World markets are mixed after U.S. stock indexes hit new records. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures were little changed. Japan's Nikkei 225 dipped slightly after an initial surge, following the ...

USD/JPY gained modestly on Tuesday as markets largely looked past the LDP-Komeito coalitions election defeat. Japans ruling ...

The bruising electoral defeat suffered by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has plunged the country into a state of political uncertainty, creating a significant new dilemma ...

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

A youthquake has upended politics in the world’s oldest society, Japan, leaving Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a lame-ish duck ...

The judge, Allison Burroughs, did not issue a ruling during a court hearing today in Boston. But she seemed far more ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has vowed to remain in office, despite exit polls indicating that his Liberal ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which Prime Minister Ishiba leads, secured 47 seats in parliament, short of the 50 it needs for a majority.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sought to buy time in office following a second election setback in less than a year. But whether he stays days, weeks or even months, ...

The success of Japanese right-wing party Sanseito in Sunday’s upper house election has the potential to unnerve global ...

The alarm has spread to equities too. Goldman Sachs prime brokerage analysts noted that hedge funds sold Japanese equities at the fastest pace in roughly ten weeks, just ahead of Sunday's election. So ...