Hang Seng gains on China’s AI optimism, while Nikkei falters on a stronger Yen. ASX 200 surges as rate cut bets fuel banking and tech stocks.

President Donald Trump's tariffs will hurt everything from Washington farmers and seaports to customers and businesses, ...

Wall Street pointed higher early Friday as more strong earnings results trickled in along with a closely-watched report from ...

World markets are mostly higher following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit ...

Japanese homemaker Kirina Mochizuki has always considered "okonomiyaki" savoury pancakes the ultimate comfort food: simple, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected to report its first year-on-year increase in household spending in five months, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, although the rise appears to be marginal, ...

Underlying inflation in Japan is still slightly below the central bank’s target of 2%, Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said, ...

BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda has said that the economy is on track to reach its goal of stable inflation backed by wage growth. Policymakers expect the nation's chronic labor shortages, amid a declining and ...

Japan needs to promote digitalisation as rising inflation and interest rates will increase demand for new financial services ...

Tokyos consumer price index (CPI) inflation accelerated in January, reaching a near two-year high as strong private spending ...