Japan’s government bond market is being hit with its biggest test in decades after Takaichi Sanae secured the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday.

Football fans have been left surprised after Japan came from behind to defeat Brazil in their friendly match on Tuesday.

The president of the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has called Komeito's departure from the ruling coalition "an extremely weighty decision."

Sanae Takaichi, the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is expected to become Japan’s next Prime Minister.Her appointment has drawn attention both for its symbolism and for her

French stocks (^FCHI) are in the red after the country's new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, resigned after only a month in office. In Japan, stocks (^N225) reached record highs after the leading political party elected Sanae Takaichi as its leader.

Hello! This is MarketWatch reporter Isabel Wang, bringing you this week's ETF Wrap. In this week's edition, we look at one of the most popular Japan-focused equity ETFs, which has lost some of its luster this month after a surging yen triggered a rapid ...

Los Angeles Lakers combo forward Rui Hachimura is playing for his native Japan in the ongoing 2024 Olympics. Team Japan, unfortunately, dropped to an 0-2 record on Tuesday following a 94-90 loss to Team France — and it did so while missing its best ...

Michael Brown, senior research strategist at Pepperstone, was quoted as saying by Bloomberg that the outcome was “quite an unexpected result” and not what the markets had been anticipating.

TOKYO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell as much as 2% on the first trading day of 2024, as airline, construction and energy firms reacted to Tuesday's aircraft collision and the powerful earthquake that hit western Japan earlier this week.

What happens when American candy makers see how Japan celebrates Halloween? This entertaining reaction video brings sweet makers from the US face-to-face with Japan’s most inventive, artistic, and downright spooky Halloween candies - and their reactions say it all.