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Japanese voters are participating in a crucial upper house election that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru ...

NEW YORK] The US dollar slipped against the euro on Friday (Jul 18) but held on to weekly gains, as investors weighed ...

“Our policy is to protect and increase (in that order) the value of shareholders’ funds per share over the long term” is the ...

Rising long-term Japanese government bond yields point to growing nervousness about the future – and not just inflation ...

Although Japan’s economy shows signs of returning to normal inflation for the first time in three decades, global headwinds and fiscal fragility pose ongoing challenges.

Trump's call for a minimum 15-20% tariff on imports from the European Union, as reported by the Financial Times, is a ...

While tepid, economic growth remains positive globally and, in the U.S., could improve toward the end of the year and into ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big ...

Japan's key measure of consumer prices cooled slightly more than expected in June, but remained well above the Bank of ...

As reaffirmed by the latest CPI data, domestic prices--especially for goods--remain strong, but with the conclusion of U.S.-Japan trade negotiations still uncertain, the BOJ will likely continue to ...

Japan's core inflation rate slowed to 3.3 percent in June from 3.7 percent in May, official data showed Friday.