Japan just stepped up its currency warnings — and the dollar could feel it

The yen has been the funding currency for carry trades, where investors borrow cheaply in Japan and invest in higher-yielding ...

Japan's Takaichi rules out Hormuz deployment, cites Constitution

Japanese PM Takaichi said Japan cannot deploy its Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz under current conditions, ...

Japan to tap joint oil stockpiles, PM says, with no end seen to supply crisis

By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Tamiyuki Kihara TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japan will tap joint oil stockpiles held by ...

Japan’s leader heads to Washington for a visit complicated by the Iran war fallout

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting ...

Surprise, embarrassment, unease in Japan after Trump uses Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war

“Making such a remark to justify a sneak attack and boast about its outcome is a piece of nonsense that ignores lessons from ...
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Destroyer USS Mustin Arrives at New Homeport in Japan

Destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) arrived Monday at its new forward-deployed homeport in Yokosuka, Japan, joining ...

Japanese national detained in Iran last year has been released, Japan’s foreign minister says

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Sunday that one of two Japanese nationals detained in Iran has been released ...

Japan-Based SmartNews Is Said to Eye October Listing in Tokyo

SmartNews Inc., a Japanese news aggregation app operator, is considering a Tokyo listing as soon as October for its initial ...