A memorial service Crown Prince Akishino attended was held in Tokyo on Monday to mourn the estimated 100,000 victims of the U.S. military’s air raid on the capital 80 years...

Some of Asia’s biggest central banks are getting a painful refresher in economic theory. Monetary authorities in China, India and elsewhere have waged a prolonged campaign against the strong dollar,...

Ofunato, Iwate Pref. – Local authorities on Monday lifted all remaining evacuation orders issued in response to a massive wildfire in the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. The move came...

Investors in Japanese corporate bonds are increasingly seeking protection against possible credit deterioration when an issuer becomes a takeover target. Change of Control covenants — which give bondholders certain rights...

A shareholder in Seven & I Holdings is pressuring the company to engage “more deeply” with Alimentation Couche-Tard over its $47.5 billion buyout approach. The operator of 7-Eleven stores responded...

DAMASCUS – Syria’s leader vowed on Sunday to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar Assad against the country’s new Islamist rulers and said...

Mark Carney won the race to become Canada’s next prime minister, putting the former central banker in charge of the country just as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration threatens its...

“The Place of Shells” by Mai Ishizawa, a strange and slim novel of erudition, captures the emotional haze in the aftermath of disaster. Ishizawa’s debut novel, which won one of...

Sendai, Miyagi Pref. – Some municipalities in northeastern Japan are ending the storage of personal items — such as photographs, school bags, and cell phones — that were collected after...