TOKYO -- Japanese businesses are busy positioning themselves to soften the blow from the Trump administration's tariffs as the policy focus shifts from country-specific to industry-specific duties.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) --- Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will ...

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Japanese toilet maker Toto opened a bathroom fixture factory in the U.S. on Friday, pouring $224.3 million into an expansion of an existing site in the state of Georgia, the ...

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday pointed to a possible interest rate cut at the central bank's meeting next month, but stopped short of committing ...

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, was last down 0.77% on the day at 97.85, after trading around 98.7 before Powell's ...

TOKYO -- Japanese construction company Kajima has withdrawn from offshore wind power projects managed by a consortium led by trading house Mitsubishi Corp., Nikkei has learned from multiple sources.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The dollar fell on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pointed to a possible rate cut at the central bank's September meeting but stopped short of committing to ...

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday pointed to a possible rate cut at the central bank's September meeting but stopped short of committing to cutting ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government is revising its rules on undersea cables for the first time in more than two decades, tightening regulations to shield the supply chain from companies linked to such ...

HONG KONG -- China Vanke on Friday reported a loss of 12 billion yuan ($1.7 billion) for the first half of 2025 amid a persistent slump in the property sector.

TOKYO -- Responding to transpacific trafficking of fentanyl will require international collaboration through a durable framework, a senior United Nations official told Nikkei on Wednesday.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan and African nations agreed Friday to cooperate in realizing a "stable supply and responsible development" of critical minerals in the resource-rich continent amid ...