The extended period of very long lending rates in Japan (the average rate on new loans extended by so-called "city" banks such as Mizuho Bank has been below 1% since 2010, and the average rate on the ...

A 65-year-old US citizen has been detained by Japanese police on charges of damaging the wooden torii gate of Tokyo's Meiji ...

Japan's three megabanks raised their annual profit forecasts to all-time highs on Thursday, fuelled by robust lending demand ...

The Bank of Japan should raise interest rates at least to 1% to roll back an "abnormally" huge stimulus that is causing ...

The current account measures exports and imports, as well as other cross-border flows including salaries and investment ...

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said on Thursday. "Financial and capital markets are often affected by NBFIs' ...

After including Morgan Stanley, which has contributed more than 25% of MUFG's total earnings in each of the past five years, MUFG is still the Japanese bank with the largest exposure to operations ...

Like other cryptocurrencies, supporters say it could be used to buy and sell things on the internet without having to worry ...

History remembers the heroes. The larger-than-life personalities of sports, movies, politics. Michael Jordan, Meryl Streep, Abraham Lincoln – the best of the be ...

Kinji Fukasaku has been a notable director of Japanese cinema since the 1960s. Most famous for his crime and chaotic action ...

Palworld developers Pocketpair have finally commented on the three Japanese patents cited by Nintendo and The Pokemon Game in ...

Germany proposed to shield white hats, the Italian data protection authority admonished a bank, and Ireland said it had an ...