Japan markets saw a record month of foreign purchases of its equities and bonds in April, but some market watchers believe this to be a one off occurrence.

THE number of foreign visitors to Japan soared 28.5 per cent in April year-on-year to a record 3.91 million, official figures showed on Wednesday (May 21). Read more at The Business Times.

Indian Ambassador to Japan, Sibi George, briefed the All-Party delegation, where he noted that after the dastardly April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's wholesale prices rose 4.0% in the year to April, slowing from the previous month as the yen's rebound took pressure off import costs, central bank data showed on Wednesday. But stubbornly high fuel and rice prices underscore the pain companies face from rising raw material costs, the data showed.

DNA tests on human remains found in April confirmed they belonged to Patricia Wu-Murad. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan increased 5.7 percent in April from a year earlier to 828, the highest level in 11 year

Japan's April core inflation probably rose at its fastest pace in two years on the reduction of energy subsidies and higher food costs, a Reuters poll showed, adding to pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates.