"The extent of these effects likely depends on the direct exposure of each economy to the US," said Samdin ... a senior ...

If Trump wants Taiwan to pay a “protection fee,” Taiwan would gladly sign a mutual defense treaty with the US. Under such an agreement, the US could station troops in Taiwan in exchange for a defense ...

India’s gross domestic product could soon become larger than Japan’s, according to some economists, as economic stagnation ...

Observers contrasted Shigeru Ishiba with the late former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who formed close ties with ...

Former Bank of Japan policy board member Takahide Kiuchi said the domestic political situation is tilted against more rate ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, the leader of a small opposition party now able to wield outsized political influence, had long puzzled over ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is not planning any tax hike to finance its 10 trillion yen ($65 billion) plan to support domestic semiconductor and artificial intelligence projects, industry ...

Bank of Japan policymakers were divided on how soon they could raise interest rates with some warning of the risk of renewed ...

Mainstream economists often base their analysis upon assumptions that do not square with reality. Austrian economics, on the ...

The Nikkei average finished marginally higher at 39,533.32 while the broader Topix index ended with a negative bias at 2,739.68.

He will now navigate hostilities within his party, economic woes and a period of flux in international relations.

The Diet on Nov. 11 elected Shigeru Ishiba, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, as the 103rd prime minister of Japan ...