Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has promised to revitalise depressed rural regions and to address the “quiet emergency” of ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a 13.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion) supplementary budget for the fiscal year ...

A hotter-than-expected inflation reading from Japan on Friday increased expectations for an interest-rate hike in the country, sending the yen to a six-week high. The dollar sank to as low as 149.56 ...

The yen rallied on Friday after forecast-busting inflation data out of Tokyo boosted talk of another Japanese interest rate ...

Japan's unpopular minority government approved on Friday an extra budget to help pay for a massive stimulus package after the ...

The yen jumped more than 1% against the U.S. dollar to a six-week high on Friday after faster-than-expected inflation in Tokyo supported bets for a Bank of Japan interest rate hike next month. "The ...

The government has dithered ever since on the timing of the proposed tax increases, deferring a decision on the matter on an ...

With Wall Street closed for the Thanksgiving break, there were few catalysts to drive business heading into the weekend and at the end of a rollercoaster month dominated by uncertainty in the wake of ...

The Japanese yen rose to a six-week high against the dollar Friday. While trading was thin because of the Black Friday ...

Tadashi Yanai, founder of clothing retailer Uniqlo and Japan’s richest man with a net worth of US$47.1 billion, turned his ...

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan While Americans have been feasting and preparing to shop, ...

Asian stock markets were choppy on Friday, with China-exposed exchanges gaining on bargain-hunting, while Japan shares were challenged by foreign exchange movements. Hong Kong and Shanghai finished in ...