China's relations are starting to improvewith Japan, India and other countries that former U.S. President Joe Biden courted, just as Donald Trump brings his more unilateralist approach back to the White House.

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.

The US secured ties with key Asian allies Japan and the Philippines ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with President Joe Biden expressing optimism that a trilateral alliance will continue.

The move would mark the central bank's first rate hike since July last year, when it increased rates to 0.25%.

World leaders congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration Monday, with many urging stronger alliances or continued cooperation between their countries and the United States, in carefully crafted social media posts and statements.

(MENAFN- Asia Times) TOKYO – Even before Donald Trump's return to the White House, Japan is experiencing something of an economic reckoning that government officials seem to be missing.

Individual Japanese investors welcomed the first trading week of the year by snapping up the largest amount of the nation’s stocks in nine months.

The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the China-focused "Quad" grouping's top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

India and Australia also said their foreign ministers would attend the swearing-in ceremony as Trump returns to the White House ... foreign minister in October. Japan, a longtime US ally that ...

Week one of the Trump administration was, as advertised, full of excitement in financial markets — just not the kind of excitement most investors had anticipated.

President Trump’s accusation that Bank of America’ dropped conservatives as clients serves as a reminder C.E.O.s may face unexpected attacks by the White House.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain regional security and prepare for tough negotiations with U.S.