Japan

Today, the Japan Nikkei Index went up another 1.8 percent to get very close to a six year high.

Prices are up in Japan -- and that's a good thing.

Airbus's gain is Boeing's loss.

Japan is hiking its national sales tax, from 5 percent all the way to 8 percent.

False information from a Japanese newspaper moved investor activity.

Does a bidding country’s economy factor into whether it gets to host the Olympic games?

Japan's latest response to the Fukushima radiation leak sounds like science fiction: A wall of ice. Ice walls are common in tunneling; it's the radiation that makes this job different.

The U.S. wants to make it easier for American automakers to get their cars in front of Japanese customers.

The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will now control both houses of parliament. What does the new majority mean for Abe's economic plans?

Honda sales are up and the company sales it expects to become a net exporter of vehicles from the U.S. by late next year.