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Japan’s first female leader needs to fulfill pledges to cut taxes and increase spending without spooking bond investors.

A new currency crisis could be in the offing, Desmond Lachman writes in a guest commentary.

Developments from Tokyo to Beijing to London and Washington have the potential to send yields higher. Wall Street is watching.

Sanae Takaichi wins the strongest electoral mandate in Japan since World War II.

The January jobs report is coming this week, the robot revolution is getting real, Hims & Hers backs down on Wegovy knockoff, and more news to start your day.

For its fiscal third quarter, Toyota reported an operating profit of about ¥1.2 trillion ($7.6 billion). Wall Street was looking for about $6.7 billion. And the operating officer will succeed the current chief executive.

With foreign stocks outperforming domestic stocks, investors are getting products tied to international indexes with downside protection.

Global oil benchmarks fall as geopolitical tensions ease.

TSMC will produce 3-nanometer chips at its Kumamoto site in Japan as it races to meet demand for AI chips.

The deal still leaves high tariffs in place, Gary Shapiro writes in a guest commentary.

Investment strategists weigh in on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve. Plus, investment newsletter commentary on Taiwan’s GDP, tech stocks, and population growth.

Micron is the chief rival of South Korea’s Samsung and SK Hynix in the memory-chip market.

If foreign investors really start to dump U.S. assets, this number could be the reason.

Plans for looser fiscal policy in Japan have triggered big moves in the yen and Japanese government bonds that have investors increasingly on edge around the world.

Micron Technology is making another major investment amid surging memory-chip demand but it is wary of causing a glut in supply.

The European Union and India struck a free-trade agreement Tuesday, strengthening their relationship amid tariff tension from the U.S.

President Donald Trump said he was raising the levies on autos, pharmaceuticals, and lumber from South Korea because their legislature hasn’t approved the U.S. trade agreement.

Micron stock has surged on excitement around high-bandwidth memory chips but it doesn't have the market to itself.

The dollar is tumbling. There’s likely more weakness to come.

With debt running at 200% of GDP, unfunded tax cuts could be a problem. Still, the PM is very popular, and Japan is a creditor nation with a currency that is seemingly fated to rebound.

European stocks could turn into losers, depending on what ultimately happens in Greenland. Japanese stocks are drawing interest because of the country’s new prime minister.

Stocks wiped out all their gains for the year on the back of a big spike in bond yields.

U.S. assets are tumbling amid President Donald Trump’s push to control Greenland.

Precious metals reach record highs following Trump's Greenland tariff threat

President Donald Trump’s threats are rattling the market, although investors “may be pricing in a generous degree of bluff.”