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Japan on Tuesday set up an administrative body aimed at easing citizens' concerns over the rapid rise in the number of ...

The insurer's plan to purchase more Japanese super-long bonds comes amid concerns a defeat for the ruling coalition in the ...

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Japan's top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held talks with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on U.S. tariffs on ...

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Governments that want to compete with China or the US cannot continue on their existing path. They need to do something ...

Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 2008 ahead of an upper house election.

TOKYO: Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 per cent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday (July 18), piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.