Looking back, yen-funded carry trades have turned out to be among the most profitable plays this year. Of 20 major emerging ...

The U.S. dollar weakened against the yen on Thursday, as softer-than-expected U.S. economic data and growing confidence for a ...

Executives at a leading Japanese bank apologized and took pay cuts on Thursday after police arrested an employee who ...

A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still ...

Nearly 1 million Australians visited Japan last year, out of 36.8 million international travellers. Australia-Japan Research ...

MSCI's global equities gauge rose on Thursday, while Wall Street stocks were choppy and U.S. Treasury yields fell in response ...

Trump Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent once worked with George Soros, placing trades that bet against the pound, profiting more than $1 billion when the pound fell in value.

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, following a rally on Wall Street driven by encouraging update on U.S. inflation. Japan's ...

Persistent USD strength against JPY seen in Q4 '24 is easing. Hawkish speeches from BoJ officials coupled with a softer US ...

A Japanese man, with six million yen (US$38,000) in gambling debts, has gone viral on social media for his “passionate ...

State-owned PFC on Thursday said it has inked an agreement with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for 120 ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...