The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged on Friday, after a decision to hike them in July pushed the yen sharply ...

The yen strengthened slightly in the immediate aftermath of the Bank of Japan leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged.

Japanese inflation rose slightly in August, with prices up 2.8 percent year-on-year, official data showed Friday, hours ...

In the summer of 1941, James F. Byrnes became a Supreme Court justice. Little over a year later, he had had enough and left the court to take a key role in planning the ...

Asian markets forged higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 ...

Traders betting on further recovery in Japanese equities are looking to any steer from the Bank of Japan that may cap the yen ...

Similar fights over memorials to the 'comfort women' have played out elsewhere, including Southern California. But the ...