Tokyo shares ended the morning session higher on Wednesday as sentiment here was boosted by a better-than-expected industrial output data for September.
Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher on early Wednesday, with its benchmark Nikkei stock index briefly rising more than 2 percent following the overnight rally on Wall Street.
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower early Tuesday morning on selling after a nearly 4-percent rally the previous day.
Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on early Thursday morning, with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index hitting a 4.5-month low on the dollar's depreciation in New York overnight.
Tokyo shares ended higher on Monday as sentiment here was lifted by gains on Wall Street last weekend and a weaker yen.
Tokyo stocks opened lower on early Wednesday morning, with investor sentiment undermined by Japan's weaker-than-expected core machinery orders data for July released before the opening quotation.
Nepal's political parties are making little effort to resolve the contentious issues of the new constitution, party leaders and observers said on Monday.
Nepal's major parties have expedited bilateral and multilateral talks in a bid to settle the contentious issues of the new constitution within next three weeks, cross party leaders said on Monday.
Malaysia, who will become the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2015, is looking to increase engagement in the bloc and foster solidarity and development, an official statement said on Sunday.
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting scheduled for Jan. 22-26 in Davos of Switzerland would be a platform for global elites to probe into a variety of underlining issues in today's world, said founder of WEF on Wednesday.
India and the U.S. have held senior diplomatic level talks in the national capital, local media reported Thursday.
The ministers and representatives of the 12 participating countries in the ambitious but controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks failed to reach a deal on Tuesday after four days of meetings in Singapore, leaving market access as one of the main gaps.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said on Monday that the gaps between Washington and Tokyo still remain after the bilateral talks during the recent round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ministerial meeting here.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) started its annual meeting Wednesday at the Swiss ski resort of Davos under the theme "Reshaping of World."
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday urged Syria's warring sides to set a basic framework to shape their peace talks.
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden will visit Japan, China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) early next month to discuss regional and global issues, the White House said on Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss issues including Iran and the Israeli- Palestinian peace talks, the White House said.
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