Japan's Meiji Yasuda flags rising policy surrender risk as higher JGB yields threaten insurer balance sheets and spark customer fund shifts.
Asian stocks face a lower open as crude oil extends its decline, fueling a risk-off mood across regional markets.
Stronger Japanese wage growth boosts BOJ tightening bets, lifting the yen and bond yields while pressuring the Nikkei.
Japanese corporations possess short-term earnings cushions against a stronger yen, but a rapid move below 140 per dollar would threaten profit margins…
Japanese stocks tumbled on yen intervention fears, with exporters including Toyota and Sony leading declines, while chipmaker Kioxia's guidance miss added pressure,…
The Bank of Japan's hawkish turn with an unexpected rate hike sends USD/JPY tumbling and Nikkei 225 sliding, while intensifying political headwinds…
Asian stocks posted their biggest gain in four months with the MSCI Asia Pacific Index surging 2.8% as AI optimism lifted chipmakers…
Advantest shares surged 18%, pushing its Nikkei 225 weighting to a level that may trigger an index weight cut, risking forced selling…
Wall Street's rally on robust corporate results lifted Asian stock futures, while the yen held near session highs after a sudden surge…
The tax panel chair's reiteration of a 1% food levy raises stagflation fears, with potential to dampen Japanese consumer spending, depress equities,…
Goldman Sachs asserts Japan's AI stock trade is 'not broken' following a market rout, fueling optimism for Nikkei 225 recovery and AI-related…
A Japan earthquake that killed two at a shopping mall raises near-term economic disruption fears, likely pressuring the Nikkei and boosting the…