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 were mostly lower in Asia on Friday after China reported that its economy grew at a 5% annual pace last year, hitting ...

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

The tone in global stocks turned weaker on Friday as Asian shares tracked overnight losses on Wall Street, even as bond ...

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

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 ...

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda echoed recent comments that have revived market expectations for imminent policy action.