Sanae Takaichi elected Japan’s first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a…
Sanae Takaichi on track to become Japan’s first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party leader, Sanae Takaichi, is on track to become the country’s first female…
Wall Street rises to more records
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to more records on Tuesday after the latest update on the…
Stoxx 600, CAC, France confidence vote
LONDON — European stocks are expected to start the new trading week on a positive note, as market…
Yen Weakens, Nikkei Gains, Risks Mount for Japan’s Long Bonds
Shigeru Ishiba departs after resigning during a news conference in Tokyo, on Sept. 7. (Bloomberg) — Japanese markets…
Prince Hisahito marks adulthood as Japan’s monarchy faces succession crisis
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. He…
Bones found at Japanese site where Korean forced laborers died in WWII
TOKYO (AP) — Police said Wednesday that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan…
Trump claims ‘Purge or Revolution’ in South Korea ahead of meeting with new leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump greeted Lee Jae Myung, the new president of South Korea, by asserting…
North Korea tests new antiair missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of two types of…
Japan’s economy grows at a 1% pace in the last quarter despite Trump’s higher tariffs
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese economy grew at a better than expected 1% annual pace in the last…