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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook

The fate of the sharpest yen rally in 18 months rests on the Bank of Japan breaking free of its cautious rate-hiking path, though it risks a sharp reversal if the currency again ​succumbs to the force...

Speculators turned to a net long position on the yen for ​the first time since February, data showed ‌late on Friday, a display of growing momentum behind Japan's beleaguered currency.

With the recent surge in Japan's currency to a seven-month high, investors are wondering if this is the beginning of the end of the yen carry trade that has been a pillar of global markets.

A blistering rally in the Japanese yen ahead of an expected interest rate hike from the Bank of Japan next week is upending the long-established and lucrative carry trade, as investors rethink the pat...

Just six weeks after hitting a four-decade low against the dollar, the tide appears to be turning for the battered yen as a host of factors finally smoke out brash traders who had ​spent years betting...

Bond dealers and asset managers have noticed the pullback of Japan's demand.

The 10-year JGB yield has more ​than tripled in two years.

The Washington Post has been ordered to reinstate opinion columnist Karen Attiah and provide her with back pay, the ​New York Times reported on Monday, after the newspaper ‌fired her in September over social media posts about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.

U.S. government debt tops $40 trillion for the first time, adding to fears of a brewing fiscal crisis.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook

Japan's benchmark bond yield is on the brink of hitting 3% for the first time since the mid-1990s, highlighting how inflation, ​rising fiscal concerns and monetary policy expectations are reshaping a ...

The U.S. dollar hovered near a two-month ​low against major currencies on Monday as investors awaited this week's inflation data for clues ‌on the Federal Reserve's rate path.

The yen may weaken to 170 per dollar and beyond before fruits of the government's stimulus plan engineer a reversal, said RSM US chief economist Joe ​Brusuelas.

A pivot in Japan's massive retirement assets would likely manifest as a slow redirection of maturing debt rather than a fire sale that could roil global markets, analysts say.

The Japanese yen has sunk to a 40-year low against the U.S. dollar recently. Raising interest rates would strengthen the yen.

Japan is calling its capital home, a move investors say will ripple across markets, could finally lift the yen and send money into the prime minister's artificial intelligence ambitions.

A shortage of critical minerals is starting to affect the broader Japanese economy, adding a sense of urgency for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government to find ​alternatives to exports that China...

The yen's break through a long-defended 162-per-dollar level to its weakest in four decades has reinforced expectations Japan may tolerate more yen weakness, ​with 165 increasingly viewed as the next ...

Japan's record-breaking Nikkei rally is no longer about AI — it's about who's left to buy.

Oil prices fell more than 1% on ​Wednesday, extending this week's losses and trading near four-month lows, on signs that more oil ‌tankers stranded in the Gulf are set to move out of the Strait of Hormuz.

War in the Middle East pushed the yen to the brink of multi-decade lows and prompted the government to prop it up -- a peace deal, however, won't pull it back from ​the precipice.

Starbucks is weighing options for its Japanese ​business, including a stake sale, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Tuesday.

As Japan's yen drifts back to levels that prompted official intervention a month ago, markets are sizing up Tokyo's remaining financial firepower ​and political will to defend its ailing currency.

AI exuberance and robust earnings will continue to ​power Japan's Nikkei to record highs, even as its blistering rally makes it hard for forecasters to keep ‌up, analysts said in a Reuters poll.

One of Japan's most in-demand ​graphic designers is neither hip nor an artist by training: he’s a septuagenarian security ‌guard who works the graveyard shift at a train station in Tokyo.

The company said it was fighting Russian efforts to hijack real users’ accounts to post fake content, an apparently novel tactic.

The flame, which spiritual leaders say has been continuously lit for more 1,200 years, was salvaged after the blaze and moved to a different site.

Japan likely intervened during the Golden ​Week holidays and will step back into the market if the yen renews its slide below the psychologically ‌key 160-per-dollar level, Atsushi Takeuchi, a former central bank official who took part in Tokyo's market forays a decade ago, told Reuters.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will ​meet Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi next ‌week to discuss curbing speculative yen selling, among other issues, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday, ​citing Japan-U.S. diplomatic sources.

Investors have built the biggest short yen position in nearly two years, selling the currency against the euro, Swiss franc, British pound and Australian dollar in a bet that neither rate hikes ​nor r...

Sparkling debuts on the Tokyo bourse by a sake brewery and pet ​food maker last week are unlikely to revive a moribund market for new stock listings in Japan ‌as investors remain fixated on the artifi...

As Japanese companies begin earnings season with rosy reports of results past, investors are watching out for signs of the ​Middle East conflict upending business forecasts and derailing what has been...

Tracking the pain in G7 government debt

Fukuoka Financial Group wants to boost its front office staff to around 100 by March 2028 as it looks to expand its ¥5.8 trillion investment portfolio.

The United States made a lot of progress ​in talks ​with Iran, U.S. Vice President JD ⁠Vance said in ​an interview on ​Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier on Monday.

The Japanese owner of clothing brand Uniqlo raised its full-year forecast on Thursday, flagging another record year, as international growth produced a stronger-than-expected jump in quarterly profit.

Microsoft on Friday said it will invest 1.6 trillion yen ($10 billion) in ​Japan between 2026 and 2029 to expand ‌artificial intelligence infrastructure and strengthen cybersecurity cooperation with the government.

Massive investments in artificial intelligence that underpinned record runs in equities face a major hurdle as the Middle East ​crisis clouds prospects for growth and energy costs, said Melissa ‌Otto,...