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AFP/APP Hong Kong:Asian markets rose Friday after falling for much of the week, with below-forecast US data injecting some fresh life into hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. The readings came ahead of the…

AFP/APP Tokyo:Tokyo stocks opened flat on Wednesday after shares on Wall Street ended mixed. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.03 percent, or 12.52 points, at 38,867.89 in early trade, while the broader Topix index was down 0.05…

AFP/APP Tokyo:Tokyo's main stock index closed lower on Tuesday, in line with broad losses in Asia, as investors look ahead to the release of key US inflation data.   The benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 0.11 percent, or 44.65 points, to…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursday following gains on Wall Street, as investors focus on corporate earnings. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.15 percent, or 57.44 points, to 38,259.81 in early trade, while the…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday as investors took heart from Wall Street rallies on strong job data. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 1.01 percent, or 392.88 points, at 39,384.96 in early trade, while the…

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: Central Tokyo logged a record-high temperature for March at 28.1 degrees Celsius, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The summer-like heat was recorded at 1:32 p.m. local time in Chiyoda Ward, at the…

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: A tsunami measuring about 3 metres high reached Japan's Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa prefecture following a powerful earthquake that struck the region on New Year's Day, according to the plant's operator.…

Xinhua/APP Tokyo: Japan, like many other regions of the world, experienced the highest average temperatures ever recorded in the year 2023 amid unprecedented climate conditions, the country's weather agency said on Friday. Japan's…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Senator of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Kamran Michael, said on Saturday that Christmas is a festival of happiness in which everybody's participation makes this pleasure dual. He expressed these views while…

Xinhua Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan on Sunday, according to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be…