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…
Countries face energy triage as the Iran war escalates
BANGKOK (AP) — The escalating war with Iran is pushing parts of the world into energy triage, forcing…
Iran war disrupts oil and gas flows, highlighting energy security risks
BANGKOK (AP) — Global energy trade is in turmoil as war around the Persian Gulf chokes off oil…
Japan inflation falls below BOJ’s 2% target for first time since March 2022
Shop owners of a 70-year-old “takoyaki”, or octopus balls, restaurant chat while cooking along a street in the…
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…
US stocks hold near their all-time high while the dollar’s value stabilizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Few ripples washed through Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold…
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…
US stocks rise as gold hits another record and the dollar’s value sinks
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes ticked higher Monday, while other markets made louder moves, including another…
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…
Japan inflation cools to 2.1%, lowest since March 2022, but rice prices loom large ahead of election
An employee at the Celsior Wadamachi supermarket in Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Soaring food costs…
Japanese Cabinet approves record defense spending
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58…
Wall Street quiet ahead of US economic growth and labor data
Markets are flat early Tuesday in holiday-thinned trading before head of the release of new data on how…