Slice and dice it anyway you like and the week ahead for world markets will likely be dominated by politics and central banks ...

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

Asian shares tracked Wall Street higher on Friday as still-strong U.S. economic data and robust corporate earnings offset tariff worries, while the yen headed toward a second successive week of loss ...

Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in memory and a possible defeat for the coalition of Prime ...

- A Beijing court this week sentenced a Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma to 3-1/2 years in prison. The man had been ...

Japan's core inflation slowed in June but stayed above the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, highlighting lingering price pressures that back market expectations for further interest ...

A new K-pop boy band made their global debut on Friday with two members who defected from North Korea and an album that ...

The dollar headed for a second straight weekly gain against major peers, buoyed by some solid U.S. economic data that ...

Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.3% in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, ...

When car maker Mazda sneezes, everyone catches a cold, say people in its hometown of Hiroshima in western Japan, but these ...

Japan's core inflation slowed in June due to temporary cuts in utility bills but stayed above the central bank's 2% target, highlighting lingering price pressures that will keep alive market ...