Bessent Calls on Japan to Give BOJ Space to Fight Inflation
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on Japan’s new government to give the nation’s central bank the space…
JPY YSD: Yen Options Volume Hit Month-Low as Investors Await BOJ Signals
Dollar-yen option volumes are down to a trickle, hitting a one-month low as investors await the Bank of…
Bessent Says Japan’s Expansionary Policy Helping Stocks
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke favorably of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s expansionary fiscal stance, telling his…
Japan’s exports and imports grow in September despite Trump’s tariffs
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports grew 4.2% in September, according to government data Wednesday, on robust shipments to…
Yen drops after Takaichi elected as Japan PM, dollar firms
By Hannah Lang NEW YORK (Reuters) -The yen eased to a one-week low on Tuesday after hardline conservative…
Aussie gains on easing trade tensions, resilient Chinese economy
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The Australian dollar rose on Monday, cheered by reasons to be a bit…
Japan’s leadership drama won’t change the economic storyline
TOKYO — What if a political earthquake upends Japan in unpredictable ways and yet very little changes anyway?…
The Great Debasement Debate Is Rippling Across World Markets
(Bloomberg) — Beneath the surface of the short-term ups and downs of financial markets, a longer-term repricing of…
Koizumi makes economic growth top priority in bid for LDP presidency
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi used a news conference Saturday in Tokyo to unveil a raft of policies, including…
‘Quite exceptional’: Previously unknown Picasso portrait unveiled in Paris
PARIS, Sept 19 — A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed…