Takaichi is expected to finalize this week a fiscal stimulus package of roughly $110 billion, worth more than 2% of the ...

Expectations for more stimulus have been growing since Sanae Takaichi—a known fiscal expansionist—won the leadership election ...

Stress is spreading among weaker firms that have to refinance just as yen borrowing costs rise to the highest since the late ...

Japan just sent a shockwave through global bond markets. The country's 20-year government bond yield surged to 2.75%. This is ...

The last thing that an over-indebted Japan struggling with inflation needs is a prime minister who advocates fiscal stimulus and a loose monetary policy to stimulate the Japanese economy. This would ...

For equity investors, a big risk comes from a shift in global sentiment: sudden volatility in Japan often prompts investors ...

Japan’s economy in 2025 stands at an uncertain juncture. Exports are slipping, the yen is tumbling, and Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru is racing against time to avert a trade cliff with the United ...

An unexpected result in Japan’s leadership contest over the weekend rippled through global financial markets with the dollar surging against the yen on Sunday. On Saturday, the ruling Liberal ...

The mechanism for inflation and wages to grow together is recovering,” Ueda told reporters on Tuesday after his first bilateral meeting with the prime minister.

Real GDP fell 0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter, according to the Cabinet Office. The figures lay bare the sluggishness of the Japanese economy and expose deeper vulnerabilities stemming from a complex ...