published Dec 29, 2017 5:00:00 PM, by Brian Chappatta (Bloomberg) — Few bond traders around the world will raise a glass to toast U.S. Treasuries and the dollar this New Year’s Eve. Among the countries represented in the Bloomberg Barclays global sovereign-debt index, U.S. obligations had the worst 2017 total

published Jun 27th 2016, 4:00 pm, by Natasha Khan (Bloomberg) — Four years ago, Shinya Yamanaka received a phone call that would forever change his destiny. The Kyoto University professor had won a Nobel Prize for his work in stem cell biology, which has since sparked a torrent of investment

published Jun 7th 2016, 6:59 pm, by Keiko Ujikane (Bloomberg) — Japan’s economy grew more than the government initially reported for the first quarter, driven by an upward revision in business investment. Gross domestic product expanded by an annualized 1.9 percent in the three months ended March 31, more than

©2016 Bloomberg News O4TQ766K50XZ (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump’s apparent willingness to upend decades of U.S. security dominance in Asia is baffling major allies given China’s increasing clout and North Korea’s nuclear threats. The billionaire front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination has told the New York Times he’d be prepared to

©2016 Bloomberg News O1MW996JIJW1 (Bloomberg) — It’s been three years since Asian stock investors faced volatility this severe. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index has moved up or down more than 1 percent for six straight days, the longest stretch since equities were rocked by the European debt crisis in June

©2015 Bloomberg News NYPIMT6KLVRC (Bloomberg) — Japan is at risk of cyber attacks on its essential infrastructure by Islamic State, the country’s minister in charge of public safety said in an interview two weeks after a series of lethal terrorist attacks in Paris. Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission

©2015 Bloomberg News NXVW5R6JIJU (Bloomberg) — If Japan’s economy is in trouble, you wouldn’t know it from the stock market. In what’s shaping up to be a pretty forgettable year for global equity investors, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Japan is one of the few places providing double-digit returns that are

©2015 Bloomberg News NSBYF26JTSEB (To get alerts for commodities columns: SALT CMMKT) (Bloomberg) — The fastest-growing drinks market in Japan isn’t craft beer or fruit smoothies. It’s $1 cups of black coffee from the local 7-Eleven. “Convenience-store coffee is just great, given its low price,” said Kiyoshi Fujimoto, a 50-year-old

©2015 Bloomberg View NPLH4I6JTSE8 (Bloomberg View) — Americans are worried about robots taking their jobs. Japanese people should be salivating at the prospect. Japan continues to power ahead in the field of robotics. Although Japanese companies have lost their dominance in fields such as consumer electronics and semiconductors, in robots