Japan does not manipulate the currency market to weaken the yen, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato told parliament on Friday, ...

Japan does not manipulate the currency market to weaken the yen, Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato told parliament on Friday, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's desire for a stronger yen against the dollar is almost certain to figure into trade negotiations with Japan underway in Washington, but analysts say any effort to shift ...

Investors are flocking to safe haven assets after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a swathe of reciprocal tariffs last ...

Fans of bands, anime characters, mascots and online entertainers in Japan may spend as much as US$23 billion a year In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the oshikatsu ...

With respondents spending an average 250,000 yen ($1,700) a year ... Corporate Japan is making the most of the phenomenon. East Japan Railway last month began offering exclusive videos and smartphone ...

By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Yen was already starring in the Lionsgate feature, reprising his role of the formidable blind assassin known as Caine. Now, the action star and filmmaker known for ...

The World Exposition opening next month in Osaka could boost Japan's consumption by 1 trillion yen ($6.7 billion), with spending by foreign tourists outside the event venue accounting for about 30 ...

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TOKYO: Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed above the central ... slowing as the boost to import costs from the weak yen eases," said Masato Koike, economist at Sompo Institute ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...