JAPAN

Beijing struck back at Tokyo, saying the country has become a “regional wave-maker keen on rocking the boat” in the contested region.

Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, a soccer fan, China has laid out a plan to become a “world football superpower.”

China has rattled nerves in the South China Sea with its controversial reclamation work in waters that are also claimed by other countries.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made the comments in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which was devastated by an atomic bomb.

European stocks and U.S. stock futures pointed up Monday even as Asian markets showed mixed results and crude oil prices dipped again.

Japan kicked off a gathering of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies in a city destroyed by a U.S. atom bomb more than 70 years ago.

Central bank efforts to keep Japan’s currency down aren’t working. Early Friday, the yen reached a 17-month high against the U.S. dollar.

Major indexes slumped Thursday as investors worried that measures by central banks may not be enough to boost the global economy.

The new recall is unrelated to Takata’s massive recall of about 24 million vehicles worldwide due to air bags installed in cars dating back more than a decade.

The U.S. dollar fell further against the Japanese yen Thursday after minutes of a Federal Reserve meeting released Wednesday offered little prospect of a rise in interest rates in July.

A Texas teenager died March 31 following a minor traffic accident that authorities say she “should have walked away from.”

The naval group of Russian Pacific Fleet left from the Vladivostok base in the far-eastern region for a long-distance mission on March 28.

Equity markets the world over had been hit hard Tuesday, but optimism over a prospective oil output freeze buoyed the markets Wednesday.

China has been consistently expanding its presence in the disputed area while maintaining that it has no intentions of starting a conflict.

The world economy’s prospects will decline further unless authorities take stronger action, International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde warned Tuesday.

The Silicon Valley automaker sold 14,280 cars in the quarter, below its target of 16,000, citing a Model X parts shortage.

However, it said the government "firmly maintains a policy principle that it does not possess nuclear weapons of any type."

Investor sentiment perked up after data showed a sustained recovery in the U.S. labor market and a rebound in Chinese manufacturing activity.

The massive recall was triggered by defective power steering and a part that controls the electric current in the vehicles.

Nearly 8,000 U.S. and Filipino troops began annual military exercises Monday amid tension over China’s greater assertiveness in the South China Sea.

Philippines has sought to strengthen ties with Tokyo as tensions mount over the disputed waters in the South China Sea, most of which is claimed by China.