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AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday after gains on Wall Street, with a focus on the yen amid speculation of Japanese government intervention to prop up the currency. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.96…

AFP/APP Tokyo: The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-low interest rates unchanged Friday and stopped short of signalling another hike, pushing the yen to a fresh 34-year low against the dollar. Officials last month announced the first…

AFP/APP  Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday after hotter-than-expected US inflation data drove down Wall Street shares, while the yen briefly hit a 34-year low. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.07 percent, or 425.06…