Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi wants to spend big to boost sluggish growth, despite the country's already huge debt load. An ...

Japan and China are heading towards a new, albeit contained, rivalry. To mitigate the economic and security impacts of ...

While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

Diplomatic crises often change the stakes for each, and for the Japanese, the consequences of this crisis are multifaceted.

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 ...

Japan has been facing a continuous population decline for several years. The declining birth rate and ageing population are ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi, a contender to become Japan's next prime minister and the country's first woman leader, proposed fiscal spending to support investment in essential sectors such as ...

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 ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s ruling party is in trouble, and it knows it. The country is rife with political instability, having cycled through four prime ministers in the last five years – all members of ...

The Japanese yen is too weak, meaning the gap between the currency’s spot rate and what is consistent with Japan’s economic ...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito suffered a decisive defeat in the July 2025 upper house election, failing to win a majority for the second consecutive ...

From its origins in 1955 as a US-sponsored bulwark against the Left, the conservative Liberal Democratic Party has dominated ...