Inflation in Tokyo cooled to the slowest pace in over a year, a development that supports the Bank of Japan’s view that price pressures are weakening for now and that

There are so many 100-plus-year-old companies in Japan that there’s a word for them in Japanese: shinise. What is it about doing business in Japan that cultivates such an enduring legacy?

Japanese shares hit highs not seen since 1990 on Monday as strong earnings and offshore demand fuelled a three-week winning streak, while the yuan was pushed higher by China’s central

Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region mostly rose Tuesday, Nov. 14, Japanese shares climbing for the second session. The Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.17% of Hong Kong companies dropped 0.2% to

Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a more than one-month high on Monday (Nov 6), tracking a Wall Street rally in the previous session, with chip-related stocks leading the charge.

Japan’s economy is up and running, companies are making money and increasingly thinking about shareholders, and now the recent slide in share prices may offer a better entry point. Japan’s

Japan and Denmark are set to agree later on Tuesday to join hands in researching and developing floating offshore wind power technologies in a bid to combat climate change, an

Japanese exports grew 4.3% in September from a year earlier for the first year-on-year increase in three months, preliminary data released Thursday by the Finance Ministry shows. Exports increased to