JGB yield rose to the highest since October 2008 at 1.595% last Tuesday after opinion polls increasingly pointed to ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday after U.S. stock indexes inched to more records at the start of a week of profit updates from big U.S. companies. Japan’s benchmark surged and then ...

The yen strengthened versus the dollar yesterday after Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said he would carry on as leader even as the ruling coalition lost its majority in the upper house election ...

More likely would be for Japan to compile an extra budget in autumn to fund payouts and tax breaks. The size could exceed ...

Moody's Ratings said on Tuesday the potential impact of a cut to Japan's consumption taxes on the country's sovereign debt ...

The ruling LDP and its junior partner Komeito both suffered significant losses amid widespread concerns over the rising cost ...

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...

This means that Ishiba no longer has easy control over the upper or lower houses of parliament; last October, the LDP lost ...

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Japan’s voters dealt Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) with yet another devastating blow on ...

Wall Street was poised to open with gains Monday ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings reports. Futures for the S&P 500, ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which Prime Minister Ishiba leads, secured 47 seats in parliament, short of the 50 it needs for a majority.