Kishida sees growth strategy as game changer for yen
Joint U.S.-Japan intervention has supported the yen for now, but isn’t a game-changer for the currency or the…
Japan wants 60 million tourists, but China isn’t sending them
Japan has found a new export industry and it doesn’t come off an assembly line. It arrives by…
Japan mulls delaying minimum wage hike
The government is considering delaying its goal of raising the country’s average minimum hourly wages to ¥1,500 (about…
Japan feels the squeeze as China’s rare earth magnet exports only partly recover
China’s exports of rare earth permanent magnets to Japan slightly rebounded in April after slumping the previous month,…
Exclusive-Japan’s extra budget to include funding from fresh debt, source says
By Tamiyuki Kihara and Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 18 (Reuters) – Japan’s government is likely to issue fresh…
Surprise, unease in Japan after Trump uses Pearl Harbor to defend Iran war
TOKYO (AP) — Senior U.S. and Japanese officials tend to shy away from anything but very careful public…
Canada’s Carney to visit India, Australia, and Japan
Feb 23 (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to India, Australia, and Japan, from February…
Japan’s CPI Cools to Slowest Pace in Two Years on Distortions
Japan’s key inflation gauge eased to the slowest pace in two years, posing a communication challenge for a…
Japan’s fragile Q4 economic recovery poses early test for Takaichi
By Makiko Yamazaki and Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Japan’s economy limped back to meagre growth…
Japan’s fragile Q4 economic recovery poses early test for Takaichi
By Makiko Yamazaki and Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Japan’s economy limped back to meagre growth…
Takaichi expecting additional BOJ rate hike — but not in spring — adviser says
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expects the Bank of japan to raise its policy interest rate in the near…
Japan’s wage squeeze undermines Takaichi’s ‘trickle down’ plans
Despite a decisive election victory built on promises to ease Japan’s cost-of-living crisis, fresh government data released this…