TOKYO - Nippon Steel, Japan's biggest steelmaker, posted on Thursday an 18% drop in nine-month net profit to 362 billion yen ($2.4 billion) amid sluggish steel demand in Japan and overseas.

The yen climbed to an eight-week top versus the U.S. dollar on Thursday after a Bank of Japan policy board member advocated ...

BAIN Capital is nearing a deal to buy Mitsubishi Chemical Group’s pharmaceutical unit, sources familiar with the matter said, ...

The Japanese yen strengthened on Thursday, reaching a nearly two-month high as Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Naoki Tamura ...

Japanese financial giant Nomura Holdings said on Thursday that a former employee at its brokerage unit had been arrested on ...

US stock futures fell on Wednesday after disappointing earnings from Alphabet, while the dollar took a dive against the yen, which rallied sharply after Japanese wage data upped the chances of another ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Corp posted on Thursday a 19% increase in nine-month net profit to December to 827.4 billion yen ($5.43 ...

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1 per cent by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, ...

US Treasury yields were hovering near their lowest in over a month on Thursday, as investors pondered the outlook for rates ...

Asian shares are trading mostly higher after a Wall Street rally that followed profit reports from major companies ...

A wild week in the currency markets has left hedge funds heading for the exits on their dollar trades and turning their ...

Shoplifting cases in Japanese pharmacies have jumped, with many foreign suspects being involved in stealing items and selling them overseas.