Japan

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday after the Japanese currency tumbled to a 23-year low against the dollar, that sharp yen falls are negative and undesirable for the Japanese economy as they raise uncertainty over the…

Japan will shift policy to focus on hospitalising patients who are seriously ill with Covid-19 and those at risk of becoming so, officials said, to avoid strain on the medical system as cases surge in Olympics host city Tokyo and elsewhere.…

Britain struck its first post-Brexit trade deal with Japan on Friday, hailing the agreement as a “historic moment”, just as it is struggling to clinch a deal with its closest trading partners in the European Union. Britain said the deal,…