from a securities firm showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Shares advanced Friday in Asia after news that U.S. consumer inflation slowed last month pushed Wall Street benchmarks higher. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Asian markets mostly higher, tracking Wall Street gains

January 13, 2023
Visitors are seen at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 12, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan. Shares rose Monday Dec. 26, 2022, in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Hong Kong, Sydney and several other places closed.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Asian shares higher in thin holiday trading

December 26, 2022
A currency trader walks by the screens showing the foreign exchange rates at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a modestly higher close on Wall Street as concerns over pressures on global growth tempered gains in the absence of major data releases. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Asian shares mixed as recession worries temper Wall St gains

December 21, 2022
FILE - A Japanese flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 29, 2022. The Bank of Japan broadened restrictions on movement in its government bond yields, a surprise move that pushed bond yields higher globally and dinged Asian stocks. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

In a surprise move, Bank of Japan loosens bond yield cap

December 20, 2022
A currency trader passes by the screens showing the foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Stocks rose Wednesday in Asia after a rally on Wall Street spurred by news that inflation in the U.S. cooled more than expected last month. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian shares track Wall St gains on cooler inflation data

December 14, 2022
FILE - A crane prepares to unload a container from a semi-trailer truck at the Aomi wharf in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2021. Japan’s economy contracted less than previously thought in the last quarter, according to revised data released Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japan’s economy shrank less in July-Sept, revised data show

December 8, 2022
People push their bicycle in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Tokyo. Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday after a mixed session on Wall Street, where tech sector losses offset gains in other parts of the market. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Asian shares mostly lower as Japan preps massive stimulus

October 28, 2022
A monitor shows exchange rate of the yen against U.S. dollar in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2022. The heavy selling of yen for U.S. dollars has left the dollar at its highest level against the yen in three decades, now at about 150 yen. (Kyodo News via AP)

EXPLAINER: What’s up with the Bank of Japan’s unique track?

October 27, 2022
Cars wait to be exported at Yokohama port, near Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2020. Japan marked a trade deficit for the 14th month in a row, government data showed Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 with exports and imports ballooning to record highs, as the declining value of the yen added to the soaring costs of imported energy, food and other goods. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan’s imports, exports balloon on energy costs, cheap yen

October 20, 2022
FILE - A person walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index and U.S. dollar/Japanese yen exchange rate at a securities firm in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2022. Business sentiment among large manufacturers worsened for the third straight quarter, a Bank of Japan survey showed Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, as the nation grappled with rising costs, the dropping value of the yen and restrictions on economic activity over the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Weak yen, higher costs weigh on Japan business sentiment

October 3, 2022
FILE - A Japanese flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 29, 2022. Japan’s central bank took the unusual step Thursday, Sept. 22, of intervening in the market to stem the yen’s decline against the U.S. dollar. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Japan central bank acts to stem yen’s decline against dollar

September 22, 2022
Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Asian shares mostly slipped Thursday, as optimism was tempered by persistent concerns about inflation and the Chinese economy, despite the rally on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asia shares slip on inflation, China fears despite US rally

July 21, 2022
In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader James McCarthy works on the floor, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Stocks shook off a wobbly start and gained ground in late morning trading on Wall Street Wednesday, after a big sell-off of tech stocks a day earlier. It's the latest turbulence for the market as traders brace for more earnings reports from major U.S. companies this week. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP)

Asian shares mostly higher after wobbly day on Wall Street

April 28, 2022
A woman moves past monitors showing New York stock index, from left, Japan's Nikkei 225 indexes and an exchange rate of Japanese yen to U.S. dollars at a securities farm in Tokyo, Friday, April 1, 2022. Asian shares were mostly lower Friday as a resurgence of Russian attacks dashed hopes for any quick end to the war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Asian shares slip as Japan ‘tankan’ shows weaker outlook

April 1, 2022
FILE - People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus wait at pedestrian crossings in Tokyo on March 26, 2021. The Bank of Japan made its offer for unlimited bond purchases Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, a move aimed at curbing the surge of long-term interest rates. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan’s central bank offers bond purchases to keep rates low

February 14, 2022
FILE - A lone bicyclist cycles through an empty shopping arcade at the Asakusa district in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Surging prices are haunting consumers and confounding economic planners in the U.S. and other countries, but not in Japan, where sparking inflation has proven an elusive goal. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Inflation a worry for most economies, but not Japan

December 17, 2021
A commuter wearing face masks checks his mobile phone during a rush hour at Shinagawa Station Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. Business sentiment among Japanese manufacturers has risen to its highest level in nearly three years, according to a quarterly survey by the central bank.(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan ‘tankan’ survey shows manufacturers upbeat on outlook

October 1, 2021
FILE - In this April 27, 2020, file photo, employees of a private delivery company sort out parcels at a distribution center in Beijing. Shortages of power, computer chips and other parts, soaring shipping costs and shutdowns of factories to battle the pandemic are taking a toll on Asian economies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Shortages, shipping, shutdowns hit Asian factory output

October 1, 2021
FILE -A sign for Wall Street hangs in front of the New York Stock Exchange, July 8, 2021. Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday, Sept. 30, after U.S. lawmakers moved to avert a government shutdown, but the major indexes are still on track for monthly losses.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

Asian shares skid after S&P 500 logs 1st monthly drop of ’21

October 1, 2021
A currency trader passes by screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, right, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 18, 2021. Asian shares mostly rose Friday, as investors digested the latest message from the U.S. Federal Reserve on raising short-term interest rates by late 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asian shares mostly rise as markets digest Fed moves

June 18, 2021
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