Shinzo Abe

TOKYO (Dec 22): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government on Thursday approved an increase in defense spending to record levels to counter growing Chinese military power in the East China Sea and an escalating North Korean ballistic missile thre

SINGAPORE (Nov 28): OCBC Investment Research is reiterating its “sell” call on casino operator Genting Singapore with a fair value of 75 cents, in light of the current economic policy uncertainties faced by Japan.

WASHINGTON (Nov 21): President-elect Donald Trump will work to ensure there is "proper separation" between his business empire and his job as president of the United States, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said on Sunday, amid fresh concerns about

TOKYO (Nov 21): The global stock market’s biggest comeback story of 2016 isn’t over yet. So say Citigroup Inc., AllianceBernstein and Bordier & Cie, who all see further gains for Japanese shares after the Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed more than 20%

SINGAPORE (Aug 31): Household spending in Japan has bucked conventional economic theory, falling 0.5% in July even as the unemployment rate fell to 3% in the same month, says a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday.

Global economic activity continues to evolve at a moderate pace. The United States still does not have the role of leader despite a cyclical improvement in April. Europe is in a complex phase on the eve of the British referendum on the Brexit. The risk is

HONG KONG (May 30): Tokyo stocks led Asia higher Monday, boosted by hopes the government will delay a sales tax hike and by a weaker yen after Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen hinted that a US interest rate increase was looming.