European crisis

BOJ to cut economic assessment on weak exports,...
The Bank of Japan (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Bank of Japan will downgrade its assessment of the domestic economy at a policy board meeting on Sept. 18-19, citing slowing exports and production, informed sources said.
Italy's Monti envisions common European bond in a...
Mario Monti (Mari Endo)
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said eurozone countries will be able to introduce a common bond “not in a few months, but maybe in a couple of years,” describing it as...
Rating cuts in Europe to affect Japan’s economy,...
The European Central Bank in Frankfurt (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Downgrading of credit ratings for France and eight other countries will deepen the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, adding clouds over Japan’s banks, its manufacturers and...
Thin trading continues on Tokyo Stock Exchange
The Nikkei 225 index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose on Jan. 4, the first trading day of the year. (Shiro Nishihata)
Thin trading has become a fixture on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as foreign investors refrain from transactions due to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
European debt crisis to weigh on Japanese economy
The euro broke the 100-yen mark in Tokyo trading for the first time in over a decade on Dec. 31. (Toshiyuki Takeya)
The sovereign debt crisis in Europe will continue to weigh heavily on the Japanese economy in 2012, keeping the yen strong while curbing investment in the United States and...
BOJ searching for answers amid debt crisis, strong...
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa at a news conference on Dec. 21 (Satoru Ogawa)
The Bank of Japan is scratching its head as monetary easing has failed to buoy the economy, with exports slowing due to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the strong yen.
Megabanks have 2 trillion yen invested in debt-hit...
Katsunori Nagayasu, left, president and CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Koichi Miyata, center, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., and Yasuhiro Sato, president and CEO of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., present their companies' half-year financial results for fiscal 2011 on Nov. 14. (Photos by Yoshihiro Yasutomi)
Three Japanese megabanks have investments worth 2.053 trillion yen ($26.63 billion) in five debt-ridden European nations--Italy, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Greece--raising...
IMF executive: Europe, U.S. appear set for slow...
Naoyuki Shinohara (Jun Kaneko)
Europe and the United States, two engines of the global economy, appear to be in for prolonged slow growth, according to Naoyuki Shinohara, deputy managing director of the...
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