(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr for a summit in Washington on April 11 to discuss economic…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s annual business-to-business service inflation hit 2.4% in December to match the previous month’s nearly nine-year high, data showed, suggesting companies were gradually passing on rising labour…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto, Takaya Yamaguchi and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said he was closely watching how central bank decisions, including an expected end…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average rallied to a fresh 34-year peak on Monday as the U.S. S&P 500’s record-high close on Friday buoyed investor sentiment,…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Saturday became the world’s fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, as the space agency said its Smart Lander for…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday the government was watching currency moves carefully, when asked about the yen’s recent fast-pitched declines. “It’s…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese policymakers searching for clues on whether wage hikes will become widespread may find relief in a central bank survey in the northern prefecture…
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of Japan’s biggest business lobby Keidanren on Tuesday called for wage hikes this year that exceed the inflation rate, setting…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Another day, another leap to a fresh 34-year peak. Is there anything that will stop the…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Nikkei share average on Monday crossed the 36,000 mark for the first time in 34 years, powered by shippers and financials, with a retreat…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) – Core inflation in Japan’s capital slowed for the second straight month in December as cost-push price pressures continued to ease, data…
(Reuters) – Nippon Steel said on Monday it would buy U.S. Steel in a deal worth $14.9 billion including debt, months after the steelmaker put itself up for sale. (Reporting…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity shrank for a seventh straight month in December while the service sector made modest gains, a business survey showed on Friday, as weak demand…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is battling to stem the fallout from one of the biggest financial scandals to hit his ruling Liberal Democratic…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s central bank is likely to end the year as one of the world’s most dovish, as policymakers look for clues on whether the…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday urged the central bank to take into account the government’s priorities, such as pulling the economy permanently…
By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s military will need sweeping changes to root out harassment, ex-soldier Rina Gonoi said on Wednesday, a day after a Japanese court found three…
(Reuters) – The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) will ask listed companies with publicly traded subsidiaries or equity affiliates to increase disclosure about corporate governance, Nikkei Asia reported on Tuesday. TSE…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Harmonic Drive Systems, a Japanese maker of speed reducers, said on Wednesday that Toyota Motor will sell its entire stake in the company in the open market overseas.…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s service activity expanded at the slowest pace in a year in November, weighed by an accelerating decline in new exports and softer demand, however, the outlook…
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Japanese electronic parts maker TDK Corp will manufacture lithium ion (li-ion) battery cells for Apple iPhones in India, a minister said on Monday. Apple has been touting…
By Brigid Riley and Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) – NISA, or the Nippon Individual Savings Account, is a Japanese government tax-free stock investment programme for individuals which is set for…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Nomura Holdings said on Wednesday it would reduce risk weighted assets by up to 6% for its struggling wholesale business as the top Japanese investment bank scrambles…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – A key measure of Japan’s trend inflation accelerated to 2.2% in October, data showed on Tuesday, marking a fresh record high in a sign…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) on Monday said group CEO Jun Ohta died on Nov. 25 aged 65 of pancreatic cancer. Japan’s second-biggest lender after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial…