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* BOJ will seek to dispel view it is out of ammunition * BOJ may debate wider yield band, focus on keeping rates stable * BOJ will reveal findings on effects of its ETF buying * BOJ will conduct review of policy tools on March 18-19 TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may tweak a three-tier deposit system at next week’s policy review to exempt a larger portion of reserves from negative interest rates, said sources familiar with its thinking. BOJ Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya has said one of the key goals of the review would be to mitigate the pain that negative rates inflict o...

* JD.com in talks with Yongjin over Sinolink stake - sources * Yongjin holds a 27% stake worth up to 10 bln yuan - sources * Deal would be JD.com’s biggest financial sector play -sources HONG KONG, March 12 (Reuters) - JD.com Inc is in talks to buy part or all of a stake in brokerage Sinolink Securities worth at least $1.5 billion, three people said, as the e-commerce major aims to bolster its financial services operations. A deal to buy the stake from Sinolink’s largest shareholder, Yongjin Group, would be the biggest bet in acquisition value terms by Beijing-based JD.com in China’s $4...

South Korea will extend vaccination for people aged 65 years and older with AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine to ramp up its immunisation drive, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a government meeting on Thursday.

(Corrects para 7 to show 10-year bond futures are implying a yield of 1.718%, not 0.718) SYDNEY, March 10 (Reuters) - Australia’s central bank chief on Wednesday rebuffed market talk of rate hikes, saying it will take at least until 2024 to reach full employment even as the economy was now within “striking distance” of its pre-pandemic output. Australia’s A$2 trillion ($1.5 trillion) economy expanded by a larger-than-expected 3.1% in the December quarter, clocking its fastest ever back-to-back quarterly rises. Job growth has been sturdy while retail sales are going strong too. “Thes...

(Add details and context) WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is evaluating a Virginia military base as a possible site to house unaccompanied migrant children amid a sharp rise in migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notice seen by Reuters. A Pentagon spokesman confirmed that Fort Lee, a U.S. Army facility in Virginia, was under consideration. The number of migrant children arriving at the southwest border has increased in recent months, putting pressure on HHS-run shelters that house the children befor...