Manufacturers do not really expect sentiment to get any better. Look. They are gaining revenue. They beat expectations. Australia on holiday. Up 8 10 of 1 . Sentiment in japan largely held out over the last three months, even with the stronger yen. We have our north asia economy editor covering the story for us. What were the Key Takeaways here, henry . Henry hi, angie. The sentiment among large manufacturers did not get any worse. I guess that is the good news. The bad news is, it remains at the lowest level from abenomics more than three years ago. The yen has gained about 19 this year. You know, a weaker yen was supposed be one of the key drivers of abenomics, by helping these Companies Profits go up and feeding through two wages and consumption inflation. Obviously the gains have eaten into that and weaker Global Growth has also had an impact. Nonmanufacturing companies have also softened a bit. So, henry, what is next and abenomics then . Henry well, i think, going forward, the fo
His tightest range of the whole year. We actually thought low volume. A lot people are waiting for the jobless report tomorrow. Sawy the whole month, we it really come down, for the most since october. Over the whole month, the risk of the volatility really decreasing overall. It seems like quite a trend. Us to wrapping up the First Quarter of the year in what a quarter it was. I want to start your with the nasdaq in particular, because it started off the year falling below its moving average. But in february with the rest of the market, the green for the quarter, but none the less, it was quite a comeback. The dow and the s p also seeing a second straight quarterly gain. Lets be honest, overall, we really havent gone anywhere. Were still flat. Tracy we have in there and back again. It felt like a lot happened here. Alix it did. , andhappened with the s p then that rally . He stocks that led in decline were apple, amazon, baker of america and microsoft. Of the upside, the same stocks.
Pakistani Government Forces are expected to retaliate against the militant Taliban Group in response to sundays deadly suicide attack. Locked away. A man was taken into custody on suspicion of kidnapping a teenage girl and keeping her prisoner for two years. Coming out on top. The sumo tourney kept up the suspension until the final bout. Yoshihide suga says the country will keep close ties with the u. S. Regardless of who becomes its next president. He stressed that maintaining the alliance is one of japans key diplomatic policies. Suga made the remark at a regular news conference. A reporter asked about a comment by u. S. President ial candidate donald trump that japan should pay more to maintain a u. S. Military presence. Suga said he should refrain from commenting on remarks by a candidate. Translator the japanu. S. Alliance with the security arrangements at its core is the lyn linchpin of our diplomacy. Whoever is the next u. S. President , japan will continue to work closely with
Deregulation of the power markets have come in to effect. Judge and years in the making. A japanese space probe orbiting venus has cents back new images that could shed light on its findings. The Nuclear Security summit in washington has kicked off with a working dinner hosted by u. S. President obama. World leaders exchanged views on how to keep terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons. This is the fourth and final Nuclear Summit hosted by obama. Hes asking the participants to confirm their commitment to fighting nuclear terrorism. Leaders from more than 50 countries are attending the twoday event. Japans Prime Minister shinzo abe is among them. Abe stressed the need to prevent the theft of nuclear materials, attacks on Nuclear Facilities and cyber attacks. He called for participants to share information and coordinate efforts. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry hosted a meeting of foreign ministers. To make the world a safer place. For some people, thats sort of a slogan. For every
Joined the group in syria. He says if the militants succeed, they will return back home. Early on wednesday, russias Upper Chamber of parliament authorized putin to deploy troops. Ash carter expressed concern that russia may attack other forces. It does appear that there were probably not isil forces. Carter says the u. S. Will start talks with russia to prevent unintended clashes between their militaries. Minstorm ministers resumed negotiations wrapping up first day of talks in about 40 minutes and agreed to a broad agreement boo iholding negotiations on points of contention between individual countries. We are making progress but not enough to close it anytime soon. The ministers are meeting for the First Time Since july. They are trying to overcome disfreedi disagreements on a variety of issues including patent protections for drugs and tariffs for drug products and auto parts. Japans top negotiator called on members to resolve all pending issues and hammer out a deal. He said the n