Japan

Former Nissan executive charged in Ghosn pay case not involved, defence says

Japanese startup targets supercar users with $840,000 hoverbike

Canadian speedskater Pascal Dion wins short-track bronze at World Cup

Fleury and reigning national champ Einarson post victories at the Masters

Japan princess to marry college sweetheart after overcoming money scandal, PTSD

North Korea test-fires submarine-launched ballistic missile, South says

Fukushima wastewater release can’t be delayed, says Japan’s Prime Minster

Japan PM dissolves lower house for Oct. 31 national election

Amid global inflation fears, Nippon Paint profit warning etches bleak outlook for Japan Inc

Japan PM Kishida vows to devote himself to ending COVID-19 crisis

Investors see Japan’s new leader as market-friendly but reforms in question

Former foreign minister Fumio Kishida anointed Japan’s next ruling-party head

Why Japanese equities are outperforming the world. Plus, what short sellers are targeting this month on the TSX

Japan equities shine as foreign investors bet on stimulus, political change

Canada won’t publicly support Taiwan or China joining Trans-Pacific Partnership

China applies to join Pacific trade pact abandoned by Trump

Australia’s coal mines at risk of becoming ‘stranded assets’ after 2030, report finds

North and South Korea conduct duelling missile tests as arms race heats up

Japan’s vaccines minister, Taro Kono, leads opinion poll on succeeding PM Yoshihide Suga

Big in Japan and other world market themes for the week ahead

PayPal’s $2.7-billion deal to acquire Japanese firm Paidy heats up buy now, pay later race

Japan PM Yoshihide Suga to back vaccine minister in LDP leadership race: reports

Japan lays out economic growth strategy priorities ahead of elections

Japan suspends use of another million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as contamination woes widen

Jamie Lee Rattray scores twice for Canada in 5-1 win over U.S. at women’s world hockey championship

Japan suspends use of 1.63 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after contamination reports

BOJ policy maker warns of global impact from semiconductor chip shortage, Asian factory closures

Paralympic organizers say Games will be held under ‘very difficult’ circumstances as COVID-19 cases rise in Japan

Japan to ramp up COVID-19 tests as it battles worst wave of infections

Helmut Hus wanted his ashes to ride the rails - just like he did