Exports rose 14.9% year-on-year to $18.74 billion, boosted by a 28.5% jump in sales of semiconductors and a 98.8% surge in petroleum products
The latest in a long battle between the once-mighty tech company and a number of its foreign shareholders as it tries to revive itself
If the SMBC Nikko four broke the market rules to close such deals, it can be said to be a breach of trust to deceive investors and others
Platform companies Naver and Kakao surged 8.54% and 8.58%, respectively, their sharpest gains in nearly two years, on hopes that Yoon will help remove regulatory hurdles for operators
Tokyo-listed Asia Development Capital last month sold 32% of Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho to a group of newspaper publishers led by Yomiuri Shimbun
North Korea looks to be preparing to launch a reconnaissance satellite, which could prove as controversial as the country's weapons tests as they use the same banned ballistic missile tech
JapanĀ gets most of its primary energy needs from crude oil but LNG takes up a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to electricity production
Top executive says it's important to maintain healthy, peaceful, balanced relationships with big, powerful neighbours.
The Justice ministry dispatched more than 100 investigators to search 14 locations in Taipei, Taoyuan and Taichung, as well as Hsinchu
The UK investment management firm has appointed former JP Morgan Asset Management executive Keisuke Kusano as its head of real estate for Japan
Asian battery makers for electric vehicles are shielded from a big, immediate hit from surging nickel prices for now, thanks to long-term contracts and a diversified supply chain, companies said.
Mitsubishi and Mitsui have stakes in the massive Sakhalin-2 project, while Marubeni and Itochu have invested in Sakhalin-1 oil project, from which Exxon Mobil is now withdrawing