By Rocky Swift TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Japan refrained from intervening in currency markets through last week, official data showed on Friday, confirming that the government's efforts to defend the ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on Friday reported a 12% increase in third-quarter net profit, benefiting from rising interest rates in Japan.

By Anna Szymanski Jan 30 - Everything Mike Dolan and the ROI team are excited to read, watch and listen to over the weekend.

Hokkaido Electric Power said on Friday it will build a new gas-fired power station and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Tomakomai, northern Japan, by the mid-2030s to meet rising electricity ...

Financial markets are heading towards the end of an unforgettable January, not least thanks to the dollar - set for its worst start of the year since 2018, and the coming week brings a set of ...

China's coast guard patrolled Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea almost daily last year, it said on Friday, ...

Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his South Korean counterpart Ahn Gyu-back held talks in Yokosuka, Japan, and ...

By Brad Brooks, Maria Tsvetkova and Daniel Trotta MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Student organizers called for walkouts and protests across the United States on Friday to demand that federal ...

By Olena Harmash KYIV, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Russia has agreed to a request from U.S. President Donald Trump to halt airstrikes on Kyiv until February 1 amid harsh winter temperatures, and Ukraine said ...

Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has seen a surge in interest from Japanese automakers hoping to tap its 20-percent stake in Indian nonbank lender Shriram Finance to boost sales in the ...

The scale and speed of further falls could challenge banks if investors move at once to protect their U.S. assets from a dollar slide. It could also force central banks from the euro area to Asia to ...