Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store chain operator turns down Couche-Tard takeover offer
The parent company of the Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store chain is turning down a takeover offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard of Canada.
Chinese soccer appears to be getting worse despite President Xi's pledge to make it better
Japan defeated Chinaโs menโs national team 7-0 in a World Cup qualifier in Saitama, Japan, a brutal loss that came against one of Chinaโs biggest sporting and geopolitcal rivals in Asia.
One more death in US, the 28th, is attributed to Takata air bag inflators that can spew shrapnel
Another death is being linked to dangerous Takata air bag inflators by U.S. regulators, the 28th in the United States.
Outgoing Japanese leader Kishida will visit South Korea for a summit on improving ties
Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is going to South Korea to improve the two country's relations.
Global benchmarks are mixed in cautious trading ahead of US holiday and jobs report
Global shares are mixed in cautious trading ahead of the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. Investors also are looking ahead to the U.S. employment report set for release later this week for an indication of the strength of the American economy.
Storm Shanshan slowly moves across Japan as officials warn of torrential rains in major cities
Tropical Storm Shanshan is slowly making its way into central Japan, halting trains and leaving underground passages brimming with water as officials warned of torrential rains in major cities, including Osaka and Tokyo.
Japan's defense ministry seeks record budget as it faces growing threat from China
Japanโs Defense Ministry has sought a record 8.5 trillion yen or $59 billion budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against Chinaโs increasing threat.
Tropical storm Shanshan lashes Japan with torrential rains and strong winds on its crawl northeast
A strong storm is lashing southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds, causing at least three deaths as it crawls up the length of the archipelago and raising concerns of flooding, landslides and extensive damage.
A robot's attempt to get a sample of the melted fuel at Japan's damaged nuclear reactor is suspended
An attempt to use an extendable robot to remove a fragment of melted fuel from a wrecked reactor at Japanโs tsunami-hit nuclear plant has been suspended due to a technical issue.
Evacuation ordered in northern Japan, power out, flights, trains canceled as a typhoon approaches
Thousands of people in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate because of risks of flooding and mudslides from a powerful typhoon approaching in the Pacific Ocean.
Kishida vows to push rules-based order as Japan's defense chief visits Yasukuni 79 years after WWII
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed to step up his countryโs effort to defend a rules-based international order in a solemn ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II.
Stock market today: Wall Street leaps, and S&P 500 rallies 1.6% as US shoppers drive the economy
Wall Street rallied close to its record heights after data showed the U.S. economy is holding up better than expected.
Japan's economy grew last quarter on healthy consumer spending and business investment
Japanโs economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1% last quarter, rebounding from the contraction in the previous quarter.
Stock market today: Wall Street rallies to one of its best days of the year after inflation report
U.S. stocks rose to one of their best days of the year as Wall Street relaxed after the first of several highly anticipated reports on the economy this week came in better than expected.
Japan's Toyota promises to do better with vehicle testing after major scandal
Toyota is promising to strengthen oversight of its vehicle certifications so the scandal that surfaced recently over improper tests will never recur.
US ambassador to Japan to skip A-bomb memorial service in Nagasaki because Israel was not invited
The U.S. ambassador to Japan has decided to skip this year's atomic bombing memorial service in Nagasaki after Israel was not invited.
Japan's SoftBank reduces its investment losses with gains in Alibaba and other holdings
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group has reported a smaller loss for the April-June quarter compared to a year earlier.
Calm returns to Wall Street, and stocks bounce back after their worst drop in nearly 2 years
Stocks rose on Wall Street as calm returned to the market a day after its worst drop in nearly two years.
Japan rivals Nissan and Honda will share EV components and AI research as they play catch up
Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda say they plan to share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving.
Blinken says US has 'serious concerns' about announced result of Venezuelan election
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States has โserious concernsโ about the announced result of Venezuela's hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro.
Simone Biles shakes off a calf injury to dominate during Olympic gymnastics qualifying
Simone Biles posted an all-around total of 59.566 during Olympic qualifying inside a packed and star-studded Bercy Arena in Paris despite complaining of a left calf injury that had her limping.
US-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation, underscores threat from China
Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile production there, describing the rising threat from China as โthe greatest strategic challengeโ.
Japanese automaker Nissan lowers its profit forecast amid incentive, inventory woes
Nissan has lowered its full fiscal year outlook after the Japanese automaker reported a 73% decline in profit in the April-June quarter compared to the previous year.
Stock market today: Asian stocks fall after a torrent of profit reports leaves Wall Street mixed
Asian stocks are lower as markets digest Japanese and Australian business data, while U.S. stocks held relatively steady as earnings reporting season ramped up for big companies.
British equestrian great Dujardin out of Olympics after coaching video reveals possible horse abuse
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin of Britain has withdrawn from the Paris Games after a video emerged that the sportโs governing body says shows her โengaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare.โ.
Biles, Osaka and Phelps spoke up about mental health. Has anything changed for the Paris Olympics?
Athletes heading to the Paris Olympics have more access than ever to resources in the once-taboo realm of mental health and many sound more willing than ever to use them.
Athletes enjoying their first days at the giant Olympic village ahead of the Paris Games
Australian beach volleyball player Taliqua Clancy got an unexpected surprise walking around the athletesโ village at the Paris Olympics.
Durant returns to practice with US basketball team, 1 week before Paris Olympics
Kevin Durant practiced with the U.S. Olympic basketball team on Friday, a major step toward getting him back on track for the Paris Games that open next week.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall as dive for Big Tech stocks hits Wall St rally
Asian shares are mostly lower, with Tokyo's benchmark dipping more than 2%, after Wall Streetโs record-breaking rally slammed into a wall of worries over potentially worsening trade tensions with China.
Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed after Dow sets a new record
Asian stocks are mixed as investors grappled with weak economic data from China and waited to see the outcome of a top Communist Party policy meeting in Beijing.
Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed amid volatile yen after Wall St climbs on inflation report
Asian stocks are mixed after the latest update on inflation bolstered Wall Streetโs belief that relief on interest rates may come as soon as September.
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Fed chair's comments give scant clues on rate cuts
Shares are mixed in Asia after testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in front of Congress provided little new guidance on when the U.S. central bank might lower interest rates.
Former Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner draws criticism for saying SafeSport is hindering coaches
Olympic medal-winning gymnast MyKayla Skinner Harmer is drawing criticism for saying the U.S. Center for SafeSport is making it difficult for coaches to do their job.
Tokyo Gov. Koike wins a third four-year term as head of Japan's influential capital
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has easily won reelection to a third four-year term as head of Japanโs influential capital.
Summer Olympians will get their support systems back in Paris after Tokyo's COVID bans
Athletes at the last Summer Olympics remember the unmistakable sadness of competing with nearly no one in the stands amid pandemic-era restrictions in Tokyo three years ago.
Japan issues new yen banknotes packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting
Japan has issued its first new banknotes in two decades, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting.
Americans favored to top overall medal count in Paris Olympics. China will challenge for most gold
The United States is strongly favored to win the most overall medals when the Paris Olympics open in a month.
American swimming stars Dressel and Manuel settle for relay spots at US swim trials
Coming back from long layoffs, American swimming stars Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel had to settle for relay spots at the Olympics on Wednesday night.
Japan, New Zealand agree on intel sharing pact amid growing regional security concerns
Japan and New Zealand have agreed in principle on an intelligence sharing pact as their leaders shared concern about the increasingly challenging security environment in the region, including closer ties between Russia and North Korea.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly gain after Wall St rallies to new records
Shares are mostly higher in Asia after U.S. stocks rallied to more records, with gains for technology companies pushing the benchmarks higher.
Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after AI hopes nudge Wall St to records. BOJ stands pat
Asian shares are mixed after Wall Streetโs continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes on Wall Street to more records.
Stock market today: Asian stocks are mixed ahead of this week's Fed meeting
Asian stocks are mixed in a busy week with several top-tier reports on U.S. inflation due along with a policy meeting of the Federal Reserve.
US menโs gymnastics team poised to join American women as medal contenders in Paris
Last weekendโs U.S. gymnastics championships gave a preview that this summerโs Olympics could be a big one for the U.S. menโs squad.
Tokyo City Hall is developing a dating app to encourage marriage and childbirth
Called โTokyo Futari Story,โ the city hallโs new site is just that: An effort to create couples, โfutari,โ in a country where it is increasingly common to be โhitori,โ or alone.
Stock market today: Asian stocks trade mixed after Wall Street logs modest gains
Asian shares are mixed as investors weighed data highlighting a slowing U.S. economy that offers both upsides and downsides for Wall Street.
Tech news site Gizmodo sold for third time in 8 years as European publisher Keleops looks to expand
Longtime technology news and review site Gizmodo has been sold for the third time in the past eight years.
Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake
Earthquakes have again struck Japanโs north-central region of Ishikawa that is still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1.
Nissan warns owners of older vehicles not to drive them due to risk of exploding air bag inflators
Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at high risk of exploding in a crash and hurling metal fragments.
Olympic boxing medalists in Paris promised cash prizes by rogue governing body
The boxing governing body declared rogue by the International Olympic Committee says it will pay $50,000 in prize money to each gold medalist at the Paris Games.
UN report says that education, social safety nets vital for Asia to grow rich, cope with aging
A report by the United Nations says that as economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow older, countries need to do more to ensure that workers get the education, training and social safety nets needed to raise incomes and ensure social equity.
Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall Street's slide on worries over interest rates
Asian shares have retreated after strong reports on the U.S. economy raised the possibility that interest rates may stay painfully high.
Malaysia PM says his country keeps good ties with US but not China phobia, wants to engage both
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said his country does not have a โChina-phobiaโ policy and wants to engage both Beijing and Washington, expressing hopes for both powers to resolve their differences.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher after Wall Street sets more records
Asian markets are mixed in quiet trading, with most of the regionsโ benchmarks inching higher after U.S. stocks hit new record highs.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Nasdaq ticks to a record high
Asian shares have retreated even after most U.S. stock indexes finished higher, especially technology issues like Nvidia.
USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after nearly 9 years
A U.S. Navy strike groupโs flagship aircraft carrier has left its Japanese home port, wrapping up nearly nine years of deployment in the Indo-Pacific, where it served a key role in the U.S. effort to bolster defense ties with Japan and other partners in the region.
Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall Street higher ahead of U.S. key inflation update
Asian stocks have advanced after equities rose on Wall Street, with the Nasdaq composite hitting a record high.
Japanese automaker Nissan reports 92% jump in profit as sales surge
Nissanโs profit for the fiscal year through March has jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen, or $2.7 billion, as the Japanese automakerโs sales grew in all major global markets except China.
Nippon Steel delays closing of acquisition of US Steel until late this year after US DOJ request
Nippon Steel says it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by three months after the U.S. Department of Justice requested more documentation related to the deal.
Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft
Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space โfor all timeโ a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space.
The UN's nuclear watchdog chief will visit Iran next week as concerns rise about uranium enrichment
The head of the United Nationsโ nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehranโs nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight remains limited.
Stock market today: Asian markets follow Wall Street swings after Fed keeps interest rates high
Asian markets are wobbling in early trading after U.S. stocks swung to a mixed finish with the Federal Reserve delaying cuts to interest rates.
Stock market today: Asian stocks follow Wall St tumble. Most markets in the region close for holiday
Asian stocks fall with most of the markets in the region closed for a holiday after U.S. stocks closed out their worst month since September.
Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise to start a week full of earnings, Fed meeting
Asian shares are trading mostly higher as investors kept their eyes on potentially market-moving reports expected later this week.
Japan's ruling party loses all 3 seats in special vote, seen as punishment for corruption scandal
Japan's governing party has lost all three seats being contested in parliamentary by-elections Sunday.
Japan announces plans to launch upgraded observation satellites on new flagship rocket's 3rd flight
Japanโs space agency says it's planning to launch a major upgrade to its satellite imaging system, as a new flagship rocket is put to the test for a third time.
Stock market today: Tesla soars as the rest of Wall Street drifts in mixed trading
Asian shares are mostly lower as investors look ahead to a flood of global earnings reports, including from U_S_ companies known as the โMagnificent Seven.โ.
WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics, citing contaminated samples
The worldโs top anti-doping regulator says after reviewing a documentary and other media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers to compete at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication.
2 Japanese navy helicopters crash in the Pacific Ocean during training, leaving 1 dead and 7 missing
Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members have crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during nighttime training in a possible collision, leaving one dead.
US envoy to UN visits Nagasaki A-bomb museum, pays tribute to victims
The American envoy to the United Nations has called for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan.
Stock market today: Asian markets sink, with Japanโs Nikkei down 3.5%, as Mideast tensions flare
Asian stocks have tumbled, with Japanโs Nikkei slumping 3.5% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares and other market heavyweights.
US envoy to the UN vows support for families of Japanese who were abducted and taken to North Korea
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America will stand with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation.
US probe of Hondas that can activate emergency braking for no reason moves closer to a recall
A U.S. government investigation into unexpected automatic braking involving nearly 3 million Hondas is a step closer to a recall.
Japan records a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year despite recovering exports
Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen remained weak.
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, taking hot US inflation data in stride
Asian shares are mixed after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what seemed like a blip in the battle to bring down inflation is turning into a troubling trend.
Track and field becomes first sport to pay prize money at Olympics. Paris gold medalists get $50,000
Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris.