Lee Hardman, Senior Currency Analyst at MUFG, notes the impact of Japan's election risk on the Japanese Yen. The USD/JPY has risen above the 157.00-level, driven by expectations that the ruling ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index hit another all-time high on Wednesday, up 6.5% since the start of the year and up 76.5% from the April 2025 low that followed US President Donald ...

Japanese shares need to jump five large hurdles in early 2024 to build on their mighty rally this year. That’s the view of analysts who see the nation’s equities indexes struggling over the next few ...

As Beijing prepared to mark the 88th anniversary of the Nanking massacre, China's military mouthpiece warned on Friday that provocative actions by right-wing Japanese politicians risked plunging Asia ...

Japan is a key source of risks to global markets in the coming year, BCA Research says. Rising Japanese bond yields are a key risk for tech stocks, the firm said. Japanese real yields could rise next ...

Japan is a “catastrophe†and “peak risk†market with huge industrial business, said Goda. Therefore, it is a “real challenge†to achieve economic return from the risk capital required to ...

Franklin FTSE Japan Hedged ETF offers broad Japanese exposure, focusing on industrials, automotive, and financials, while hedging Yen risk. Potential US tariffs on EU autos could incrementally benefit ...

When a Chilean woman posted a video on Instagram of herself doing chin-ups on a sacred torii gate at a Japanese shrine, the backlash was almost immediate. For many in Japan this was just the latest ...