The Latest Breaking News from Shigeru Ishiba

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will propose a new happiness index during his first parliamentary policy speech on Friday, local media have reported.

Global markets react to Middle East tensions, impacting stocks and currencies. Oil prices rise amid uncertainty. U.S. stocks stall, while Japan's Nikkei su...

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are trending down -0.37% this morning as flaring tensions in the Middle East dampened sentiment, while investors braced for the ADP National Employment numbers due later in the day.

Asian shares are mixed, with Tokyo's benchmark falling while Hong Kong's advanced despite the sharp escalation of tensions in the Middle East

Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, state media reported Wednesday, the day after he took office in Tokyo.

Oil prices rose more than one percent Wednesday, extending the previous day's rally, and safe haven gold pushed towards a record high after Iran's missile attack on Israel ramped up fears about an escalation in the Middle East.

Despite some good news that August saw more job openings than economists expected, markets closed down.

Japan's newly elected Prime Minister took office on Tuesday and formed a cabinet made up of numerous security and defence experts in line with his calls to strengthen regional military alliances. The majority of cabinet members are relative unknowns, marking a break from a string of corruption scandals that have…

Asian shares are mixed, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index regaining some of its sharp losses from a day earlier