Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe give remarks as U.S. President Barack Obama listens at Kilo Pier overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry Japanese Prime Minister ... More »
Congo Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso reviews honour guards during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou plans to meet with U.S. President-e... More »
A Japanese flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan’s government plans an initial budget of a record 97.45 trillion yen ($830 billion) for fiscal 2017, while keeping new debt issuanc... More »
Russia appears to have snubbed a Japanese attempt at puppy-love diplomacy by declining a gift of a dog for President Vladimir Putin at a summit next week with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. More »
A general view shows the headquarters of Gazprom in Moscow, Russia, June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo Japan’s Mizuho Bank Ltd [MZFGAE.UL] and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp [SUMFGI.UL] are working on a deal to provide 800 million euros ($845 milli... More »
The headquarters building of Anbang Insurance Group are pictured in Beijing, China, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co [ANBANG.UL] is in talks to buy as much as $2.3 billion in Japanese residential property assets from Blackst... More »
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. Sputnik/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev via REUTERS A potential ru... More »
Office workers are pictured through building windows during dusk in Tokyo, Japan March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Hoping to jolt Japan’s limp consumer spending, policymakers and business leaders are considering plans to let workers leave by 3 p.m. ... More »
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows before praying at the altar during the funeral of late Prince Mikasa, uncle of the current Emperor Akihito, at the Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo, Japan, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai – RTX2RU0K Japan on Tuesday ra... More »
Members of the Japan Self-Defence Forces stand guard near Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) land-to-air missiles, deployed at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, December 7, 2012. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Japan may accelerate around $1 billion of pl... More »
Japan’s parliament approved on Tuesday a $32 billion extra budget for this fiscal year that will help fund Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic stimulus package. More »
Takayasu Watanabe holds a box of chalks at his office where he used to run chalk-making business for decades before closing down last year, during an interview with Reuters in Nagoya, Japan, August 9, 2016. REUTERS/Tetsushi Kajimoto Japan’s small firms, many o... More »
South Korean President Park Geun-hye (R) walks past Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit at the West Lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, China, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/How Hwee Young/Pool North Korea fired thr... More »
A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo min Park More »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday agreed with South Korean President Park Geun-hye to closely cooperate regarding North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch, the Japanese government said in a statement. More »
U.S. President Barack Obama watches as Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Schiefelbein/Pool The global economy is being threatened by rising protec... More »
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens to the speech of China’s President Xi Jinping during the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, September 4, 2016. REUTERS/Nicolas Asfonri/Pool Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the G20 summit tha... More »
Members of a tank unit of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) riding on Type-10 armoured tanks take part in a military review during the annual troop review ceremony at Asaka Base in Asaka, near Tokyo October 27, 2013. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo Mitsubishi He... More »
A man walks past a screen displaying the Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Most Asian share markets tumbled on Monday while the U.S. dollar added to gains made after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indic... More »
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta attend a news conference following bilateral talks at State House in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Japan will give Kenya 1 billion yen ($9.78 million) ... More »
A man rides an electronic bike past a billboard for the upcoming G20 summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, July 29, 2016. Picture taken July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song China is hoping to cement its standing as a global power when it hosts leaders from ... More »
A picture illustration of crumpled kuna, Dollar and euro banknotes, taken in Zagreb January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola Solic Central bankers in charge of the vast bulk of the world’s economy delved deep into the weeds of money markets and interest rates over a t... More »
By Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto | TOKYO TOKYO Japan’s economic growth ground to a halt in April-June as weak exports and shaky domestic demand prompted companies to cut spending, putting fresh pressure on premier Shinzo Abe to come up with policies that ... More »
TOKYO Japanese boy band SMAP will break up at the end of the year, its promoter said on Sunday, disappointing legions of fans in Japan and Asia just seven months after its members pledged to stay together. The five-man group, which formed in 1988 when its memb... More »
TOKYO Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government sought on Tuesday to assure the Japanese public their pensions were not at risk after a big data leak, an incident with echoes of a scandal that helped oust Abe during his first term in office. The leak, underscorin... More »
TOKYO Japan’s government shifted focus on Tuesday to boosting economic growth and tax revenues to repair public finances, increasing concerns the government will shy away from painful and unpopular spending cuts. The change in policy came after a meeting of th... More »
FUKUI, Japan (Reuters) – A Japanese court on Tuesday issued an injunction to prevent the restart of two reactors citing safety concerns, in a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to return to atomic energy four years after the Fukushima crisis. It is the s... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chinese shares fought to sustain yet another seven-year peak on Tuesday a day before the country updates on economic growth, while much of the rest of Asia took a breather after recent hefty gains. A surprise decision by Singapore’s central ... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Economics Minister Akira Amari said on Tuesday he will not comment on foreign exchange levels, after a prominent adviser to the prime minister said it is appropriate for the yen to trade around 105 per dollar. Amari, speaking to repo... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The yen hovered just below a two-year peak against the euro early on Tuesday and was broadly firmer versus other major currencies as investors shed bearish positions overnight. Analysts said the move was triggered by comments from Koichi Ham... More »
KUSATSU, Japan (Reuters) – Hirotoshi Ogura, a self-described “factory geek”, is Daikin Industries’ (6367.T) master of doing more with less – and part of the reason Japan’s recovery remains stuck in the slow lane. As Japan heads into the season of peak demand f... More »
