A strong earthquake rattled southwestern Japan Thursday triggering tsunami advisories, the United States Geological Survey is reporting. The notable quake registered a magnitude 7.1, the USGS said ...

Foreign employees have become much more visible in Japan. But policies designed only for short-term stays may hurt the country in the global competition for labor. By Motoko Rich and Kiuko Notoya ...

Officials at Japan’s central bank are considering when to raise interest rates, as their counterparts in the United States plan to cut them, which could rattle markets around the world.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tokyo: Japan’s population has plummeted for the 15th year in a row, falling by more than 861,000 people, in a relentless decline ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Japan’s largest bank, said it plans to increase the short-term prime rate for the first time in 17 years in September following the central bank’s move on ...

Japanese stocks plunged Friday as global markets were rattled by worries about the US economy and as traders braced for further interest rate hikes from the Bank of Japan. The Nikkei 225 ended 5.8 ...

Japanese shares soared Tuesday, clawing back some of their record losses from the previous day and underpinning a patchy recovery on global markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index finished 10% ...

Japan’s currency intervention to support the yen in the past month was worth ¥5.5 trillion ($36.6 billion), as the government showed its willingness to counter speculators betting against the yen.

Japanese stocks on Monday suffered their biggest daily loss since 1987 as fears about a US economic slowdown sent shock waves through global markets. The Nikkei 225 index of leading stocks in ...

The Japanese yen has been under pressure in the past few years as markets focused on the wide U.S.-Japan interest rate differentials. The yen lost more than 20% against the dollar since the outset ...

Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average posted its largest single-day drop in more than four years Friday, driven down by signs of cooling in the U.S. economy and an interest-rate increase by the Bank of ...