With Japan's emergence from years of deflation, companies are not only reporting higher profits but are increasingly returning a substantial portion of these earnings to shareholders through dividends ...

Asian markets steady despite US consumption strength and China’s growth surge, while US tariff uncertainty fuels investor caution.

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after China reported that its economy grew at a 5% annual pace last year, hitting the ...

The yen was poised on Friday for its strongest weekly performance in over a month as expectations grow that the Bank of Japan ...

Recent remarks from BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda and his deputy Ryozo Himino have made clear that a hike will at least be ...

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 ...

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

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

The dollar steadied on Thursday, after dipping alongside cooling U.S. inflation and falling bond yields, while the yen hit a ...

The Japanese yen was at its strongest versus the dollar in nine days after Japan's government bond yields hit another cycle high. The 10-year JGB yield was up 1.5 basis points early Wednesday, trading ...