Japan’s economy was on track to surpass the U.S., dominating global markets and leading the world in technology and finance. But today, it faces decades of stagnation, deflation, and slow growth. What ...

The Japan News By Hironari Akiyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent 15:01 JST, June 23, 2025 BRUSSELS — The Japanese government will strengthen its cooperation with the Central and Eastern European ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. business activity slowed marginally in June, though prices increased further amid President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs on imported goods, suggesting that an acceleration ...

Japan called off a key meeting with the United States. This followed a demand from the Trump administration. The US wanted Japan to significantly increase its defense spending. The request was higher ...

But Tokyo scrapped the meeting after the US asked Japan to boost defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product, higher than an earlier request of 3%, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources ...

Investing.com -- Japan’s government is planning to reduce sales of super-long bonds more than initially planned in a revision to its bond issuance program for the current fiscal year, according to ...

Japan’s consumer prices have surged to the fastest pace in two years, placing economic pressure firmly at the centre of the country’s upcoming upper house election. The rise in costs, led by a sharp ...

Economy Published 06/20/2025, 02:17 PM 0 Japan plans to cut super-long bond sales in fiscal year revision - Reuters 8301 0.00% ...

So, for example, the U.S. is 70% of ACWI compared to the Japan bubble when the U.S. was only 30. Or 40% of investment grade bonds are owned by offshore, non-U.S. investors.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party unveiled its campaign promises for the upcoming Upper House election Thursday, focusing on cash handouts of ¥20,000 ($137) for everyone and ¥40,000 for ...

Ahead of its US release this July, a poster and trailer have arrived online for the Japanese horror-comedy Hot Spring Shark Attack. Written and directed by Morihito Inoue, the film sees the people ...

On June 16, commencing at 1:40 p.m. (local time. 4:40 a.m. on June 17, Japan time.) for approximately 40 minutes, Mr. ISHIBA Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan, attended the G7 Kananaskis Summit Session ...