Rice prices in the country soared 99.2% in June year-on-year, official data showed, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.

A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be of concern for policymakers. The market for secondhand private-equity ...

The domestic equity benchmarks ended the week with significant losses, pressured by weak earnings from major IT and banking stocks and cautious global sentiment amid ongoing tariff concerns. Although ...

President Trump is reportedly pushing for higher blanket tariffs on imports from the European Union, throwing a wrench in ...

Purchasing managers’ surveys in the U.S. and a number of other countries will be watched closely. A decision by the European ...

The U.S. dollar slipped on Friday but held onto weekly gains, as investors weighed signs that tariffs may be starting to ...

* U.S. President Donald Trump has singled out the coal industry as a key driver of U.S. energy dominance, but utilities have ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan will warn of uncertainty over the impact of U.S. tariffs in a quarterly report due this ...

Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a ...

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

Asian stock markets began Friday's session with modest gains, as a rally in global equities gained fresh momentum from strong ...

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 ...