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TOKYO -- Investors accelerated the "Takaichi trade" on Monday, pushing Japanese stocks to a record high and bond yields up, following the prime minister's landslide in elections on Sunday. The yen ...
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A Japanese tourist was confused by a bird-releasing ritual as he tried to take the cages home. Yamaguchi, 37, clashed with vendor Sirichan who sold the birds for release ceremonies in Udon Thani ...
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan in January involving liabilities of at least ¥10 million totaled 887, the highest level in 13 years, Tokyo Shoko Research said Monday. The figure rose 5.5 ...
Investors pushed Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index above 57,000 points for the first time following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's resounding victory in a snap parliamentary election (Kazuhiro NOGI) ...
Stocks moved higher on Monday, after a roller-coaster few days for markets that ended with the Dow industrials topping 50000 on Friday. The Dow recouped modest morning losses and closed at another new ...
Edited by Tessa Wong, with reporting from Shaimaa Khalil in Tokyo and Peter Hoskins, Osmond Chia and Koh Ewe in Singapore. As we head into the afternoon here in Asia, we're wrapping up our live ...
Shobun Nitta, left, celebrates his lower house election victory with former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Yokohama's Minami Ward on Feb. 8, 2026. (Mainichi/Sumire Kunieda) It has been just 16 ...
Kolkata: The tiger that entered Sundarbans' Tridibnagar village near Jharkhali on Friday morning has stayed put for close to 36 hours, with the forest department joining efforts to safeguard both the ...
Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election. Takaichi, who took office in October after being elected leader of the ...