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As part of efforts to support the domestic tourism industry, the transport ministry plans to extend a temporary cut in the aircraft fuel tax for three years beyond the end of fiscal 2016, when it is currently scheduled to expire, informed sources said Wednesday. The ministry expects the extension will ...

The dollar fell to around ¥101.50 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, dampened by stop-loss selling amid thin trading ahead of a national holiday in Japan on Thursday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥101.49-50, down from ¥102.42-42 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.1142-1142, up from ...

Stocks turned lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, weighed down by the yen’s rise. The 225-issue Nikkei stock average shed 29.85 points, or 0.18 percent, to finish at 16,735.12. On Tuesday, the key market gauge climbed 114.40 points. The Topix index of all first-section issues ended down 2.66 points, ...

Japan’s core private-sector machinery orders rose a seasonally adjusted 8.3 percent in June from May, rebounding from two straight month of decline, the government said Wednesday, led by large orders for transport equipment including rail cars. The orders, widely viewed as a leading indicator of future capital spending, totaled ¥849.8 ...

Top video game companies, caught off-guard by the runaway success of “Pokemon Go,” are wrestling with how to play catch-up after the augmented reality app became a worldwide phenomenon. Nearly a dozen executives at companies from Sony Corp. to “Angry Birds” creator Rovio said “Pokemon Go” would be a tough ...

Wholesale prices fell 3.9 percent in July from a year earlier for a 16th straight monthly drop, dragged down by a strong yen and falling crude oil and commodity prices, Bank of Japan data showed Wednesday. The index of corporate goods prices stood at 99.2 against the 2010 base of ...

As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sees it, the tight labor market is a key success of his economic strategy: The unemployment rate is the lowest in 21 years and the job-to-applicant ratio is the highest in 25 years. Analysis of data over a longer period indicates that the nation’s aging ...

As Japanese prepare to head for the hills Thursday for the nation’s inaugural Mountain Day holiday, retailers and tour operators are gearing up for an  ¥820 billion windfall. They’re counting on customers like schoolteacher Ayako Kobayashi. The 33-year-old spent more than $700 on a sleeping bag, mattress, backpack and trekking ...

Israeli NGO rips foreign criticism of recent demolitions of illegal Arab, calls on Defense Minister to ignore 'idle threats'.