BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after U.S. stocks broke out of a three-day lull to close at a record. Oil prices advanced, while U.S. futures edged lower. The dollar remained strong against the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, a trend that has unsettled regulators in both Tokyo and Beijing. The dollar … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — A South Korean tanker capsized off an island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, authorities said, killing seven people on board. One crew member survived, and the fate of three others was unknown. The Japan Coast Guard said it received a distress call from the chemical tanker Keoyoung Sun, saying that it was … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday, after U.S. stocks climbed to records, with easier interest rates beckoning on the horizon. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.7% in morning trading to 39,874.68. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 jumped 0.9% to 7,829.60. South Korea’s Kospi surged 1.4% to 2,683.76. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose nearly 1.1% … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — Will she make it? Taylor Swift’s last song will still be ringing in the ears of thousands of fans at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night when the singer is expected to rush to a private jet at Haneda airport that will take her on a time-zone-spanning journey to see her boyfriend, … Read more
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture and other surrounding areas on Sunday morning but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said. The 8:59 a.m. quake registered a maximum of shindo 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale to 7 in central Tokyo and other areas … Read more
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida suffered another blow in Japan’s widest-ranging political scandal in decades with the arrest of a ruling party lawmaker on Sunday. Kishida told reporters Sunday that he was aware of the detention of Yoshitaka Ikeda, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party’s biggest faction, and called it “very regrettable, and we take … Read more
WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — The death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 Saturday, as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble. Deaths had reached 98 earlier in the day, but two more deaths were reported in Anamizu, while officials in Ishikawa prefecture, the hardest-hit region, held their … Read more
Updated Dec. 22, 2023 11:13 am ET TOKYO—Japan will provide Patriot missiles to the U.S., bolstering global stocks as Ukraine defends itself from a new wave of Russian missile attacks, the U.S. and Japanese governments said. Tokyo is set to transfer dozens of the interceptor missiles, which are used to shoot down ballistic missiles and other aerial threats, … Read more
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Tuesday on heavy selling of property and technology shares. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices were little changed. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 2.4% to 16,238.79, while the Shanghai Composite lost 1.7% to 2,972.30 as worries flared over weakness in the Chinese economy. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 1.4% … Read more
Australia’s Genevieve Gregson looks set to qualify for a fourth Olympic Games after a remarkable personal best in the Valencia Marathon. Gregson suffered a heartbreaking end to her appearance in the 3000m steeplechase final at the Tokyo Games, taken off in a wheelchair after rupturing her Achilles tendon, and has since been on the comeback … Read more