tojapan now — and the end of an era because the central bank there has raised interest rates for theecades of massive monetary stimulus. the widely expected move comes as workers at some of japan's largest companies secured their biggest pay rise since 1991, giving the central bank the confidence to make its move, one that puts decades of deflation in the rear view mirror. we spoke to janet mui from stockbrokers rbc brewin dolphin and asked her whether the rate rise will have the desired effect onjapan�*s economy. the hope is that it will. because japan has been trapped in decades of deflation and low interest rate environment. and finally, there is confidence coming from the bank ofjapan that we are actually seeing normalisation back to, you know, rising interest rate, rising wages and inflationary environment. so i think this could give businesses the confidence to invest if we're in a more normal kind of environment. and hopefully the higher wages, which is now outpacing inflation, would help to support consumer spending. but of course, concerns as well because this is just a baby

he can go back tojapan and pay less taxonomists. it's a very shrewd move by their great player! a 30—foot mural painted by the street artist banksy has been vandalised, days after it appeared on the side of a residential building in north london. the art features green paint sprayed on a wall behind a cut—back tree to look like foliage. but it's been defaced with white paint. seems it so difficult to have nice things. that's it from newsday. bye for now. hello there. it's been very mild to start this week, very spring—like indeed. and in fact, on wednesday, we saw a temperature of 19 celsius in charnwood in surrey, making this the warm spot of the day, but also the highest temperature in england so far this year. things are set to change, though, for the end of the week into the weekend — colder air moving in behind this low pressure system will extend across all areas. it'll feel very different to how the week's begun. but still some mild air for england and wales on thursday, much windier with outbreaks of rain. scotland and northern ireland, thanks that area of low pressure,

tojapan, to japan, where some of the larger employers have agreed to pay rise with unions.ll raise wages by as much as $200 and boost bonus payments. rival car—maker nissan, panasonic and steel agreed to fully meet union demands. japanese prime minister fumio crouchy dai has urged companies to raise wages faster to combat inflation —— fumio kushida. according to logistics giant dhl, the flow of goods is still growing, and that's in the latest report compiled with nyu. i caught up withjohn pearson of dhl and asked for his take on the state of global connectivity. tt his take on the state of global connectivity-— connectivity. if you look at the trade _ connectivity. if you look at the trade between - connectivity. if you look at - the trade between geopolitical trading blocs, it's essentially the same as all the other reports. there's a lot of nervousness that us and china are decoupling. i think what i would say there is what people don't realise is the extent to which they were coupled over the last two decades. extraordinary levels of trade were happening between china an

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