Investors’ enthusiasm in early 2024 turned out to be misplaced, but corporate shake-ups, hints of inflation, and even trade ...

Of all the things sure to sour Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s holiday mood, foreign investors falling out of love ...

With China facing a deflationary spiral and uncertain economic prospects, lower interest rates alone wouldn’t be enough to ...

TOKYO -- Japan's stock market ended 2024 trading with the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average closing at 39,894.54 , its ...

Chinese stocks snapped a three-year losing streak in 2024 on hopes of more forceful stimulus from Beijing. The bond market, however, seems to be less sanguine. Yields on Chinese government bonds [plun ...

The benchmark Topix index reached a record high in 2024 and rose around 15%. But the dollar-denominated gains are a meager 3% ...

Japanese video game company stocks end 2024 with significant returns as other sectors suffer from market volatility and ...

A gauge of Japan’s startup stocks is headed for its longest run of annual losses on record as the threat of higher interest ...

SINGAPORE--The Nikkei’s climb to within a whisker of a record high marks Japanese stocks’ long walk out of the investment wilderness as money, momentum and signs of change in corporate Japan ...

Wall Street stocks have historically performed well around ... which could boost inflation that is already proving sticky. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei index closed up nearly two percent, with the ...

Asian shares are mixed after stocks fell broadly on Friday as Wall Street closed out a holiday-shortened week on a down note.

A rate hike by the Bank of Japan would make it more expensive for new companies to finance research and development.