TOKYO: Tokyo investors will be combing through a string of Japanese and Chinese data next week, as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) kicks off a two-day policy meeting.

The barrage of figures, including fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) for Japan and Chinese manufacturing data, come after weak US retail sales sparked more questions about the state of the world’s largest economy. That uncertainty could keep jittery investors on the sidelines, dealers said.

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