TOKYO Forced to cancel a popular on-site tour due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Bank of Japan created a virtual one that takes viewers through the brick corridors, dome-roofed rooms and even an underground vault of its century-old headquarters online.
LONDON/TOKYO/WASHINGTON A slump in global manufacturing showed signs of easing in June as a rebound in Chinese and U.S. activity offered some hope the world's two largest economies may have passed the worst of the devastation caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, while the collapse in European factory activity abated.
TOKYO The Bank of Japan's new board member Toyoaki Nakamura said on Wednesday the central bank must "respond early" to downside risks that could emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
* Euro zone June manufacturing downturn eased more than thought
* Analysts expect any rebound to be slow, fragile (Adds India PMI)
TOKYO, July 1 Asia's factory pain showed signs of easing in June, as a rebound in China's activity offered some hope the region may have passed the worst of the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
TOKYO, July 1 Asia's factory pain showed signs of easing in June, as a rebound in China's activity offered some hope the region may have passed the worst of the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
TOKYO Japanese manufacturers' confidence sank in the second quarter to levels not seen since the 2009 global financial crisis, underscoring the damage the coronavirus pandemic inflicted on the export-reliant economy.
TOKYO, July 1 Japanese manufacturers' confidence sank in the second quarter to levels not seen since the 2009 global financial crisis, underscoring the damage the coronavirus pandemic inflicted on the export-reliant economy.
TOKYO The Bank of Japan's push to keep borrowing costs low to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus is coming at the expense of the country's lenders, which are already buckling under the strain of decades of ultra-low interest rates.
President Donald Trump on Friday accused "angry mobs" of trying to erase history with efforts to remove or rethink monuments to U.S. historical figures and used a speech at Mount Rushmore to paint himself as a bulwark against left-wing extremism.