Weak yen positive for economy if synchs with fundamentals: BOJ's Kuroda

(Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday that the yen's weakening is broadly positive for the Japanese economy as long as it reflected the underlying fundamentals.

Investors look to China and U.S. after ECB fights deflation risk

(Reuters) - This week's light calendar gives investors room to digest the European Central Bank's radical moves to avert deflation and look beyond U.S. data which, in more normal times, might imply higher interest rates.

Bank of Japan to extend loan facilities to make banks create more credit: Sources

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan is preparing a plan to extend three special loan facilities that have backed more than $81 billion in lending over the past three years, a step intended to nudge Japan's risk-averse banks to start creating credit, according to people familiar with the matter.