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Japan’s economy today offers a window into the potential trends and challenges that could shape the next decade for both the ...
Japan's government on Friday brushed aside rare and explicit comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who said the ...
Japan's Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday the government must closely watch the economic and price backdrop behind recent business sector calls for the central bank to raise interest ...
Japan's economy expanded an annualised 1.0% in the April-June quarter, government data showed on Friday, beating forecasts, though analysts expect the full hit to growth from U.S. tariffs will not be ...
In the wake of the upper house election results, Japanese politics is in flux. Will emerging forces encourage a draft away ...
Right-wing populists, viral social media posts, and deep-seated economic anxieties have amplified the belief that foreigners ...
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s power waned as the LDP and Komeito lost their upper house majority in Japan’s July 20 ...
New and higher tariffs are set to take effect this week, amid signs the president's economic policies are resulting in higher prices and slower economic growth.
Economic growth softened in the first half of the year, as tariffs and uncertainty upended business plans and scrambled consumers’ spending decisions.