Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has dissolved the lower house of Parliament, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election ...

Core inflation touched its lowest level since October 2024, and was in line with expectations ...

Gloomy prospects are expected during the Chinese New Year holidays in February. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The move by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help her governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years.

TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday she was watching currency markets closely ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap ...

Alarm forces Japan to halt restart of world’s largest nuclear power plant after just 24 hours - An alert from a monitoring ...

European shares are mixed after markets advanced in Asia. U.S. futures turned lower early Friday. The Bank of Japan kept its ...

TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing activity expanded in January for the first time in seven months, buoyed by ...

The setback occurred hours after one of the world’s largest nuclear complexes restarted, ending more than a decade of ...