Labour is again calling for Associate Health Minister Casey Costello to be sacked, after documents she relied on to support a heated tobacco tax cut were inconclusive at best.

Bank of Japan (BoJ) board member Asahi Noguchi said on Thursday the central bank must patiently maintain loose monetary policy as it will take time to eradicate the public's view that prices are not ...

He is frank about Japan’s wartime misdeeds, and will thus help to nurture the vital but tetchy relationship with South Korea.

At least six people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut overnight, Lebanon’s Health ...

In Asia, Japan +2%. Hong Kong -1.5%. China closed. India -2.1%. In Europe, at midday, London +0.3%. Paris -0.7%. Frankfurt -0 ...

The 102nd prime minister of Japan was elected by Shigeru Ishiba, the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Ishiba promised his administration would restore the public's confidence, which ...

Only a formal regional military alliance can prevent war in the region, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said recently.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will propose a new happiness index during his first parliamentary policy speech on ...

Japanese shares rallied Thursday as the yen extended losses after the country's new prime minister dampened interest rate ...

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after U.S. stocks were little changed as investors watched to see developments in the ...

Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged 2.57% as the yen weakened and PM Ishiba signaled no rate hikes, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped ...

Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is pledging to stick to the vital Japan-U.S. alliance while calling for it to be ...