Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda

On another down day for U.S. equities, a surprising group of ETFs are noticeably higher: Japan ETFs. With the world's third-largest economy likely to hold elections next month, traders are speculating that Shinzo Abe, head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, will become the country's...

Japan's July-September quarter GDP turned in its worst performance since the period immediately following last year's devastating earthquake. Real GDP fell at an annual rate of 3.5 percent during the quarter, according to figures released by the Cabinet Office today. “Shipments to Asia, Europe and...