In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened lower on Wall Street cues and declined to the close, finishing off 1.8% after a three-day weekend. The benchmark Nikkei 225 fell 716.10 to 38,474.30, as losing ...

Part of that promise came true last year ... The yen’s slide over the past three years was spurred in large part by the Bank of Japan’s longtime policy of keeping interest rates at or below ...