By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top diplomats of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s recent ballistic missile …
By Takaya Yamaguchi and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s government aims to reduce its budget next fiscal year for the first time in 12 years, …
US Looks To Japan To Backfill Supply Of Advanced Air Defense System For Ukraine Micaela Burrow on December 19, 2023 The U.S. may soon be …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government upgraded its view on business sentiment for the first time in two months in December as a central bank survey …
By Anton Bridge and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – A little-known private equity firm is set to take on the toughest job in corporate Japan: …
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The Bank of Japan’s policy decision and subsequent remarks from Governor Kazuo …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan business lobby Keidanren chief Masakazu Tokura said on Monday the Bank of Japan must normalise monetary policy as …
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asia kicks off the last full trading week of 2023 on …
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia and Japan have agreed on the removal of more trade barriers, Indonesia’s foreign minister said on Saturday, after the two countries …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation was expected to ease in November, slowing down to the level seen in mid-2022, partly as energy price …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – The tax reform panel of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has agreed on income tax breaks aimed at offsetting …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core machinery orders unexpectedly rose in October, climbing for a second straight month, data showed on Thursday, but remained down year-on-year …
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Inflation data from India and Japan dominate the Asian calendar on …
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China and Japan accused each other of maritime incursions after a confrontation between their coast guards in waters around disputed islands in …
BROOKLYN, NY – The New York City Police Department is seeking public assistance in identifying a suspect linked to an arson hate crime at Shalom …
LONDON (Reuters) – Cash funds saw a mammoth $93.2 billion of inflows in the week to Wednesday, Bank of America Global Research strategists said in …
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Most Japanese companies feel burdens related to being listed have increased amid growing pressure from shareholders and regulators for …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Sentiment at big Japanese manufacturers surged, improving for a second straight month as the auto sector continued to recover …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy likely shrank slightly less than initially estimated in July-September, reflecting an expected upward revision in private sector capital investment, a …
By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – After decades of deflation, Japan’s economy looks poised to finally turn a corner. For its biggest …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan has yet to achieve price gains driven by higher wages with the recent rise in inflation driven by cost-push factors, Bank …
By Tomo Uetake TOKYO (Reuters) – Harris Associates is finding plenty of investment opportunities in Europe, while taking a more cautious stance on Japan, its …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory output rose for a second straight month in October, government data showed on Thursday, lifted by the production of integrated …
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s space agency was hit with a cyberattack but the information the hackers accessed did not include anything important for rocket and satellite …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Top finance officials from Japan and Britain exchanged views and analysis on current global and domestic economic challenges such as elevated inflation …
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top diplomats of the United States, South Korea and Japan held a call on Friday to discuss North …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) – Former top Japanese currency official Tatsuo Yamasaki said he expects the yen will not weaken significantly …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output likely inched up in October, a Reuters poll found on Friday, although widespread disruptions at top automaker Toyota Motor …
SEOUL (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will meet for talks in South Korea on Sunday, South Korea’s foreign ministry …
By Denny Thomas TORONTO (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. With Wall Street shut for Thanksgiving on Thursday, Asian investors …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government on Wednesday slashed its view on the economy for November in its first such downgrade in 10 months, as weak …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs’ Japan president Masanori Mochida has decided to retire at the end of the year after more than 38 years at …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation likely accelerated again in October, staying above the central bank’s 2% price target for a 19th straight month, …
(Reuters) -Japan’s legislature has begun deliberations on a bill that would end the requirement for listed companies to file quarterly financial reports, in an effort …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – A former top Japanese financial official said on Wednesday yen weakness might be caused not only …
By Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s government is set to increase its fiscal loan and investment programme in a planned second extra budget to beef …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturers’ business confidence improved for the first time since August while service-sector mood rose for a second month, …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has doubled its forecast for defence orders to a record 1.6 trillion yen ($10.7 billion) in the current financial …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor said on Monday that worldwide production rose 1.5% in September from the same period a year earlier to 900,919 vehicles, …
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese policymakers maintained their warning to investors against selling the yen on Thursday in the wake of …
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan announced an unscheduled bond operation on Tuesday, as it sought to slow a rise in …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will extend until the end of April next year subsidies aimed at curbing fuel prices, according to a draft of …
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors looking toward U.S. corporate earnings growth to revive the rally in the benchmark S&P 500 may be …
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo’s auto show is back for the first time in four years and newly rebranded for the electric vehicle …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Lawmakers from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) gave a list of proposals to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet for possible inclusion …
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a staunch civil rights advocate for illegal migrants is on a political mission in Japan. Murphy, who …
MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said she met with South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho, and looked forward to …
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core inflation likely stayed above the central bank’s 2% target for an 18th straight month in September, although …
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese households’ inflation expectations rose slightly in the three months to September, a central bank quarterly survey showed on Friday. The survey will …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan core machinery orders fell for a second straight month in August, suggesting worries about a global economic slowdown and China’s wobbly …