The yen has been the funding currency for carry trades, where investors borrow cheaply in Japan and invest in higher-yielding assets abroad.

By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Tamiyuki Kihara TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japan will tap joint oil stockpiles held by producing nations in the country by the end of March, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Tuesday,

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has left for the United States for what she expects to be a “very difficult” meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

“Making such a remark to justify a sneak attack and boast about its outcome is a piece of nonsense that ignores lessons from history."

Baseball in Japan, according to Yasuko Tanahara, starts and ends with a bow. It’s meant as a measure of respect, but it can also be seen as a nod to what the game means to the culture of a nation that has embraced the American pastime as something more than just a game.

The meeting with Sanae Takaichi comes days after Trump criticised Japan for not answering his demands for help in the Strait of Hormuz.

By Tamiyuki Kihara TOKYO, March 24 (Reuters) - Japan will downgrade its description of ties with China from "one of its most important" in an annual diplomatic report, according to a draft reviewed by Reuters,

Japanese PM Takaichi said Japan cannot deploy its Self-Defense Forces to the Strait of Hormuz under current conditions, citing constitutional limits