Japan

TOKYO (Jan 16): Japan's core machinery orders fell in November at the fastest pace in seven months in a sign that some companies may be turning cautious about capital expenditure because of uncertainty over domestic and overseas demand for goods and s

SINGAPORE (Jan 13): Genting Singapore may be preparing for a potential casino bid in Japan by selling its stake in Resorts World Jeju for US$411 million ($587 million) and recognising a gain of $93 million, but CIMB is not placing its bets on the casino o

SINGAPORE (Jan 12): Saudi Arabia was said to cut February crude sales to China and southern Asian nations while largely sparing countries including Japan and South Korea, as it curbs supply as part of a deal between OPEC and other producers.

WASHINGTON (Jan 6): US President-elect Donald Trump targeted Toyota Motor Corp on Thursday, threatening to impose a hefty fee on the world's largest automaker if it builds its Corolla cars for the US market at a plant in Mexico.

SINGAPORE (Dec 23): The managers of Parkway Life REIT has sold four nursing homes in Japan for a total sale consideration of ¥3.72 billion ($48.9 million) to Fortress Japan Investment.

TOKYO (Dec 22): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government on Thursday approved an increase in defense spending to record levels to counter growing Chinese military power in the East China Sea and an escalating North Korean ballistic missile thre

TOKYO (Dec 22): Apple Inc.'s quest to adopt advanced displays for its next-generation iPhone hinges on a single supplier in the Japanese countryside.

TOKYO (Dec 21): Cleaning  up the Fukushima nuclear plant -- a task predicted to cost 86 times the amount earmarked for decommissioning Japan’s first commercial reactor -- is the mother of all salvage jobs. Still, foreign firms with decades of experienc

SYDNEY (Dec 19): For investors in Japan’s markets this year, it’s been a case of one shock after the next in a pattern that might have prepared them well for the era of Donald Trump and his reputation for the unexpected.

(Dec 16): China’s holdings of US Treasuries declined to the lowest in more than six years as the world’s second-largest economy uses its currency reserves to support the yuan. Japan overtook China as America’s top foreign creditor, as its holdings e