SK Hynix will pay $7 billion out of the deal's total $9 billion price tag, the world's second-largest memory chip maker said in a statement

Japanese manufacturing outlook remains clouded by risk of slowing overseas activity amid a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic

Fuel sales rose 29.2%, thanks to soaring commodity prices, while car sales fell 14% due to supply bottlenecks and electronics sales declined 10.6% with diminishing demand for appliances

The 107.6 trillion yen ($941 billion) budget for fiscal 2022/23 is Japan's biggest-ever initial spending plan, underlining its priority on reviving the pandemic-hit economy

Data highlight fresh challenge policymakers face in preventing rising costs of living from hurting already weak household spending and Japan's fragile economic recovery

The investment initiative - renewed for three years - has been updated to meet the government’s 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goals

Salary raises are a non-starter for Masataka Yoshimura, the head of a family of tailors. Increasing wages would be “truly fatal,” he said.

Steelmaker has also filed suits against Toyota and Baoshan over its process under which motors can be rotated with less power by adjusting metal's composition and thickness

The outlay underscores the challenge for Fumio Kishida to realise "new capitalism" with a virtuous cycle of growth and wealth distribution

Tokyo will urge corporate managers to take the lead in making organisational changes and devising these plans, in addition to ensuring equipment is secure

SBI Group will require potential investors to be 20 to 70 years old and submit an application to purchase seven types of cryptocurrency

Senator Tammy Duckworth, who supported the nomination, said Japan and the region is under continued stress from China