On January 20th the yield on Japan’s 30-year government bond hit 3.8%, the highest in its quarter-century history, as the market digested scenarios for a snap election called for February 8th, which ...

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japan's top monetary officials are leveraging rare ‌U.S. ​backing in their fight against the weak ...

Japan's stock market reached all-time highs in 2026 because of some simple regulatory changes behind the scenes.

Japanese government bonds and the yen have sold off in recent weeks on concern over Takaichi's expansionary fiscal policy ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars that the United States is raising from the sale of Venezuelan oil is being sequestered in Qatar. It’s an indirect path that could speed the flow of much-needed money to ...

TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering calling a snap parliamentary election in the first half of February, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Friday, citing ...

Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she fully supports the integration of crypto trading services by the country’s stock exchanges, as she touted 2026 as the “digital year,” according to a ...

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Q1 2026 XRP catalysts compress five major developments into 90 days: RLUSD Japan launch via SBI, potential BlackRock XRP ETF filing, February regulatory clarity on pending applications, March 2026 ...

Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki, a Hall of Famer widely regarded as Japan’s greatest male golfer, died this week at age 78 after a battle with colon cancer, the Japan Golf Tour Organization announced. According ...