Vitus Stenhøj Schiøtz from Denmark was overwhelmed in Tokyo but found a home away from home in a ski resort where he can ...

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

Asian shares Friday were mixed, with Chinese technology stocks rising as most other Asian equities declined. Japan’s ...

Global stocks meandered on Friday ahead of key U.S. payrolls data as investors considered prospects that a broader trade war ...

Daikin’s US residential business also faces downward pressure if US real estate sales decline protracts. Although Goodman has a weaker brand position than American peers, we expect the company’s ...

The yen climbed to a nine-week high on Friday as market players piled on bets for more interest rate hikes in Japan this year ...

The Japanese yen surged to a nine-week high as investors bet on further interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan (BOJ), while the U.S. dollar held steady ahead of key payroll data. The dollar slid ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

After three decades of near-zero inflation, there are signs that Japan’s economy can sustainably converge to a new equilibrium. Inflation has surpassed the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent target for over ...

The yen has made sizable swings against the dollar, driven largely by shifts in the Japan-U.S. interest rate differentials, but also amplified by the build-up and unwinding of yen carry traders, the ...

Mitsubishi Motors is facing a tough financial year, with the company slashing its net profit forecast by a staggering 76%.

The yen could strengthen beyond 150 against the dollar as the BOJ moves against the global tide of rate cuts, said SMBC Nikko Securities.