People who come to live in or visit Japan from other countries often have a humorous encounter with a Japanese person who ...

The Bank of England left interest rates on hold today, as expected, but with just one vote for a cut (so relatively hawkish).

Underwood first met David Robert Jones - who would become better known as David Bowie - not long after the future star had ...

A stronger pound hindered the FTSE 100 index today as the impetus from Wall Street’s record close failed to translate into ...

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve enacted a 50 basis point rate cut, ensuring the mood in equity markets was largely bullish this week. The Bank of England followed with a hold on Thursday. Elsewhere ...

High street retailer Next has warned it may be forced to close stores if its appeal against a landmark equal pay ruling fails ...

Economic data released on Wednesday showed that U.S. building permits, a proxy for future construction, rose +4.9% m/m to a 5-month high of 1.475M in August, stronger than ... gained about +2% after ...

to parents who ran a traditional Japanese clothing store. Kazuyuki moved to Nagasaki with his classmates at age 14 for mobilization at Mitsubishi’s weapons factories as part of Japan’s war effort.

Apple saw more than $116bn (£88bn) wiped off its valuation in early trading after analysts warned about weaker than expected ...

Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated for the fourth straight month in August and tracked comfortably above the central ...

Japan’s consumer inflation grew at a slightly faster pace in August and stayed well above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of foreign visitors to Japan jumped 36.0 percent from a year earlier to 2.93 million in August, a record high for the month, as the yen's depreciation gave travelers ...