Japan is bracing for a “Reiwa oil shock” as the war in the Middle East again exposes the nation’s vulnerabilities in relying ...

Naphtha is a refining byproduct used to make olefins, the key building block for various downstream plastics. Imports from the Middle East, on which Japan relies for more than half of its supply, have ...

Their partnership is deepening as the Hormuz crisis drives cooperation on critical minerals, nuclear energy, and supply chain ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ruled out on Wednesday the possibility that Japan could face a British-style "Truss moment", or loss of market confidence stemming from her expansionary ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Nikkei share average slumped to an eight-month low on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump revealed a broad set of reciprocal tariffs, including a ...

RISHIRI, Japan (Reuters) -As Japan faces its hottest summer in history, a sharp decline in the catch of sea urchin in the country's north has made the spiny delicacy further out of reach for many ...

Japan's longtime ruling Liberal Democratic Party may have suffered an election shock, but analysts said that's unlikely to deter the Bank of Japan from its interest rate hike cycle. In Sunday's ...

Surging long-term yields in Japan could cause a liquidity-shock driven selloff in the S&P 500. First, rising yields in Japan could drain liquidity for US Treasuries, and cause higher US rates, which ...