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TOKYO -- Germany will push China to contribute to global climate finance to help poor countries with their mitigation and adaptation measures, State Secretary Jennifer Morgan told Nikkei Asia on Wednesday prior to her trip to China.
TOKYO -- A campaign to elect the next governor of Tokyo, one of the world's most populous capitals, began on Thursday, kicking off a race between the city's first female governor and a prominent female politician from Japan's opposition.
TOKYO/SAPPORO, Japan -- Australia's Qantas Airways has joined a number of carriers dropping plans for flights to and from regional Japanese airports as an acute fuel shortage looms over the rebound in tourist traffic to Japan.
TOKYO -- Japan's ice cream industry has been hot since last summer, fueled by scorching temperatures and record-high shipments to Taiwan and other markets.
TOKYO -- Currency interventions by Japanese authorities appear to be having little effect on the yen's weakness against non-U.S. currencies, as carry trades drive the yen to historic lows against the Swiss franc, British pound and more.
TOKYO -- Norinchukin Bank will sell more than 10 trillion yen ($63 billion) of its holdings of U.S. and European government bonds during the year ending March 2025 as it aims to stem its losses from bets on low-yield foreign bonds, a main cause of its deteriorating balance sheet, and lower the risks associated with holding foreign government bonds.
TOKYO -- Japan's department store sector is soaring on strong demand from wealthy consumers and foreign tourists drawn to the country by the weak currency, now hovering in the upper 150 yen range to the dollar.
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.