The move by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity to help her governing party regain ...

SEOUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for policy Elbridge Colby will visit South Korea from Sunday to ...

In a speech on Monday announcing the snap election, Takaichi stunned debt markets by declaring her plans for a two-year ...

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Stocks advanced in Asian trading on Friday after the Bank of Japan left ...

The BOJ also upgraded its GDP forecast for the 2025 fiscal year to 0.9%, and also raised its GDP projection for the 2026 ...

Asian shares and U.S. futures were modestly higher Friday after U.S. regained more of their losses after a tumultuous several ...

Core inflation touched its lowest level since October 2024, and was in line with expectations ...

The setback occurred hours after one of the world’s largest nuclear complexes restarted, ending more than a decade of ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to dissolve the lower house of Japan's parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election. Elected in October as Japan's first female leader, Takaichi ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap ...

Alarm forces Japan to halt restart of world’s largest nuclear power plant after just 24 hours - An alert from a monitoring ...

Pieter-Steph du Toit has emerged as a doubt for Rassie Erasmus.