Global Central Bank Chatter Rattles Bond Market

News reports that the Bank of Japan might consider changing its interest-rate targets helped push the yield on the 10-year Japanese government bond as high as 0.09% in Monday trading in Tokyo from 0.0... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Eyes Eco Gains Ahead of 2020 Olympics

With two years to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese capital is hoping to use the games as motivation to improve its environmental sustainability. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was prev... ( read original story ...)

2 Years From Olympics Tokyo Focuses on Environment

With two years to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese capital is hoping to use the games as motivation to improve its environmental sustainability. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was prev... ( read original story ...)

Japan hits record-high temperature amid heat wave

Thousands of people in Japan have been rushed to hospitals with heat stroke symptoms during the heat wave. Kyodo News agency has tallied more than 40 deaths. Many of the victims have been elderly peop... ( read original story ...)

President Kennedy Makes Maiden Call at Yokohama

Container carrier APL, together with the Yokohama Port and Harbor Bureau and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation, celebrated the maiden arrival of containership President Kennedy at the P... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei plummets as dollar extends losses

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 tumbled 300.89 points, or 1.3%, to 22,396.39, as the dollar extended its losses against the Japanese currency. Against the yen, the dollar traded at 110.98 after dipping as lo... ( read original story ...)