The Nikkei average dipped 0.21 percent to 39,819.11 while the broader Topix index settled 0.19 percent lower at 2,834.48.

While tepid, economic growth remains positive globally and, in the U.S., could improve toward the end of the year and into ...

The Bank of Japan will warn of uncertainty over the impact of U.S. tariffs in a quarterly report due this month, but may ...

Tokyo: Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year on year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2% in June year-on-year, official data showed today, piling further pressure on Prime Minister ...

Japan's consumer inflation rose in June, as shoppers paid twice as much for rice compared to a year earlier. The internal ...

With the July 20 upper house election approaching, the emergence of campaign rhetoric targeting foreign residents in Japan ...

Japan’s inflation in June gives the Bank of Japan few reasons for immediate cheer. Headline and core inflation decelerated, ...

Japan's key measure of consumer prices cooled slightly more than expected in June, but remained well above the Bank of ...

Asian shares tracked Wall Street higher on Friday as still-strong U.S. economic data and robust corporate earnings offset ...

Asian shares are mostly higher after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a ...

Sharemarket investors have dismissed the Trump circus as noise. But for all the chaos, the US President’s big plan is still ...