Japan awakens to radio exercise tradition
TOKYO (AP) — This is how Japan wakes up. It’s called Radio Taiso — Exercise Radio in English…
Japan’s exports expand 11.7% in March on brisk demand, higher prices
File photo: The Japanese national flag flies in front of the container pier in the Tokyo port. Toshifumi…
1970s lessons have made global economies less vulnerable to oil shocks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The world economy is experiencing a disorienting flashback to the 1970s. Oil prices are once…
US futures tick lower with US and European markets closed for Good Friday
U.S. futures were trading modestly lower early Friday following surprisingly strong jobs data from the federal government. Equities…
Japan’s economy avoids technical recession, but fourth-quarter rebound misses expectations
Pedestrians stand in front of an electronic quotation board displaying the numbers of the Nikkei Stock Average on…
Japan’s last pair of pandas have arrived back in China
BANGKOK (AP) — Japan’s last pair of pandas have returned to China, leaving Japan without the lovable bears…
Japanese fans bid farewell to its last 2 pandas
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese panda fans gathered Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo’s Ueno zoo before…
Japan’s Takaichi wins fans with her fashion and ‘work, work, work’ mantra
TOKYO (AP) — The pledge by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to “work, work, work, work and work”…
Japan’s economy contracts as US tariffs hit its exports
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump’s tariffs…
Japan’s sushi legend in ‘Jiro Dreams of Sushi’ documentary turns 100
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the…
What’s ahead for Japan’s economy under its first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) — Share prices have soared recently in Tokyo on hopes that conservative Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi,…
Asian shares retreat, tracking tech losses on Wall Street, and Pop Mart soars 11.5% in Hong Kong
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares retreated on Wednesday, tracking a decline on Wall Street led by technology shares…