Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, supported by an overnight rise on Wall Street. The Nikkei 225 climbed 70.15 points, or 0.36 percent, to finish at 19,813.13. On Wednesday, the key market gauge gained 129.70 points. The Topix, which covers all first-section ...
After President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, Japan has been exploring ways to move the pact forward with the 10 remaining members.
Education ministers from the Group of Seven agree to work together to address global issues such as refugee problems and widening income inequalities.
Communications minister Sanae Takaichi proposes drafting basic international rules for the development of artificial intelligence at the G-7 technology meeting in Shikoku.
The Group of Seven technology ministers begin a two-day meeting on Shikoku on how to use advances to drive economic growth and data security.
Police armed with guns tackled a grenade-throwing man and his accomplice in a bus hijack enactment in Tokyo on Wednesday after the Brussels airport and subway bomb attacks that killed 32 people. The Emergency Response Team, a select group from members of the country's anti-firearms ...
The Metropolitan Police Department held an anti-terrorism drill Monday ahead of the Group of Seven summit in Ise-Shima, Mie Prefecture, in May. Around 200 people, including staff from East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) and other companies, took part in the drill at Tokyo Station, ...
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida plans to make a three-day visit to France and Italy from March 19 for talks with his counterparts in the two countries ahead of the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in April in Hiroshima, a government source said Friday. In ...
Japan hosted an international conference Wednesday on how to build a global system that ensures all people have access to essential medical care ahead of the Group of Seven summit next May, where it plans to highlight the issue. The conference at a Tokyo hotel, ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Francois Hollande share concern over China's reclamation projects in disputed parts of the South China Sea.
An international group of environmental organizations on Thursday awarded Japan a "Fossil of the Day" award for its failure to make sufficient efforts to fight global warming. The Climate Action Network said Japan is "blocking a proposal from G-7 countries" to craft eco-friendly investment standards ...
The Japanese and U.S. finance chiefs agreed Thursday that volatile movements in foreign exchange markets are undesirable in the wake of the recent fall of the yen's value against the dollar to a 12½-year low. Finance Minister Taro Aso told reporters after meeting with U.S. ...
