Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament on Friday ahead of a snap election on Feb. 8, counting on her Cabinet’s high poll numbers to steer her otherwise unpopular ruling party to victory.

Looking at the Dow exchange and Tuesday's drop, you may chalk it up to Greenland. But the warning signs are deeper—and concerning.

The chief of Japan's largest trade union umbrella group Rengo on Wednesday pressed the ‍government to steer economic policy toward stabilising foreign exchange rates, saying that the weak yen is accelerating inflation through

The leader of Japan’s largest labor union group urged Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government to stabilize currencies and prices, as inflation continues to hit households and workers.