About 85.7% of Japanese households expect prices to rise a year from now, a quarterly central bank survey in December showed ...

Japan's ambition to deliver a primary budget surplus for the first time in decades is going to be pushed back a year, a ...

Tokyo stocks ended lower Wednesday, as investors were cautious about prospects of the U.S. shares after recent firm economic data dented hopes for imminent interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

The Nikkei stock index snapped a five-day losing streak Thursday on optimism over the U.S. economy as hopes grew for further ...

Global shares were mixed Tuesday, echoing trading on Wall Street, where gains for oil and gas producers helped offset drops ...

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, following a rally on Wall Street driven by encouraging update on U.S. inflation. Japan’s ...

Global stocks are mixed after Wall Street snapped out of a spell of holiday season blues, with markets in Tokyo and China declining ...