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The contest to lead Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party went to a runoff after the first round of voting failed to produce a majority winner, leaving two former foreign ministers -- Taro Kono and ... ( read original story ...)

Kishida’s victory caps an unpredictable Liberal Democratic Party election, in which two of the four candidates were female and most of the party’s largest factions allowed their members a free vote. ( read original story ...)

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Stocks in Asia mostly traded well into the red on Wednesday. The continuing uncertainty of China Evergrande, disappointing consumer confidence data in the U.S., and rising ... ( read original story ...)

A former banker from Hiroshima, Kishida spearheaded Japan's effort to realise U.S. President Barack Obama's historic 2016 visit to the city devastated by U.S. bombing seven decades earlier. Asked ... ( read original story ...)

But during the five years from 2013, China’s spending in overseas development finance program stood at $85.4 billion a year on average while the U.S. spending was $37 billion and Japan’s $25 billion, ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) will not invest in Chinese government bonds due to settlement and liquidity issues, even after they will be included in a major bond index next month, ... ( read original story ...)

The race to become Japan’s next prime minister is down to a two-way race between vaccine czar Taro Kono and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, after no candidate secured an outright majority in a ... ( read original story ...)

Concerns over US default, a sharp fall in US stocks overnight and worries over the slowing global economy may hit domestic stocks when the market opens for trading on Wednesday. Asian markets have ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund has decided not to include yuan-denominated Chinese government bonds in its portfolio, Nikkei has learned. The move came after British index provider FTSE ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese stock market is sharply lower on Wednesday, extending the slight losses in the previous two sessions, with the benchmark Nikkei index losing almost 800 points to be below the 29,400 level ... ( read original story ...)

Lost in the noise, one of the more positive stories for markets in recent months comes to its conclusion this afternoon as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan votes for a successor to replace ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will choose its new leader on Wednesday (Sept 29) in a poll that will have important ramifications for the country's future. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo's key Nikkei index opened down two per cent today, extending global market jitters, as traders worried about a strengthening dollar, rising oil prices and fears of a US debt default. The ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 2.41% while the Topix index dropped 2.5%. South Korea's Kospi declined 1.85%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index declined 1.81% before paring some of tho ... ( read original story ...)

Asia-Pacific stocks fell in Wednesday morning trade, with Japan's Nikkei 225 dropping nearly 2%. The Nasdaq Composite plunged nearly 3% overnight on Wall Street as tech names fell amid rising bond ... ( read original story ...)

Kono losing “may be perceived as a disappointment by foreign investors, who tend to be strangely supportive of English-speaking candidates,” wrote Nicholas Smith, a strategist at CLSA Securities Japan ... ( read original story ...)