Japan’s populist debt-fuelled spending plan alarms economists
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defended her 21.3 trillion yen (US$136.5 billion) stimulus package in parliament on Wednesday,…
Japan approves $135B stimulus package to help revive sluggish economy
Japan’s Cabinet approved a 21.3 trillion yen ($135.4 billion) stimulus package Friday to help spur the economy through…
Japan approves $135 billion stimulus package to help revive its sluggish economy
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet approved a 21.3 trillion yen ($135.4 billion) stimulus package Friday to help spur…
Japan’s Takaichi Shifts Economic Policy With Looser Budget Goal
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signaled her determination to ramp up the active use of fiscal policy to…
Japan’s Ruling Bloc Partner Warns Against Mixed-Message BOJ Hike
A Bank of Japan move to raise interest rates at a time when the government is calling on…
Takaichi might be more of a supply-sider than a Keynesian
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is known as an easy-money, fiscal and monetary dove who is going to spend…
Bessent Calls on Japan to Give BOJ Space to Fight Inflation
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on Japan’s new government to give the nation’s central bank the space…
Trump and new Japanese prime minister sign deal to 'secure' rare earths supply – The Journal
Trump and new Japanese prime minister sign deal to ‘secure’ rare earths supply The JournalTrump praises troops and tariffs…
Bessent Says Japan’s Expansionary Policy Helping Stocks
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke favorably of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s expansionary fiscal stance, telling his…
Japan’s exports and imports grow in September despite Trump’s tariffs
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports grew 4.2% in September, according to government data Wednesday, on robust shipments to…
The Great Debasement Debate Is Rippling Across World Markets
(Bloomberg) — Beneath the surface of the short-term ups and downs of financial markets, a longer-term repricing of…
‘Quite exceptional’: Previously unknown Picasso portrait unveiled in Paris
PARIS, Sept 19 — A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed…