Asian shares are trading mostly lower after a decline overnight on Wall Street
January 16, 2024
Asian shares have advanced on the back of Wall Street’s climb to a near-record high, as Tokyo's benchmark surged to its highest level since 1990
January 10, 2024
The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coast of Japan on New Year’s has killed 213 people as of Thursday
January 10, 2024
Yoshie Minamidani has been running a seafood store in the Japanese town of Wajima for three decades
January 09, 2024
Asian shares are mostly lower after a mixed finish on Wall Street, although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost from a strengthening dollar
January 05, 2024
Asian stocks are lower, tracking a weak start to 2024 on Wall Street as Japan's markets reopened
January 03, 2024
Japan has dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes on Monday
January 01, 2024
Nintendo has canceled an upcoming video game event and postponed several others because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players
December 08, 2023
Asian shares have declined in cautious trading ahead of some key reports this week on the U.S. job market that might provide insight into the Federal Reserve’s thinking about interest rates
December 04, 2023
Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations
November 29, 2023
Asian shares are mixed after a strong report on U.S. consumer confidence and hopes the Federal Reserve is finished with its aggressive interest rate hikes sent shares higher on Wall Street
November 28, 2023
Asian shares are mostly higher after a rally on Wall Street led by gains in Microsoft after it announced it was hiring Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker
November 20, 2023
Japan has reported that its economy contracted at a 2.1% annual pace in July-September as consumption and investment weakened
November 15, 2023
Asian shares are mostly higher, cheered by a rally on Wall Street that was one of the best days of the year following a surprisingly encouraging report on inflation
November 14, 2023
Asian shares are trading mostly higher ahead of potentially market-moving developments, including a U.S.-China summit and data releases in the U.S., Japan and China
November 13, 2023
Japanese technology company SoftBank Group has reported it racked up a huge loss in the July-September quarter, as some of its investments soured
November 09, 2023
Sony has reported that its profit in the July-September quarter slipped 29% from a year earlier, as damage from a strike in the movie sector offset boosts from a favorable exchange rate
November 09, 2023
Nintendo is developing a live-action film based on its hit video game “The Legend of Zelda.”
November 08, 2023
Nintendo is reporting an 18% rise in its net profit for the first fiscal half, as sales were boosted by its hit Super Mario movie
November 07, 2023
Asian shares are mixed in muted trading as attention focuses on prospects for improved China-U.S. relations from meetings next week on the sidelines of a Pacific Rim summit
November 07, 2023
Godzilla, the nightmarish radiation spewing monster born out of nuclear weapons, has stomped through many movies, including several Hollywood remakes
November 02, 2023
Nippon Steel has dropped its lawsuit against Toyota over a patent for a technology used in electric motors, saying wrangling among Japanese companies was not beneficial to keep the nation competitive
November 02, 2023
Asian shares are surging after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated it may not need to pump the brakes any harder on Wall Street and the economy
November 01, 2023
Toyota’s profit in the latest quarter jumped nearly threefold from a year ago as vehicle sales grew around the world and a cheap yen boosted the Japanese automaker’s overseas earnings
November 01, 2023
Asian shares are trading mostly lower as investors look ahead to a week that could see more swings in financial markets, including key reports on U.S. consumer confidence and the job market
October 30, 2023
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