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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar weakened against the yen on Thursday, as softer-than-expected U.S. economic data and growing confidence for a Bank of Japan interest-rate hike sent it tumbling ...

Tesla and X owner Elon Musk played a key role in securing the release of Cecilia Sala, the Italian journalist who was arrested in Iran last month, according to reports. Musk used a personal ...

The billionaire tech entrepreneur interceded on behalf of Cecilia Sala, 29, who was arrested in December and incarcerated in the notorious Evin prison while on a reporting trip in the Islamic ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

The Japanese Yen attracts fresh buyers in reaction to BoJ Governor Ueda's hawkish remarks. Intervention fears also underpin the JPY and weigh on USD/JPY amid subdued USD demand. The risk-on mood ...

Spending by foreign visitors surged to 8.14 trillion yen ($51.78bn), a 53 percent rise from the previous year. The boom in arrivals has been spurred, in part, by the slumping value of the yen ...

The city government of Kyoto said Tuesday it will raise its lodging tax for people staying at hotels and other accommodations from March 2026, setting the maximum rate at a sharply higher 10,000 yen ...

The Japanese Yen attracts fresh sellers on Tuesday amid wavering BoJ rate hike expectations. Easing fears about Trump's tariff plans boosts the risk sentiment and undermines the JPY. Hawkish Fed ...

Japan's ancient city of Kyoto has officially announced it will raise the cap on its accommodation tax tenfold to 10,000 yen, or about 63 dollars, a night. The city started collecting the tax in ...