The yen has been the funding currency for carry trades, where investors borrow cheaply in Japan and invest in higher-yielding assets abroad.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Panic buying is back in Japan. As the U.S.-Israeli-Iran conflict rattles oil markets, Japanese consumers are stockpiling toilet paper—a product with no connection to the disrupt

Japan’s top currency official said the government will take all possible steps to respond to speculative moves in markets as needed, sending a fresh warning as the yen and oil prices remain under pressure owing to the Middle East conflict.

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Sunday that one of two Japanese nationals detained in Iran has been released and is headed home. Motegi, speaking o

A $16 billion gas-fired power facility is coming to Anderson County, placing one of the nation’s largest energy projects in rural East Texas.

Walking through the streets of Osaka at twilight is an experience for all the senses. Among the sparkling neon lights of Dotonbori Canal, the scent of freshly fried okonomiyaki (savory Japanese pancakes), and the laughter of locals spilling out from the open-air arcades, it's easy to lose yourself in the rhythm of this lively city.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government would begin releasing strategic stockpiles of oil products this week to counter the rising price of fuel due to the conflict in the Middle East.

Japanese PM Takaichi said Japan cannot deploy its Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz under current conditions, citing constitutional limits