When President Donald Trump sat down to lunch with his Japanese counterpart this month, talk turned quickly to how Tokyo could help realise a decades-old proposal to unlock gas in Alaska and ship it to U.

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A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing New York Dow, left, and Japan's Nikkei indexes at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO – Asian shares were mixed Friday after a sharp slide for Walmart helped pull Wall Street off record highs.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 2.9% to 37,155.50, pulled lower by plunging prices for shares in technology companies. Computer chip test equipment maker Advantest sank 8.8%, Disco Corp., another equipment maker,

Shares sagged Tuesday in Asia as worries over U.S.-China trade friction weighed on the outlook for the region. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 1.1% to 38,336.73 after markets in Japan

Shares opened higher in Europe but sagged Tuesday in Asia as worries over U.S.-China trade friction weighed on the outlook for the region. Dramatically shifting transatlantic

Some of Wall Street’s brightest stars lost more of their shine Tuesday after another report said U.S. households are getting more pessimistic about the economy. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% and had been down as much as 1.

It’s coming off a three-day losing streak after setting an all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 201 points, or 0.5%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.

Wall Street was sluggish in the early going Tuesday as geopolitical concerns and President Donald Trump's trade policies weighed on markets. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are virtually unchanged before the opening bell.

U.S. stock indexes are heading for another drop following the latest signal that inflation, tariffs and other policies coming from Washington have U.S. consumers feeling more pessimistic about the eco

Micah Parsons just dropped into the world of sumo wrestling and walked away with a win. During his Asia tour with Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud, the Dallas Cowboys star linebacker decided to test himself against a professional sumo wrestler in Tokyo.

The bustling capital city is not only Asia's wealthiest but also ranks among the top three globally, thanks to its jaw-dropping number of billionaires and millionaires