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Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was shot on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's stocks gave up some gains on reports that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gravely injured in an apparent shooting. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said. ( read original story ...)

The value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 1.3 percent on year in June, the Bank of Japan reported - standing at 585.069 trillion yen. That follows the 0.7 percent increase ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose on Friday as Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot while campaigning in the city of Nara, with reports saying Abe appeared to be in a state of ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nikkei rose on Friday, with heavyweight chip-related stocks tracking overnight Wall Street gains, after less hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials eased concerns about U.S. recession ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was unconscious and unresponsive after he was apparently shot in the chest during a political event in the western city of Nara on Friday, national ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's current account surplus plunged 92.8 percent in May from a year earlier to 128.4 billion yen ($944.5 million) on ballooning i ... ( read original story ...)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has collapsed in Nara, western Japan, and shots were heard in the vicinity, broadcaster NHK reports.Most Read from BloombergUS Mortgage Rates Plunge to 5.3% i ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's current account surplus contracted in May, the government said in a report on Friday. According to the Finance Ministry, the current account surplus shank to 128.4 billion yen (944.3 million U ... ( read original story ...)

The value of overall bank lending in Japan was up 1.3 percent on year in June, the Bank of Japan said on Friday - standing at 585.069 ... ( read original story ...)

The months-long fall in crypto markets has, for the most part, been a kind of contained demolition. But the fallout is starting to spread.The collapse is now affecting the corporate and financial ... ( read original story ...)

Celsius Network, the crypto lender that froze assets last month, used customer funds to manipulate the price of its proprietary token and lost hundreds of millions of dollars by failing to hedge risk, ... ( read original story ...)

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried explains to "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin why it can be hard to tell healthy crypto investments apart from those that are pure financial speculation. To get the day's business ... ( read original story ...)

The rising cost of living is turning into a thorny political issue ahead of Japan’s upper house election this weekend, as opposition parties peg blame for recent price hikes on Prime Minister Fumio ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will vote in upper house elections on Sunday that have implications for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's grip on the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and his ability to push through ... ( read original story ...)