For generations, artisans and merchants in Kyoto lived in thousands of traditional machiya townhouses that are steadily disappearing or falling into disrepair. To help restore the wooden-and-tile-roof structures, banks in Kyoto have tailored loans to help contribute to the preservation of architecture in a ...

Having defeated a human shogi (Japanese chess) expert, this computer program’s next task is to figure out whether you can make the payments on a new mortgage. Heroz Inc., a small Japanese startup whose engineers designed the first system to defeat an active professional ...

The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates after seven years of record lows. But it’s signaling that further rate hikes will likely be made slowly as the economy strengthens further and muted inflation rises. The Fed’s move Wednesday to lift its key rate by ...

The nation’s biggest banks are looking to get more bang for their buck Down Under, expanding loans in Australia 25 percent in the past year. With interest rates near zero at home, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Mizuho ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Vietnamese supreme leader Nguyen Phu Trong have agreed that Japan will provide more used vessels to shore up Vietnam’s maritime law enforcement capabilities to counter China’s increasing power in the South China Sea. Abe also said Tokyo will extend ...

The Japanese government said Thursday it will extend up to ¥20 billion in loans for road development in the Ugandan capital Kampala as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help boost the fast-growing African country’s economy. The agreement on infrastructure development was signed in the ...