The Bank of Japan should be mindful of the risk of inflation accelerating due to the yen's prolonged weakness, as Japan's ...

The Nikkei's latest surge reflects a combination of global monetary shifts and spillover from the AI boom converging with ...

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The United States and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to "market determined" exchange rates, while agreeing that foreign ...

Former Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, a prime ministerial hopeful running in the ruling party's leadership race ...

Japan's key stock indexes ended at fresh all-time highs on Wednesday, boosted by rises in technology shares amid hopes for ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Friday morning as investors were relieved after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...

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The Bank of Japan predicted growth of just 0.5 percent, cutting its previous forecast in half, and decided against another hike in interest rates. By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from ...

About the author: William Pesek is a longtime Asia opinion writer, based in Tokyo. He is a former columnist for Barron’s and Bloomberg and the author of Japanization: What the World Can Learn from ...

A look at five lawmakers who could step up to succeed Shigeru Ishiba - three from his ruling LDP and two from opposition ...

Japan Post Bank said it would launch a digital yen by the end of fiscal 2026 to make it more convenient for its depositors to ...