The average daily balance lent by Japanese banks climbed 2.2 percent from a year earlier to about ¥469.26 trillion in November, the steepest growth since the 2.4 percent posted in June 2009, the Ban...

Japan logged a current account deficit for the first time in nine months in October due mainly to rising fuel imports, government data showed Monday. An increase in liquefied natural gas imports, a...

Foreign investors posted their-second largest net purchases of Japanese stocks in November, the Finance Ministry said Monday. Their net purchases totaled ¥2.64 trillion, the second-largest since c...

Japan has revised its economic growth estimate for the last quarter downward after finding that capital investment slowed more than expected in July-September. The government said Monday that the w...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday it had started construction of a new factory for parts of the Boeing 787 aircraft, dubbed Dreamliner. The plant, with a total floor space of 60,000 square...

Four of the five groups that took part in a tax meeting held by the ruling bloc Monday expressed opposition to a proposal to introduce a reduced consumption tax rate for daily necessities, citing a p...

CAIRO (AP)—Egypt’s net foreign currency reserves fell by around $825 million in November, the country’s central bank reported Sunday, the sharpest drop since a large injection of aid from Gulf ...

BEIJING (Bloomberg)—China’s trade surplus widened last month to the largest in more than four years as exports exceeded estimates, in a sign global demand is helping sustain a recovery in the wor...

BUCHAREST (AP)—U.S. oil company Chevron says it has resumed exploration for shale gas in northeastern Romania a day after suspending work when hundreds of anti-fracking protesters tore down fences....

The dollar rose above ¥103 in Tokyo trading Monday, supported by stronger risk appetite among currency players after U.S. employment data released late last week beat market estimates. At 5 p.m., ...