The premier will also announce plans to increase Japan's average minimum wage to 1,500 yen ($10.22) by 2030, from the current 1,055 yen.

The dollar scaled a more than six-week high versus the yen on Thursday on expectations the US Federal Reserve will not rush ...

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

In reply to whether India would be a part of the Asian NATO, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on October 02 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Japanese leadership in damage control amid pushback over proposal, which has been described as premature by Washington ...

Japan's new prime minister, Ishiba Sigeru, says the nation's security is at its most challenging point since World War II. He ...