World shares mostly gain as South Korea’s Kospi jumps 3.6%
HONG KONG (AP) — World shares mostly gained and U.S. futures advanced on Tuesday, with markets trading higher…
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…
Surprise, unease in Japan after Trump uses Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war
TOKYO (AP) — Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away from anything but very careful public…
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 are gathering Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo’s Ueno zoo…
Thousands bid farewell to last 2 pandas in Japan before their return to China
TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the…
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…