The BOJ also upgraded its GDP forecast for the 2025 fiscal year to 0.9%, and also raised its GDP projection for the 2026 fiscal year to 1% from 0.7%

SEOUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for policy Elbridge Colby will visit South Korea from Sunday to Tuesday and discuss military alliance issues before travelling on to Japan, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday

Asia-Pacific markets mostly climbed, tracking Wall Street gains as geopolitical concerns eased and investors looked ahead to the Bank of Japan's decision.

Core inflation touched its lowest level since October 2024, and was in line with expectations

The operator says reactor remains "stable" and has no "radioactive impact outside".

Reuters-polled analysts had estimated exports growth would remain unchanged from November at 6.1%

Japan restarts a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown

The president wants to bring to the US tiny vehicles, like those commonly seen on the streets of Japan.

Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.

TOKYO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - A Japanese court will on Wednesday deliver its verdict on a man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, three and a half years after the assassination of the country's longest-serving premier stunned the nation

Japan's government 40-year government bond yields notched a record high on Tuesday amid a broader selloff in Japanese government bonds.

Takaichi may be trying to capitalize on her high approval ratings to shore up the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's coalition in parliament

Sanae Takaichi, who took office last October, hopes the vote will give her a stronger mandate

This comes as Japan's ruling LDP under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to call an election in February.

Leaders of the two East Asian nations played drums to hits from BTS and KPop Demon Hunters.

TOKYO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering calling a snap lower house election on February 8 after dissolving the house next week, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Wednesday

Asia markets rose as investors shrugged off geopolitical flashpoints and a criminal investigation into Fed chair Jerome Powell.

The snap election, if called in Feburary, would be just about five months into Takaichi's term as prime minister.

Authorities cannot say whether data was leaked from the device, which was lost at a Shanghai airport.

Visitors of the Mitsumine Shrine spent the night there after roads around it were shut off.

Japan's parliament building was built in 1936, a decade before women were given the right to vote.

Some Asian markets are still closed for the holidays, including Japan and mainland China

Japan's SoftBank on Monday said it has agreed to buy data center investment firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion.

Officials spent 40 minutes dismantling the travelator to free him, but he was later pronounced dead.

The meteor could be seen blazing through the night sky over Japan's Mount Fuji