The U.S. president culminated his trip to Japan with a historic visit to Hiroshima, which was targeted by an American atomic bomb, saying: “The memory of the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, must never fade.”
Asian stocks pulled ahead on Friday after U.S. data released on Thursday showed durable goods orders, pending home sales and initial jobless claims coming in strong.
Obama becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan.
The first to connect the U.S. and southern Europe, the 4,100-mile cable will be managed by Telefonica’s telecommunications infrastructure unit Telxius.
The U.S. is expected to see the strongest growth among the Group of Seven economies while Japan could see the weakest growth.
After the lifting of the U.S. arms embargo, Vietnam aims to upgrade its air and maritime defense capabilities.
The G-7 meeting comes at a time when economies are still struggling to recover from the China slowdown and the plunge in commodities.
Manolo Blahnik's first flagship store in Tokyo will be ready by 2017.
The comments by the Japanese prime minister come ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Hiroshima later this week.
Canadian John Ridsdel, a former mining executive, was beheaded by the Abu Sayyaf on the southern island of Jolo on April 25.
A slump in mainland China stocks dampened broader interest in riskier assets in Asia, offsetting overnight gains on Wall Street.
The yen surged on Thursday, taking some of the wind out of the sails of the recently buoyant dollar and leaving investors scrambling to cover positions.
Australian share futures rose 0.6 percent overnight, while U.S.-traded Nikkei futures point to a gain of 1.0 percent in Japanese shares.
President Obama will be the first sitting American leader to visit Hiroshima, but he will not apologize for the decision to drop an atomic bomb.
Leaders will examine potential risks to the global economy when they gather this week for their summit in western Japan.
Among other topics, the leaders of the U.S. and Japan will discuss the prevention of crime by people at U.S. military bases.
Investors took cues early Wednesday from sharp gains Tuesday in European and U.S. financial markets.
Anheuser-Busch InBev's takeover of SABMiller will give it a third of the global beer market, far more than nearest rival Heineken.
North Korea’s ambassador to the United Nations has termed the Republican candidate’s willingness to meet Kim Jong Un as “propaganda.”
Strong demand for wearable devices, appliances and home theaters failed to offset weak sales of mobile phones and computers.
Global stock markets edged lower while short-dated U.S. Treasury yields held near two-month highs on Monday.
Considering the celebrity chef’s past criticism of President Barack Obama, Monday night’s dinner conversation was probably a thing to behold.