A growing number of Japanese people appear to be breaking with the country's tradition of sending New Year's greeting cards, as rising prices of daily goods are forcing them to cut back on spending.

Volumes were light with a holiday for the New Year looming and Japan on holiday for the rest of the week, with the Santa-rally losing some steam as elevated Treasury yields weigh on high equity valuat ...

Asian shares are mixed after stocks fell broadly on Friday as Wall Street closed out a holiday-shortened week on a down note.

And he continues: "As 2025 begins, rising long end bond yields pose the biggest challenge to the bull market. Indeed, the latest surge in the 10-year yield helped spur a bout of equity market ...

Global shares have retreated in thin trading as the year draws to a close. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended 1% lower.

Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while services inflation held steady, data showed on Friday, ...

Key drivers include higher energy prices and wage growth, but weak factory output and global uncertainties may complicate the ...

Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in December while services inflation held steady, data showed on Friday, ...

Inflation in Tokyo surged in December, climbing to 2.4 percent as price pressures widened. With the Bank of Japans January ...

The Japanese economy is gathering strength but momentum remains uneven, with indicators showing healthy growth in inflation ...

The dollar edged higher on Thursday on expectations the currency would be boosted next year by policies by the incoming ...

The Bank of Japan expects the economy to move closer to sustainably achieving the central bank's 2% inflation target next ...