China, inflation could pop Japan PM’s bubble
Charming Donald Trump one week, angering China the next, Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has had a busy…
Japan gets $135 billion economic stimulus package to help counter impact of high prices
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet approved a 21.3 trillion yen ($135.4 billion) stimulus package Friday to help spur…
Japan’s global exports rise, but higher tariffs dent shipments to the US
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s global exports rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier while imports from the…
Developing | China tells Japan to ‘behave’ properly as it dismisses call for talks
China has urged Tokyo to “behave with restraint” after it called for talks amid the diplomatic freeze over…
Japan-China spat over Taiwan comments sinks tourism stocks
Japanese tourism and retail shares dived on Monday after China warned its citizens to avoid the tourist hotspot…
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…
Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ woos Trump with golf gifts
Japan’s new prime minister laid it on thick. There was the gift of 250 cherry trees for America’s…
The Great Debasement Debate Is Rippling Across Global Markets
(Bloomberg) — Beneath the surface of the short-term ups and downs of financial markets, a longer-term repricing of…
Asian markets mostly higher in quiet holiday trading after AI deals push Wall St to more records
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday in quiet holiday trading, while Japan’s benchmark rose to…