1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1126+ words) By AKIHITO OGAWA/ Staff Writer August 16, 2026 at 07:00 JST The average asking prices of pre-owned apartments in central Tokyo dropped for the first time in 26 months amid a glut of unsold properties. Figures released by Tokyo Kantei Co. on July 23 show…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (483+ words) August 14, 2026 at 11:30 JST ⁠SK Hynix on Thursday launched a new labor union in South Korea, seeking to bring together employees across different ⁠job categories and locations as they pursue greater bargaining power at the leading memory chipmaker. The launch comes…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (501+ words) August 10, 2026 at 12:05 JST A child sits next to Unitree's G1 humanoid robots as he interacts with a Unitree's GO2 robot, at a Unitree store in Beijing on August 1. (Reuters) BEIJING—Chinese robot maker ‌Unitree has priced its Shanghai initial public offering ⁠at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (502+ words) August 3, 2026 at 18:11 JST Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama addresses reporters on Aug. 3 about the joint U.S.-Japan currency intervention. (Junichiro Nagasaki) Japan’s top finance officials on Aug. 3 issued a stark warning to markets that they “will not hesitate” to conduct further currency…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (133+ words) July 31, 2026 at 12:40 JST Yen and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken on March 19, 2025. (REUTERS) BOJ TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT Yen tumbles as markets on alert for Japan action; dollar falls after data Yen slides past key 150 level, markets brace…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (558+ words) July 31, 2026 at 14:10 JST North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the first phase of the renovation of the Ryongsong Machine Complex, in Pyongyang, North Korea, January 19, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. SEOUL--North…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (185+ words) July 31, 2026 at 12:35 JST The Bank of Japan kept ‌interest rates steady ⁠on Friday ⁠but stressed ⁠anew its readiness to continue pushing up ‌borrowing ⁠costs to forestall ​mounting inflation risks. At a two-day meeting that ended on Friday, the central bank…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (709+ words) July 31, 2026 at 09:35 JST The dollar sank to a more than two-month low against the Japanese ⁠yen on Thursday in what analysts ⁠said looked like official intervention by Tokyo to prop up the currency that had been languishing at four-decade lows....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (781+ words) July 30, 2026 at 06:50 JST WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, although three officials dissented in favor of higher rates as the central bank wrestles with how to deal with persistently high inflation. The Fed’s rate-setting committee…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (798+ words) July 20, 2026 at 07:00 JST Nidec Corp.’s main office in Kyoto (Yoshikatsu Nakajima) The government is being blamed for the record number of mergers and acquisitions by placing too much importance on the acquisition price in guidelines it released in 2023. With…...