Japanese stocks rally to lead Asian markets higher, tracking a positive global lead after U.S. indexes notch another record finish, but South Korean shares underperform amid geopolitical concerns.

SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The yen pulled up from a 4-1/2 year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economics minister said a further steady drop in the yen could have negative effects...

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks jumped early Monday on an improved profit outlook, with another record finish for key U.S. benchmarks on Friday aiding several exporters although the yen rebounded from lows against the U.S. dollarover the w

Japanese stocks jumped early Monday on an improved profit outlook, with another record finish for key U.S. benchmarks on Friday aiding several exporters although the yen rebounded from lows against the U.S. dollar over the weekend.

The can't-lose market continues. Japan up another 1% to start the week. The real big news though to start the week is the hard selloff in silver, as the pain continues for the precious metal bugs. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook.Joi

Japan stocks rally at open as exporters surge; Nikkei Average up 0.8%

In what was painfully obvious to everyone with half a brain months ago (see here) Japan's desperate gambit at reflating would backfire massively by sending energy prices soaring in a world in which Japan no longer has access to internally producer, n

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades.

Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades.

As if sniffing at the threat the ongoing collapse in JGBs, culminated by Toyota pulling a bond issue on soaring yields, which forced even JPM to come out with an ominously titled piece called the "VaR Shock" driven by the epic plunge in the Yen, Japa

Japan is pledging $2 billion for energy and mineral projects in Africa, capping a conference with government resource officials from across the continent.

A big economic story this year has been "Abenomics", Japan's effort to get out of its multi-decade deflationary slump using a combo of monetary policy, fiscal stimulus, and structural reforms. We already know it's produced extraordinary movements in

It’s hard to tell if Japan’s new experiments in economic policy will work in the long run, but they have already caused world markets to take notice.    

Submitted by Daniel Cloud Boldly They Rode And Well I believe that Shinzo Abe has made a very serious strategic miscalculation. I used to be confused in much the same way he now seems to be, but I was cured of my confusion by thinking about Chinese i

The U.S. economy is making gradual progress back toward full employment at a time when Europe and Japan are struggling with much worse problems and emerging market growth is slowing.

Japan continues to be the world's biggest financial story. The consensus seems to be that the country's extraordinary economic measures are good for both itself and the world. I've detailed previously how Japan's efforts are likely to have terrible d

North Korea on Saturday launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said. US and South Korean forces had been on heightened alert for a medium-range ballistic missi

TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminarymagnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but notsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agencysaid.

TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Between a falling yen and soaring economy, Japan's leading manufacturing stocks are poised to soar

By Tom Lydon: "Abenomics" helped kick start Japan's economy, boosting the country's gross domestic product above expectations. However, Japan exchange traded funds cooled on Thursday.The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ) and db X-trackers MSC

(Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo news agen

May 17 (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo ne

May 17 (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been "leaked" and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo ne

Yahoo Japan Corp. (4689.TO) on Friday night said it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its popular web portal site Yahoo!

Surge highlights investor demand for equities triggered by global central bank action, which has depressed bond yields and encouraged hopes of stronger economic growth

‘Abenomics’ has so far focused on pumping money into economy through sharply expanded monetary and fiscal policy

The prime minister pledged action to encourage businesses to increase their spending as he seeks to turn recent improvements in the economy into sustainable growth.

Offshore from Syria, Russia’s navy is conducting probably its largest naval deployment outside its own waters since the Soviet breakup. The Chinese navy is in another potential confrontation today with Japan in the East China Sea, and raising q

As markets in the US and Japan rally, the oil, tech and banking sectors are busy

Japan's new approach to reflating its economy – termed "Abenomics," after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe – involves three components: unprecedented monetary stimulus, a big boost to government spending, and structural reforms designed

China’s film censor tells production companies to tone down anti-Japan messages because of a lack of ‘seriousness and dignity’ in the programmes

TOKYO (Reuters) - The latest tranche of Japan's growth strategy will aim to triple infrastructure exports and double farm exports by 2020, as well as boost private investment, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unveiling the latest tranche of his growth strategy on Friday, set targets to triple infrastructure exports, double sales of agriculture products overseas and boost private-sector investment to the level seen befor

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unveiling the latest tranche of his growth strategy on Friday, set targets to triple infrastructure exports, double sales of agriculture...

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unveiling the latest tranche of his growth strategy on Friday, set targets to triple infrastructure exports, double sales of agriculture...

* Nomura Asset's fund has grown four-fold since Dec, to $8.8 bln

* Nomura Asset's fund has grown four-fold since Dec, to $8.8 bln

* Nomura Asset's fund has grown four-fold since Dec, to $8.8bln

* Nomura Asset's fund has grown four-fold since Dec, to $8.8 bln

Three Japanese groups and GDF Suez of France take stakes in a $10bn LNG export facility in Louisiana

At the moment, we're looking at a very quiet last day of the week. Around the world, there isn't much happening in markets. Japan was up modestly. China was up decently (to the tune of 1.4%). Europe is mixed with some markets a little up, and others

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Japan's Nomura Asset Management said on Friday it will suspend new subscription for its $8.8 billion actively managed Japanese equities mutual fund as its asset size neared capacity, underscoring investor demand stimulated b

* Japan stocks remain firmly footed in structural bull market - JPMorgan * Hitachi up on higher operating margin forecast * Nikkei posts 2nd-straight weekly gains By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average rose on Friday with

* Japan stocks remain firmly footed in structural bull market - JPMorgan * Hitachi up on higher operating margin forecast * Nikkei posts 2nd-straight weekly gains By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average rose on Friday with

* Japan stocks remain firmly footed in structural bull market - JPMorgan * Hitachi up on higher operating margin forecast * Nikkei posts 2nd-straight weekly gains By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, May 17...

Japanese core machinery orders rose 14.2% in March from the previous month, but the Cabinet Office still expects orders to fall in the current quarter.