Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's LDP and its partner Komeito are forecast to lose their majority in a repeat of last year's ...

Trump also plans to notify over 150 smaller countries of the tariffs they will face, noting they are not major trading partners.

When a 90-day tariff-free grace period expired this month, Taiwan escaped the letters that US President Donald Trump sent to two dozen other governments fixing new rates, including a 25 per cent duty ...

Oil prices held steady on Friday after data revealed that the US economy is staying strong despite ongoing trade tensions.

Since he was sworn into office in January, Trump has threatened and implemented tariffs that dramatically change the ...

A mutually beneficial U.S.-Japan tariff agreement is still possible, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday after ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba discussed the potential for a beneficial ...

Asian countries are offering to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas in negotiations with the Trump administration as a way to alleviate tensions over U.S. trade deficits and forestall higher tariffs.

Japan's key measure of consumer prices cooled slightly more than expected in June, but remained well above the Bank of ...

Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from ...

Japan's government, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, faces a critical upper house vote that could destabilize its ...