Global markets fell Friday, two days after the Fed announced it would keep its stimulus in place.
Underscores the difficulties the government faces in trying to defeat entrenched deflation.
Raises the prospect of quicker return to help revive its consumer electronics business.
Latest sign that deflation is easing its stubborn grip on the country.
Chan Ming Fon pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud; says he concealed that assets had been liquidated.
Eiji Toyoda, who helped create the efficient "Toyota Way" production method, has died. He was 100.
Seen as potential buyers for Panasonic's $1.5 billion healthcare business.
Top two financial ministers openly disagree on whether a corporate tax cut is needed.
Exports should drive growth, Koji Ishida says.
Calls to put Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) into bankruptcy as a prelude to nationalising the clean-up and shut-down of the reactors
