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☆ Japan provides up to $80 mln subsidy to moonshot startup ispace
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Kantaro Komiya | Thomson Reuters | Kantaro Writes About Everything Japan'S Economic Indicators To North Korea'S Missiles To Global Regulation On Ai Companies. His Previous Stories Have Been Published In The Associated Press | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A model of the lunar rover in HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program by "ispace" is pictured at a venue to monitor its landing on the Moon, in Tokyo, Japan, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Japan will provide a subsidy of up to 12 billion yen ($80 million) to moon exploration startup ispace (9348.T) as part of a grant programme for innovative ventures, industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday. Tokyo-based ispace aims to launch its second moon lander next year and start a NASA-sponsored moonshot in 2026, following its failed first lunar landing attempt in April this year. The grant would not have any material impact on the company's near-term earnings forecast since it relates to a future mission, ispace added. The company has expected to book a net loss of 4.5 billion yen in the current financial period ending in March 2024.

Persons: Kim Kyung, Yasutoshi Nishimura, ispace, Kantaro Komiya, Christopher Cushing, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, NASA, Thomson Locations: HAKUTO, Tokyo, Japan

REUTERS/Bruno Kelly Acquire Licensing RightsMANAUS, Brazil, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The Amazon River fell to its lowest level in over a century on Monday at the heart of the Brazilian rainforest as a record drought upends the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and damages the jungle ecosystem. Rapidly drying tributaries to the mighty Amazon have left boats stranded, cutting off food and water supplies to remote villages, while high water temperatures are suspected of killing more than 100 endangered river dolphins. That is the lowest level since records began in 1902, passing a previous all-time low set in 2010. After months without rain, rainforest villager Pedro Mendonca was relieved when a Brazilian NGO delivered supplies to his riverside community near Manaus late last week. The drought has threatened their access to food, drinking water and medicines, which are usually transported by river.

Persons: Bruno Kelly, Pedro Mendonca, Mendonca, Santa Helena do, Nelson Mendonca, Santa Helena do Ingles, Luciana Valentin, Jake Spring, Gabriel Stargardter, Steven Grattan, Marguerita Choy, Sandra Maler Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Rio Negro, Brazil's Science Ministry, El, Fundacao Amazonia Sustentavel, Sao Paulo, Thomson Locations: Rio Negro, Manaus, Brazil, Rights MANAUS, Brazilian, Santa Helena, Santa Helena do Ingles, Amazonas, parched, Sao

☆ Sean McLain — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Sean Mclain | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sean McLainSean McLain is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal based in Los Angeles, covering EV startups like Rivian and Lucid and Japanese and Korean auto makers. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Sean was based in Tokyo, where he covered Japanese car companies. He is the co-author of a book about Carlos Ghosn, and was awarded the Malcolm Forbes Award by the Overseas Press Club of America for his coverage of the arrest and detention of the former Nissan and Renault chief.

Persons: Sean McLain Sean McLain, Sean, Carlos Ghosn, Malcolm Forbes Organizations: Wall, Journal, Korean, Overseas Press Club of America, Nissan, Renault Locations: Los Angeles, Tokyo

Crude oil storage tanks are seen in an aerial photograph at the Cushing oil hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, U.S. April 21, 2020. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained $1.98, or 2.39%, to $84.89 a barrel. "(A) geopolitical risk premium still lingers around the corner that is likely to support oil prices in the short-term," said Kelvin Wong, senior markets analyst at OANDA in Singapore. Russia is the world's second-largest oil producer and a major exporter and the tighter U.S. scrutiny of its shipments could curtail supply. Oil prices also shrugged off data released on Friday showing a month-on-month decline in Chinese crude imports.

Persons: Brent, WTI, Kelvin Wong, Wong, Daniel Hynes, Hynes, Paul Carsten, Katya Golubkova, Andrew Hayley, Christian Schmollinger, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, US West Texas, Hamas, OANDA, Organization of, Petroleum, ANZ, OPEC, Thomson Locations: Cushing , Oklahoma, U.S, Brent, Israel, Singapore, East, Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, China, London, Tokyo, Beijing

☆ Vipal Monga — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Vipal Monga | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Vipal MongaVipal Monga is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Toronto. Vipal joined the Journal from the Deal Magazine, where he wrote feature stories about Wall Street and covered mergers and acquisitions. He won the New York Press Club award for Business Reporting in 2016, and received a citation in 2022 by the Overseas Press Club for his work, with Journal colleagues, covering ship crews abandoned during the pandemic. Vipal began his career as a reporter at Bridge News. He has also directed several documentary films, including “Black February,” a film about the jazz composer Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris.

Persons: Vipal, Gerald Loeb, ”, Lawrence D, Butch ” Morris Organizations: Wall Street, Deal, New York Press, Business, Overseas Press Club, Scripps Howard Award, Bridge Locations: Toronto, Canada

This will be a basis for protecting our forest," Dasai said. But countries only agreed to a carbon trading rulebook in United Nations climate talks in December 2021, with trading yet to begin. Suriname's forest credits are generated using a baseline it registers with the United Nations stating how much carbon stock its forest contains. If the country protects its forest so the carbon stock rises, every additional metric ton of carbon dioxide absorbed can be packaged as one carbon credit. Dasai said he hopes other rainforest nations can follow their lead in selling ITMO carbon credits to unlock the necessary financing.

Persons: Marciano Dasai, Dasai, Jake Spring, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Spatial, REUTERS, SAO PAULO, Suriname's, Reuters, Paris, Nations, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Paramaribo, Paris, Suriname, Nations

Treasury yields later receded on a cooler-than-expected U.S. private payrolls report that helped stocks on Wall Street rebound from Tuesday's sharp sell-off. "The market was so over-sold that it was looking for a catalyst to rally on and found it in ADP." The yield on 10-year Treasury notes touched 4.884%, a fresh 16-year high, while 30-year Treasury yields rose above 5% for the first time since August 2007. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAustralian, Canadian and British government bond yields have also surged this week. Gold prices crept lower for the eighth consecutive session as elevated Treasury yields amid expectations that the Fed will keep rates higher for longer weighed on investor sentiment.

Persons: Kim Rupert, Rupert, Rhys Williams, Brendan McDermid, Kit Juckes, Brent, Herbert Lash, Tom Wilson, Tom Westbrook, Simon Cameron, Moore, Will Dunham, Mark Potter Organizations: Treasury, ADP, Management, Institute for Supply Management, Federal Reserve, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Bank of Japan, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Rights Australian, U.S ., Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania, U.S, New York City, Asia, Pacific, Japan, Tokyo, Russia, London, Sydney

European stocks (.STOXX) tumbled as much as 0.6% before clawing back some ground, with indexes in France (.FCHI) and Germany (.GDAXI) both posting losses. Thirty-year Treasury yields also rose above 5% for the first time since August 2007. Earlier, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) had fallen 1.3%, its second straight daily drop of over 1%. In commodity markets, the stronger dollar has helped put the brakes on oil prices and higher yields have weighed on gold. Reporting by Tom Wilson and Tom Westbrook; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Issei Kato, Sandrine Perret, it's, Mel Siew, Kit Juckes, Tom Wilson, Tom Westbrook, Simon Cameron, Moore, Mark Potter Organizations: U.S ., Nikkei, REUTERS, LONDON, Bank of Japan, Muzinich, Co, THE, Federal, Treasury, Brent, . West Texas, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, SINGAPORE, France, Germany, Unigestion, Asia, Pacific, Singapore

Oil rigs are seen at Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas drilling, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, Argentina January 21, 2019. Brent December crude futures rose $1.04 to $93.24 a barrel by 1124 GMT after falling 90 cents on Friday. Both benchmarks rallied nearly 30% in the third quarter on forecasts of a wide crude supply deficit in the fourth quarter after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended additional supply cuts to the end of the year. A Reuters survey on Monday showed OPEC oil output rose for a second straight month in September, led by increases in Nigeria and Iran despite cuts by Saudi Arabia. Despite the brighter China news, European manufacturing data showed the euro zone, Germany and Britain all remained mired in a downturn in September - bad news for oil demand.

Persons: Agustin Marcarian, Baker Hughes, Brent, Hiroyuki Kikukawa, Haitham Al Ghais, Paul Carsten, Yuka Obayashi, Emily Chow, Kim Coghill, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: REUTERS, . West Texas, of, Petroleum, Reuters, NS, ING, PMI, Thomson Locations: Vaca, Patagonian, Neuquen, Argentina, U.S, Saudi Arabia, Russia, OPEC, Nigeria, Iran, Turkey, Iraq, China, Germany, Britain, London, Tokyo

Oil rigs are seen at Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas drilling, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, Argentina January 21, 2019. Brent December crude futures rose 17 cents, or 0.18%, to $92.37 a barrel by 0802 GMT after falling 90 cents on Friday. Brent November futures settled 7 cents lower at $95.31 a barrel at the contract's expiry on Friday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 26 cents, or 0.29%, to $91.05 a barrel, after losing 92 cents on Friday. Both benchmarks rallied nearly 30% in the third quarter on forecasts of a wide crude supply deficit in the fourth quarter after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended additional supply cuts to the end of the year.

☆ Japan's lunar startup ispace delays NASA-sponsored mission to 2026
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kantaro Komiya | Thomson Reuters | Kantaro Writes About Everything Japan'S Economic Indicators To North Korea'S Missiles To Global Regulation On Ai Companies. His Previous Stories Have Been Published In The Associated Press | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Japan's lunar transport startup ispace inc (9348.T) said on Thursday it would postpone a future moon landing mission by a year to 2026 to better prepare for a commission by U.S. agency NASA, as well as deal with component supply delays. Tokyo-based ispace attempted its first lunar landing with the Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft in April, which failed due to an altitude miscalculation. The U.S. unit of ispace, which has partnered with spacecraft software developer Draper to build lunar landers, has also encountered procurement delays for some parts, Hakamada said. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, a MS&AD (8725.T) unit, paid 3.7 billion yen last month to ispace for Hakuto-R Mission 1's failure. The unsuccessful landing resulted in a steep sell-off, but the shares have since recovered, closing on Thursday at 1,401 yen.

Persons: ispace, Takeshi Hakamada, Draper, Hakamada, Kantaro Komiya, Himani Sarkar, Miral Organizations: U.S, NASA, Financial Times, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, Tokyo, U.S

☆ US, Japan authorities warn of China-linked hacking group BlackTech
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kantaro Komiya | Thomson Reuters | Kantaro Writes About Everything Japan'S Economic Indicators To North Korea'S Missiles To Global Regulation On Ai Companies. His Previous Stories Have Been Published In The Associated Press | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Hss Otomotiv Ve Lastik Sanayi Anonim Sirketi FollowTOKYO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - U.S. National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japanese police jointly warned multinational companies of China-linked hacker group BlackTech in a cybersecurity advisory late on Wednesday. "BlackTech has demonstrated capabilities in modifying router firmware without detection and exploiting routers’ domain-trust relationships to pivot from international subsidiaries to headquarters in Japan and the United States, which are the primary targets," the statement said. BlackTech has been engaging in cyberattacks on governments and tech-sector companies in the United States and East Asia since around 2010, Japan's National Police Agency said in a separate statement. Amid heightening U.S.-China tensions over issues including Taiwan, U.S. security officials are raising the tone of their warnings against China's cyberattack capabilities. FBI chief Chris Wray earlier this month said China "has a bigger hacking program than every other major nation combined".

Persons: Kacper, BlackTech, cyberattacks, Chris Wray, Kantaro Komiya, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, . National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Security Agency, Japan's National Police Agency, Chinese Communist Party, U.S, FBI, United Kingdom, Washington Post, Pentagon, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, China, Japan, United States, East Asia, Blacktech, Taiwan, U.S, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United, South Korea

That's about 1 million square kilometers less ice than the previous winter record set in 1986. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsThe summer Antarctic sea ice extent also hit a record low in February, breaking the previous mark set in 2022. Sea ice extent there grew between 2007 and 2016. The shift in recent years toward record-low conditions has scientists concerned climate change may finally be presenting itself in Antarctic sea ice. The study found that warming ocean temperatures, driven mainly by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, are contributing to the lower sea ice levels seen since 2016.

Persons: It's, it's, Walt Meier, NSIDC, Ueslei Marcelino, Meier, Ariaan Purich, Jake Spring, Bill Berkrot Organizations: U.S, National, Data, REUTERS, Communications, Australia's Monash University, Thomson Locations: Antarctica

JPMorgan Chase Bank is seen in New York City, U.S., March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - JPMorgan's (JPM.N) British retail bank Chase will ban crypto transactions made by customers from Oct. 16 due to an increase in fraud and scams, the company said on Tuesday. "We've seen an increase in the number of crypto scams targeting UK consumers, so we have taken the decision to prevent the purchase of crypto assets on a Chase debit card or by transferring money to a crypto site from a Chase account," a spokesperson for the bank said. JPMorgan has attracted more than 1.6 million customers to its Chase retail bank since launching the mobile app-based service in Britain two years ago, and plans to roll out the consumer bank in other international markets over time. Spain's Santander said last year it would block UK customers from sending real-time payments to crypto exchanges as part of measures to protect customers from scams.

Persons: Caitlin Ochs, Chase, Spain's Santander, Iain Withers, Tom Wilson, Susan Fenton, Christina Fincher Organizations: JPMorgan Chase Bank, REUTERS, Chase, JPMorgan, NatWest, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Chase, Britain

Pumpjacks are seen against the setting sun at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang province, China December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Baker Hughes Co FollowLONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Oil prices held steady on Monday after Russia relaxed its fuel ban, taking the edge off earlier gains on a tighter supply outlook and wariness over interest rates that could curb demand. Russia approved some changes to its fuel export ban, lifting the restrictions for fuel used as bunkering for some vessels and diesel with high sulphur content, a government document showed on Monday. Crude prices fell last week after a hawkish Federal Reserve rattled global financial markets and raised concerns over oil demand. However, analysts flagged that oil prices face technical resistance at the November 2022 highs reached hit last week.

Persons: Stringer, Baker Hughes, Tony Sycamore, IIR, Goldman Sachs, Paul Carsten, Mohi Narayan, Florence Tan, Louise Heavens, David Goodman Organizations: REUTERS, Brent, . West Texas, Federal Reserve, Northern, IIR Energy, Thomson Locations: Heilongjiang province, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Moscow, United States, London

That's about 1 million square kilometers less ice than the previous winter record set in 1986. The summer Antarctic sea ice extent also hit a record low in February, breaking the previous mark set in 2022. While climate change is contributing to melting glaciers in Antarctica, it has been less certain how warming temperatures are impacting sea ice near the southern pole. Sea ice extent there grew between 2007 and 2016. The shift in recent years toward record-low conditions has scientists concerned climate change may finally be presenting itself in Antarctic sea ice.

Persons: It's, it's, Walt Meier, NSIDC, Meier, Ariaan Purich, Jake Spring, Bill Berkrot Organizations: U.S, National, Data, Communications, Australia's Monash University, Thomson Locations: Antarctica

☆ Stella Yifan Xie — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Stella Yifan Xie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stella Yifan XieStella Yifan Xie is a Hong Kong-based reporter covering the Chinese economy. Previously at the Journal, she reported on capital markets and finance topics in China from both Shanghai and Hong Kong bureaus. Stella was part of a team that won a citation from the Overseas Press Club in international business reporting in 2021. Stella joined the Journal in 2015 from American Public Media’s Marketplace radio program. She also worked at China Economic Review magazine.

Persons: Stella Yifan Xie Stella Yifan Xie, Stella Organizations: Overseas Press Club, National Press Foundation, American, China Economic Locations: Hong Kong, China, Shanghai

☆ Japan's weak machinery orders, other batch of soft data raise BOJ challenge
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Kantaro Komiya | Thomson Reuters | Kantaro Writes About Everything Japan'S Economic Indicators To North Korea'S Missiles To Global Regulation On Ai Companies. His Previous Stories Have Been Published In The Associated Press | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Core orders, the leading indicator of Japanese business spending, were down 1.1% in July from the previous month, the data showed. Orders from manufacturers fell 5.3% in July, the largest decline in eight months, due to weak demand for computers from industries including electric machinery, auto and chemicals. Orders from "core" service-sector firms excluding shipping and electric utilities grew 1.3%. The government maintained its weak view on machinery orders, saying they are "stalling", highlighting the bumpy road ahead for Japanese business and its broader economy. In July, Japan's exports fell for the first time in nearly 2-1/2 years, while the industrial output contracted more than expected.

Persons: Chisato Oshiba, Fumio Kishida, reshuffling, Kantaro Komiya, Chang, Ran Kim Organizations: ", Dai, Research, Manufacturers, U.S . Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, China, Japan

European stocks (.STOXX) fell as much as 0.5% in early trading, with rate-sensitive tech stocks (.SX8P) losing 0.8%. And the latest spike in oil prices to 10-month highs is unlikely to escape the Fed's attention. Fuelling worries over persistent inflation were oil prices, which firmed after hitting a 10-month peak a day earlier. ECB HIKE BETSThe euro was down 0.1% at $1.074, after nearing one-week highs on the Reuters story which was published late on Tuesday. "The leak raises the possibility of a hawkish hike which would be much more supportive for the EUR," said Steve Englander, global head of G10 FX research at Standard Chartered, referring to the Reuters report.

Persons: Androniki, Robert Alster, you'll, Steve Englander, Tom Wilson, Stella Qiu, Shri Navaratnam, Christina Fincher Organizations: Nikkei, REUTERS, Consumer, Index, Federal Reserve, Management, European Central Bank, Reuters, ECB, Nasdaq, Brent, U.S, West Texas, Markets, Standard Chartered, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, SYDNEY, Asia, Pacific, London, Sydney

☆ Japan launches rocket carrying moon lander SLIM after three delays
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Kantaro Komiya | Thomson Reuters | Kantaro Writes About Everything Japan'S Economic Indicators To North Korea'S Missiles To Global Regulation On Ai Companies. His Previous Stories Have Been Published In The Associated Press | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

H-IIA launch vehicle number 47 is seen on the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the southwestern island of Tanegashima, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on August 28, 2023. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsTOKYO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Japan launched the H-IIA rocket carrying the national space agency's moon lander on Thursday morning, after unfavourable weather led to three postponements in a week last month. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the rocket took off from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan as planned. The rocket is carrying JAXA's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft, dubbed the "moon sniper" for its experimental precision landing technology. SLIM's lunar landing is scheduled for early next year.

Persons: JAXA's Smart Lander, Kantaro Komiya, Tom Hogue, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Kyodo, Rights, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Tanegashima Space, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, NASA, Thomson Locations: Tanegashima, Japan, India

LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Oil prices were stable on Monday amid expectations that major producers would keep supplies tight, as hopes grew for the Federal Reserve to leave interest rates unchanged to avoid dampening the U.S. economy. Both contracts ended last week at their highest in more than half a year, after two previous weeks of losses. "Crude oil prices have been primarily driven by the anticipation of additional supply cuts from major oil-producing nations, Russia and Saudi Arabia," said Sugandha Sachdeva, executive vice president and chief strategist at Acme Investment Advisors. Saudi Arabia is expected to roll over a voluntary 1-million-barrel per day (bpd) cut into October. Saudi Arabia's previous announcements on its voluntary cut extension came ahead of its official selling prices, which typically come out in the first week of the month.

Persons: Sugandha Sachdeva, Sachdeva, Alexander Novak, Russell Hardy, Paul Carsten, Mohi Narayan, Yousef Saba, Andrew Hayley, Simon Clarence Fernandez, Jason Neely Organizations: Federal Reserve, Brent, . West Texas, Acme Investment Advisors, Saudi, Russia, Organization of, Petroleum, Reserve, PMI, Investors, Thomson Locations: U.S, Russia, Saudi Arabia, India, Kuwait, Jizan, Oman, China, London, New Delhi, Dubai, Beijing

Bitcoins are seen in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Bitcoin's gains from a U.S. court ruling that bolsters future prospects for retail investor-friendly funds have rescued the original cryptocurrency from a dismal month, offering new optimism over its longer-term outlook. The win for Grayscale is likely to now factor into the SEC's future decisions for spot bitcoin ETFs filed by several major financial firms this year, including the world's largest asset manager BlackRock (BLK.N), investors said. Any advent of spot bitcoin ETFs could help the crypto industry tap a glut of previously untapped retail investor cash, in turn bolstering the price of bitcoin. Still, bitcoin's prospects remain tied to the performance of wider markets, some investors said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, bitcoin, Noelle Acheson, Crypto, Anders Kvamme Jensen, Tom Wilson, Mike Harrison Organizations: REUTERS, Securities, Exchange, U.S, Treasury, BlackRock, BTC, Thomson

Although the H-IIA rocket, the Japanese flagship launch vehicle, has a 98% launch success rate, unsuitable wind conditions in the upper atmosphere forced a suspension 27 minutes before the planned liftoff. "High-altitude winds hit our constraint for a launch... which had been set to ensure no impact from debris falling outside of pre-warned areas," said MHI H-IIA launch unit chief Tatsuru Tokunaga. It will mark the 47th H-IIA Japan has launched. H-IIA, jointly developed by JAXA and MHI, has been Japan's flagship space launch vehicle, with 45 successful launches in 46 tries since 2001. However, after JAXA's new medium-lift H3 rocket failed on its debut in March, the agency postponed the launch of H-IIA No.

Persons: MHI, Tatsuru Tokunaga, Michio Kawakami, Tokunaga, JAXA's Smart Lander, India's, SLIM, Ray, Kantaro Komiya, Rocky Swift, Kim Coghill, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Kyodo, REUTERS Acquire, MHI, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, Ray Imaging, NASA, European Space Agency, Epsilon, Thomson Locations: Tanegashima, Japan, TOKYO, Tokyo

Only one of 22 economists, or 5%, expected the BOJ to start unwinding its ultra-easy policy this year, the Aug 15-23 poll found, significantly down from 50% in a July survey. Four said the BOJ will start unwinding in January-March 2024, five chose April-June, six selected July-September and another six opted for October-December. A separate question showed 73% of economists expecting the BOJ to end YCC next year, up from 50% in July. A question about when the BOJ ends its negative short-term interest rate policy showed 41% of economists anticipating it in 2024, down from 54% in a May poll. Economists raised their projection for Japan's fiscal 2023 GDP growth to 1.8% from 1.1% in the previous poll.

Persons: Issei Kato, Takumi Tsunoda, YCC, Kazuo, Ueda, Hiroshi Namioka, Kantaro Komiya, Satoshi Sugiyama, Susobhan Sarkar, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: Bank of Japan, REUTERS, Rights, Shinkin Central Bank Research Institute, D, Management, U.S, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan

[1/3] Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 15, 2023. Profit-taking weighed on shares across the board, with the MSCI All Country stock index (.MIWD00000PUS) down 0.36%. Profit-taking also took hold in Europe, where European stocks (.STOXX) gave up earlier gains to edge down 0.37%. EASING YIELDSGovernment bond yields eased, adding to a sense of relief across markets. In currency markets, the dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies , added 0.474%, and remains higher over the month.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Dow Jones, Jerome Powell, Patrick Harker, Harker, Robert Alster, Zhang Zihua, Koh Gui Qing, Tom Wilson, Julie Zhu, Kirsten Donovan, Matthew Lewis Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Nasdaq, Investors, Federal, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, CNBC, Profit, Asset Management, Nvidia, Beijing Yunyi Asset Management, Brent, . West Texas, Hong, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, United States, Jackson Hole , Wyoming, Europe, Turkish, Asia, Pacific, Japan, China, Beijing, New York, London, Hong Kong

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