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TOKYO- Tokyo stocks lost 0.34 percent on Friday after a scare over a Portuguese bank sent Wall Street lower and boosted the yen, denting...

TOKYO- Tokyo stocks fell 0.46 percent Tuesday morning after a Wall Street sell-off, while exporters were hit by a stronger yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index...

TOKYO- Tokyo residents have been warned of a severe snow storm by authorities, urging them to stay indoors. It is the first such warning for the...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead on Thursday, a temple seen as an icon of Japan's World War...

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Monday, setting buildings in the capital swaying but causing no risk of a tsunami, seismologists said. National broadcaster NHK...

Japan and South Korea are planning a formal summit later this month, the first meeting since President Lee Myung-Bak angered Tokyo with a surprise...

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki issued a stark warning she was back to her best Wednesday as she ousted China's former French Open...

Hundreds of Japanese on Saturday rallied against Beijing over an escalating island row, days after anti-Japanese protests saw shops and factories vandalised in China. Some...

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday that Beijing would “never yield an inch” in its territorial dispute with Japan over a group of islands,...

Asian markets mostly climbed on Thursday, with Tokyo leading advances as the yen weakened against the dollar owing to dimming expectations of fresh monetary...

Donor nations on Sunday pledged $16 billion for Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding back into turmoil when foreign combat troops depart, but...

Ahead of the exit of foreign combat troops, Afghanistan faces pressure to tackle pervasive corruption as it seeks billions in new aid at an...

Tens of thousands of people rallied outside the Japanese prime minister’s residence in Tokyo Friday in one of the largest demonstrations held against the...

Toyota Motor is expanding a tie-up with Germany's BMW on hybrid and fuel-cell vehicle technology as the global automakers push further into the "green"...

Tokyo stocks ended the morning session in negative territory on Monday with investor cautious ahead of a European Union summit this week aimed at...

The euro slipped in Asian trade Thursday on concerns Spain's troubled banks may need a bigger bailout, while the greenback had a slight boost...

Tokyo is the most expensive city for expatriates in terms of cost of living surpassing the Angolan capital Luanda, according to the Worldwide Cost...