On Hokkaido's Rishiri Island, restaurants offer a rice bowl with 100 grams of bafun sea urchin - renowned for its rich ...

As Japan faces its hottest summer in history, a sharp decline in the catch of sea urchin in the country's north has made the ...

Major stock indexes eased on Monday after gaining on Friday when U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated that a ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Asian share markets rallied on Monday as investors celebrated the likely resumption of interest rate cuts ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said Saturday that wages in his country are expected to remain under upward pressure because of a tight labour market.

HSBC economists forecast that second-quarter quarter-on-quarter annualized GDP growth will be revised up to 3.2% from the initial estimate of 3.0%. However, they expect consumer sentiment will "remain ...

A jump in the share of foreign-born workers after the pandemic helped Europe bring inflation down without sharply slower ...

Wall Street is rallying after the head of the Federal Reserve indicated cuts to interest rates may be coming in a highly ...

Japan’s consumer inflation cooled in July, but remained well above the central bank’s target of 2%, reinforcing expectations ...

"Inflation is clearly slowing from May, when it hit 3.7%, and is expected to continue easing for the rest of the year due to ...

World shares are mixed after Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss, and as traders look for cues about U.S. monetary ...

Japan’s 30-year government bond yields climbed to a fresh record, as concerns over sticky inflation and rising fiscal risks ...