BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) — U.S. protectionism is self-defeating and a “symptom of paranoid delusions” that must not distract China from its path to modernization, Chinese media said on Friday...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The effects of Monday’s major earthquake in northern Osaka Prefecture are forecast to push down Japan’s real gross domestic product by ¥183.5 billion, SMBC Nikko Securitie...

VIENNA (AP) — The countries of the OPEC cartel agreed on Friday to pump 1 million barrels more crude oil per day, a move that should help contain the recent rise in global energy prices. Questions...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Fujifilm Holdings Corp. failed to persuade a Manhattan state judge to dissolve an order barring its planned merger with Xerox Corp., cutting off a possible option for keeping...

KUWAIT (Bloomberg) — OPEC met in Vienna on Friday in a final effort to overcome Iranian opposition to a preliminary agreement to boost production by a theoretical 1 million barrels a day — althoug...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee aims to fully power the games with renewable energy under its plan to help realize a sustainable society through the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigned after the company learned of what it called a past, consensual relationship with an employee. Intel said Thursday that the relationship was in vio...

VIENNA (AP) — The countries of the OPEC oil cartel agreed Friday to effectively increase their combined production by almost 1 million barrels a day, though questions remain over some of the member...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) — China will build a railway connecting the western region of Tibet with Nepal, the China Daily reported on Friday, one of several bilateral deals signed during Nepali Prime Mini...

TOKYO (Reuters) — The nation’s core inflation remained subdued in May, yet again highlighting how far off the central bank is in hitting its 2 percent price goal despite over five years of massiv...

BRUSSELS (AFP-Jiji) — The European Union slapped revenge tariffs on iconic U.S. products including bourbon, jeans and motorcycles on Friday in its opening salvo in a trade war with U.S. President Do...

The Financial Services Agency issued a business improvement order to cryptocurrency exchange operator bitFlyer, Inc. on Friday under the revised Payment Services Law on the grounds that bitFlyer’s c...

WASHINGTON (Jiji Press) — The United States has granted exemptions to some products from Japan and four other countries from its additional tariffs on steel imports, the Commerce Department said We...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to damage done to home-state companies, lawmakers from both parties Wednesday criticized tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on imported steel and aluminum produc...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will start taxing a range of U.S. imports Friday, including quintessentially American goods like Harley-Davidson bikes and cranberries, in response to U.S. Presid...

SINTRA, Portugal — An array of concerns were raised by Japanese, U.S. and European central bank chiefs on Wednesday over the negative impact of global trade friction triggered by import restrictions...

BEIJING (Reuters) — China could hit back at U.S. firms listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average if U.S. President Donald Trump keeps exacerbating tensions with China over trade, state-controlled...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Some Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers asked Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Wednesday to reconsider its work with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei Technologies Co., ...

WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday formally approved a $50 billion aid package intended to help Argentina confront inflation, budget deficits and a weakening curre...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump and a group of Republicans from the Senate and House of Representatives met at the White House on Wednesday to discuss their disagreement over how ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Hitachi Ltd. will put profitability first in a nuclear plant construction project in Britain, President and Chief Executive Officer Toshiaki Higashihara told shareholders Wedne...

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda endorsed a Japanese government call for employers to raise wages by 3 percent a year — far faster than the current pace — to help the central bank meet its infla...

TOKYO (Bloomberg) — As Deutsche Bank AG sheds thousands of jobs worldwide, there’s at least one place where it’s still been hiring. The German lender recently recruited three people to strengt...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Model pill bugs that are about 10-fold the size of real ones will be added to the lineup of Bandai Co.’s “Gashapon” vending machine-dispensed capsule toys from late Augus...

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japanese manufacturers’ confidence improved for a second straight month in June but the service sector’s mood slumped from May’s record high level, a Reuters poll found, sug...

TOKYO (Jiji Press)—The Financial Services Agency is seen issuing business improvement orders this week to at least five of the 16 cryptocurrency exchange operators registered in Japan, including in...

TOKYO (Reuters) — SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Wednesday he plans to devote the bulk of his time to hunt for technology investments around the world, as part of a majo...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A Bank of Japan policymaker was negative about the removal of a projection for when inflation would reach the central bank’s 2 percent target, from a quarterly report, minute...

SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia’s dominant telecommunications company Telstra Wednesday announced plans to axe 8,000 jobs — a quarter of its workforce — as part of a drastic new strategy to cop...

Kazuo Kashio, chairman and one of the founders of Casio Computer Co., died of aspiration pneumonia on Monday. He was 89. Born in Tokyo, he was the third of four Kashio brothers who founded the compa...

Sony Corp. Chairman Kazuo Hirai, who stepped down as president and chief executive officer in April, received executive compensation worth ¥2.7 billion for fiscal 2017, the company’s securities rep...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Many Japanese retailers are making efforts to boost sales through products linked to the ongoing World Cup soccer finals in Russia. Major electronics retailer Bic Camera Inc. ...

MINSK (Reuters) — Russia said on Tuesday it would impose import duties on U.S. road-building machinery, a measure likely to help Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who was hit by U.S. sanctions and c...

VIENNA (AP) — Iran lashed out Tuesday against U.S. President Donald Trump’s call on OPEC to increase oil production and limit global energy prices, saying the cartel “is not an American organiz...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Domestic catches of baby Japanese eels in the 2018 fishing season hit the second-lowest level since the 1982 start of the existing data, Japan’s Fisheries Agency said Tuesday...

LOS ANGELES (AFP-Jiji) — Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong took over Monday as the new owner of the Los Angeles Times, and immediately named respected journalist Norman Pearlstine as top edit...

BUENOS AIRES (AFP-Jiji) — The Buenos Aires stock exchange plummeted more than 8 percent Monday, pulled down by sharp declines in energy and bank shares amid market volatility as Argentina seeks sup...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for the military and would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The trade ministry on Monday signaled its readiness to hold negotiations with the United States over the country’s add-on steel and aluminum tariffs, while keeping open the p...

Toyota Motor Corp. intends to market the hybrid vehicle that it just used to win the Le Mans 24 Hours race for the first time as a high-end sports car. So far, people have strongly associated HV tech...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Fujifilm Holdings Corp. accused Xerox Corp. of caving to the whims of Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason in backing out of a $6.1 billion takeover deal. Fujifilm sued Xerox on Mon...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Tourism Agency plans to utilize beaches not only as summer destinations but also as tourism resources to attract foreign visitors throughout the year, informed source...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of ¥578.3 billion in May, the first red ink in three months, the Finance Ministry said Monday. The deficit reflected soaring pric...

SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — Hokkaido Railway Co. on Sunday called for public financial assistance for some of its loss-making rail lines that the company finds it difficult to maintain on its own. The ...

TOKYO (Bloomberg) — In one of Tokyo-based Nomura Holdings Inc.’s latest research notes, an economist and two analysts — all men — turned their attention to the subject of women in Japan. Her...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Stocks turned lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, battered chiefly by concerns over a U.S.-China trade war. The 225-issue Nikkei average shed 171.42 points, or 0.75 per...

OSLO (Reuters) — At least 25 percent of the plastics used in new Volvo car models from 2025 will be from recycled materials, the Chinese-owned company said on Monday in an anti-pollution plan prais...

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) — Bank of America has hired Morgan Stanley veteran Bernard Mourad, who recently worked as an adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron, as its new head of corporate and in...

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — China’s imports of Venezuelan crude oil could sink to their lowest in nearly eight years in July as the OPEC producer struggles with shrinking output and mounting lo...

LONDON (Reuters) — Cryptocurrencies are not scalable and are more likely to suffer a breakdown in trust and efficiency the greater the number of people using them, the Bank of International Settleme...

LONDON (Reuters) — Consumer goods giant Unilever, the world’s second-biggest advertiser, is cutting ties with digital media “influencers” that buy followers, saying it wants to help make adve...

BEIJING (AFP-Jiji) — Google will invest more than half a billion dollars in China’s second-largest e-commerce company JD.com as part of a move to expand retail services around the world, the compa...

OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Many companies in the Kinki region suspended operations Monday to check for possible damage and confirm the safety of their employees after a strong earthquake rocked the region...

MELBOURNE (Bloomberg) — Australia’s energy retailers face further government intervention in the market if they don’t move to lower power prices for consumers after a drop in wholesale charges,...

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A tiny computer chip that sends emergency alerts in areas without cellular phone service has won a global competition for technologies to help protect women and girls from viole...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — The United States has a new supercomputer and it’s twice as fast as the current record holder in China. International Business Machines Corp. developed the Summit computer,...

WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — The troubled picture for U.S. newspapers became even grimmer in 2017 with declines in revenue and both print and digital readership, a new research report showed Wednesday. ...

CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt has raised gasoline prices by up to 50 percent, the oil ministry said on Saturday, under an IMF reform plan calling for austerity measures that have made life tougher for or...

PARIS (Bloomberg) — U.S. President Donald Trump called on the European Union to enter into negotiations to reduce trade barriers during a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Fri...

PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Paris and Berlin are very close to an agreement on eurozone reform after months of divisions, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has said. “An agreement is close at hand,...

MOSCOW (AFP-Jiji) — Russia and Saudi Arabia will ask the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to hike production by 1.5 million barrels a day in the third quarter of 2018, Russian Ener...

OTTAWA (Reuters) — Seventy percent of Canadians say they will start looking for ways to avoid buying U.S.-made goods in a threat to ratchet up a trade dispute between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo stocks are expected to move on a firm note this week, with the benchmark Nikkei average possibly closing above 23,000. Last week, the 225-issue Nikkei average gained 15...

NEW YORK (AFP-Jiji) — Television personality Oprah Winfrey has agreed to produce shows for Apple as the iPhone maker prepares to make a push into original content. An Apple statement Friday offere...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization said Friday that it will launch a Japanese industry-government-academia research project with Toyota Motor Cor...

RIGA (AFP-Jiji) — The European Central Bank said Thursday it would end in December the mass bond-buying used to buttress the eurozone economy, in a sign of confidence in the outlook for growth and i...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s new import tariffs threaten to undermine the global trading system, prompt retaliation...

MILAN (Reuters) — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, its new agriculture minister said on Thursday, ratcheting up an international trade spat and potent...

TOKYO (AP) — Beer company Kirin is investigating whether its donations went to Myanmar’s military, accused of brutal attacks against Rohingya Muslims. Amnesty International has urged Japanese a...

LONDON (Reuters) — Panasonic Corp. expects to more than triple its cobalt consumption in five years’ time, industry sources said, even as the company aims to develop cobalt-free automotive batteri...

WINNIPEG, Canada (Reuters) — Wheat containing a genetically modified trait developed by Monsanto Co. to tolerate the Roundup weed-killer was discovered last summer in Canada’s Alberta province, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is announcing a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, escalating a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies. Presi...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Microsoft Corp. is working on technology that would eliminate cashiers and checkout lines from stores, in a nascent challenge to Amazon.com Inc.’s automated grocery shop,...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Bank of Japan decided to leave its ultraeasy monetary policy unchanged at its two-day Policy Board meeting that ended on Friday, further lagging behind its U.S. and Europea...

PARIS (Reuters) — France will force tobacco companies to help end the scourge of cigarette butts that litter streets and contaminate water, unless they take voluntary action in the next three month...

Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, will be expanded by about 20 percent to create a new area featuring “Frozen” and other Disney films, the park’s operator announced on Thursday. Or...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Apple Inc. said Wednesday it will change its iPhone settings to undercut the most popular means for law enforcement to break into the devices. The company told Reuters it ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The Greek government could discuss the timing of a possible new bond issue after next week’s meeting of eurozone finance ministers, which is expected to decide on debt relief...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan may face increased pressure from the United States to open its markets further as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is aspiring for tangible results ahead...

HONG KONG (Bloomberg) — After a year filled with “Rocket Man” insults and threats of a nuclear war, U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un pledged to work toward peace negotiations. And ...

HONG KONG (Bloomberg) — Blackstone Group LP said it will accelerate its Asia-Pacific investments after raising a combined $9.4 billion from two funds dedicated to the region. The New York-based a...

SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) — Oil declined below $66 a barrel as an industry report showing U.S. stockpiles expanded raised concern among investors who are already worried the Organization of Petroleum E...

WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Sharp increases in prices for gasoline, fuel oil, shelter and medical care helped send a key measure of U.S. inflation to a six-year high in May, according to new data relea...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan and China are working to unify standards for electric vehicle charging systems. Currently, there are multiple standards in the world, with charging plugs with different...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — NEC Corp. said it has developed a service to analyze users’ emotions with heart rates and other data collected online through a wristband-type device. The device will help ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sales of used vehicles in the nation in May rose 3.9 percent from a year earlier to 314,710 units, up for the second consecutive month, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Philip Morris Japan K.K. said Tuesday it will raise the prices of all 86 cigarette products sold in the country on Oct. 1, when the tobacco tax is raised by ¥1 per cigarette....

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government on Tuesday produced an annual action plan for tourism promotion, including a project to launch free Wi-Fi services in all Shinkansen bullet trains by the end of ...

NEW YORK (AFP-Jiji) — Electric carmaker Tesla Motors announced Tuesday it was cutting 9 percent of its workforce to enhance profitability, but said the move would not affect an ambitious production...

CHICAGO (Reuters) — U.S. officials pressed China on issues related to poultry, beef and biotechnology in recent trade talks, a U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary said on Tuesday, highli...

HONG KONG (Reuters) — Investors wiped about $3 billion off embattled Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp.’s market value as it resumed trade on Wednesday after agreeing to pay up to $1.4 b...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) — The world’s first third-generation AP1000 reactor designed by U.S.-based Westinghouse is expected to be completed in China by November, the official Science Daily reported on...

TOKYO (Reuters) — Bank of Japan policymakers will debate this week whether structural factors may be behind recent disappointingly slow inflation, which could force them to cut the central bank’s ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Earnest efforts are under way both in the public and private sectors in Japan to promote cashless payments ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The u...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Business sentiment among major Japanese companies in April-June turned negative for the first time in a year, with both manufacturers and non-manufacturers showing deterioration...

BERLIN (Reuters) — Germany’s Transport Ministry said on Monday that 774,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Europe had been found to contain unauthorized software defeat devices and ordered Daimler to ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) — The dollar hovered near three-week highs on Tuesday and Asian shares gained as U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a “comprehensive” deal at...

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A U.S. watchdog group criticized Amazon.com Inc. and contract manufacturer Foxconn over what it described as harsh working conditions at a plant in China that makes the retail ...

FLORENCE (Reuters) — Kering’s fashion powerhouse Gucci is bringing more manufacturing in-house, as luxury firms step up efforts to meet rampant demand from Chinese shoppers with slicker operation...

LONDON (Bloomberg) — Paris has beaten London as the most attractive European city for investors for the first time in more than a decade, as Brexit fears begin to taint the British capital, accordi...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bloomberg) — A top adviser to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is considering an overhaul to Malaysia’s social safety net by setting up a fund that pays out basic income to...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Monday that President Akira Takeuchi will resign to take responsibility for a product quality scandal. Vice President Naoki Ono, 61, will succee...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Stocks bounced back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday thanks to the yen’s drop against the dollar. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 109.54 points, or 0.48 percent, t...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mizuho Financial Group Inc. restarted on Monday morning its automated teller machines and other services after a suspension to transfer customer data of its banking units to a ...

LONDON (Bloomberg) — The British government revised merger and takeover rules, to make it easier to block takeovers of companies when officials are concerned about risks to national security. The...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The M3 money stock stood at ¥1,331.3 trillion in May, hitting a record high for the second straight month, the Bank of Japan said Monday. The average balance of the M3 measu...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in April rose 10.1 percent from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Monday. Private-sector orders excluding those for ships a...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Chicago wheat futures gained almost 1 percent on Monday, rising for a fourth session in five, as expectations of lower production in the Black Sea region supported the market....

ROME (AFP-Jiji) — The new Italian economy minister, Giovanni Tria, on Sunday emphatically ruled out an exit from the single currency, saying Italy will remain part of the eurozone. “The positio...

ZURICH (Bloomberg) — Switzerland dismissed a proposal to radically change the way banks lend money, a victory for the financial establishment including central bank chief Thomas Jordan. Vollgeld,...

LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) — The annual G-7 summit appeared to have weathered tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of a tariff-fueled trade war until the mercurial American pulled out...