Rising government debt. Exploding budget deficits. They have bond AND stock markets spooked. With rates on the rise, how can ...

Next week will bring a raft of new data, including inflation and consumer confidence readings. Euro area: Consumer confidence, industrial confidence, services sentiment Japan: Construction orders, CPI ...

The nonlife firms have been increasing their share of Japan's life insurance market since the 1996 deregulation that allowed nonlife insurers and life insurers to enter each other's markets, reaching ...

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain ...

Investor unease over President Donald Trump’s economic programme drove the Government‘s borrowing costs to their highest ...

If sharply higher yields on Japanese government bonds entice the country's investors to return home, "the unwinding of the carry trade could cause a loud sucking sound in U.S. financial assets," said ...

The increased vulnerability of US markets gives foreign holders of US Treasury bonds more leverage in trade negotiations with Washington.

The Japanese government bond market was already having a bit of a springtime nightmare, but a poor auction of 20-year debt ...

Now she suggests investors consider a more active approach to their portfolios—and give them a lot more geographic variety.

Farm minister resigns amid outrage as staple grain doubles in price, exposing deeper fault lines in agriculture and politics.