The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices but includes fuel costs, jumped 0.8% in March from a year earlier, data showed

Toshiba, which has been locked in a years-long battle with some of its major shareholders, said it had hired Nomura Securities as a financial adviser

Ghosn was arrested in Japan but fled the country hidden in a musical instrument box. Two people were convicted of aiding his escape

The company launched its DiDi Food services in April 2020 in Osaka and later expanded to nine prefectures, according to its website

Japan's biggest oil refiner Eneos Holdings has no plans to buy Russian crude until all problems related to the Ukraine crisis are over

Though deputy chief cabinet secretary Seiji Kihara repeated Tokyo's common refrain that sharp moves in currency rates were undesirable

The alerts included messages such as "a war could break out", a train station in Taipei being set on fire and Taiwan's president declaring a state of emergency

Electric scooter maker has a 'healthy' supply of chips, its CEO says, but could face a squeeze by year-end as it pushes big plans to grow in China, India and Southeast Asia

The greenback hits a 20-year high on the yen and tests a two-year peak on the euro, backed by high Treasury yields and expectation of good economic data; Investors are betting the yen will fall further

The yen has dropped about 10% against the dollar this year and worsened inflationary pressures in Japan amid a spike in commodity and oil costs, and supply snags made worse by war in Ukraine

Traders bought the yen on Kuroda's comment, and helped push the dollar down by 0.22% to 126.28 yen on Monday

Report comes amid signs North Korea could resume nuclear testing and after Kim broke a self-imposed moratorium on intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing