TOKYO, April 13 (Reuters) - Yields on Japan's benchmark government bonds (JGBs) hit a 29-year high on Monday after U.S.-Iran peace talks collapsed and the U.S. Navy prepared a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices sharply higher and fuelling inflation fears. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield rose 5.5 basis points (bps) to 2.490%. Other tenors were yet...

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NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - Investors will seek evidence in the coming week that the U.S. corporate profit engine is humming along, and whether threats to that upbeat business outlook are emerging from the Middle East war https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ and the resulting surge in energy costs. First-quarter earnings season kicks off with reports from major U.S. banks. Expectations for a...

TOKYO, April 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped 1% on Monday as the collapse of U.S.-Iran peace talks and reports of a U.S. Navy plan to block the Strait of Hormuz cast fresh doubts on the durability of an ongoing ceasefire. The Nikkei was down 1% at 56,357.40, as of midday break, after posting its steepest weekly gain...