Japón

Japan has given the UK just six weeks to strike a post-Brexit deal, putting Boris Johnson’s government under pressure to agree one of the fastest trade negotiations in history, the Financial Times reported.

The Bank of Japan on Tuesday decided to expand its financing support for businesses hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic, while maintaining its ultraeasy monetary policy in a bid to underpin the country’s economy.

Japón y Reino Unido empezaron hoy formalmente las conversaciones sobre un tratado de libre comercio, con el objetivo de alcanzar para finales de este año un acuerdo sobre su comercio posterior al "brexit".

Fractious relations between Korea and Japan are likely to turn hostile as Seoul has taken countermeasures against Tokyo's export restrictions and refusal to comply with Korean court rulings regarding certain companies' use of Korean forced laborers, raising speculations that the Japanese government could respond with economic retaliation.

The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei average hit a fresh three-month high in Tokyo trading Wednesday as stocks continued to rise thanks to an overnight rise in U.S. equities and a weaker yen.

La propuesta para la UE contempla un fondo de recuperación y presupuesto a largo plazo, y el gabinete nipón aprobó un conjunto de medidas por US$ 1,1 billones. La Casa Blanca, en tanto, evalúa entregar un bono para que las personas vuelvan a trabajar.

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda said Tuesday the central bank may take more steps to cushion the economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic, maintaining his gloomy outlook even as a state of emergency was lifted in the capital Tokyo.

Analysts project a record-breaking 21.5% GDP contraction for the quarter through June

With the coronavirus ripping through the world, Japanese businesses in a wide range of industry sectors, most notably the aviation, retail and automobile industries, have plunged into an unprecedented crisis.