Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level in 30 Years

The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up ...
Newsday

Japan's economy grows for a second straight quarter on the back of consumer spending

TOKYO — Japan’s economy eked out an annual rate of 0.9% growth in the July-September period as consumer spending held up, government data showed Friday. The world’s fourth-largest economy grew 0 ...
The Japan Times

Japan adopts local revitalization strategy to help realize a strong economy

The strategy aims to raise labor productivity per person in rural areas to or above that in the Tokyo metropolitan area and ...
The Diplomat

Why Japan’s Economic Security Strategy Depends on a Deeper Pivot to Central Asia

The upcoming C5+Japan Summit offers Tokyo its clearest opportunity in two decades to align its foreign policy with its ...
Washington Examiner

Japan’s economy shrank as a result of Trump’s tariffs

Japan‘s economy contracted at a 1.8% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2025, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have caught up with the island nation’s exports. Trump reached a trade deal ...
Kyodo News on MSN

Bank of Japan chief Ueda vows further rate hikes if economy, prices permit

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Thursday reiterated his readiness to continue raising interest rates in line with ...

What to know about the Bank of Japan's interest rate hike

The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate Friday to a 30-year high, as widely expected, and financial markets shrugged ...

Japan holds economic view steady in monthly report

The Japanese government revised down its view on public investment but largely kept its overall outlook on the economy intact ...
Yahoo

Japan, China Discuss Economy as US Tariff Pressure Rises

(Bloomberg) -- Japan and China held their first economic dialogue in six years in Tokyo on Saturday, an event aimed at reducing tensions between the Asian giants as they face trade pressure from ...
East Asia Forum

Is Japan’s economic security strategy economical?

Japan’s bid for strategic indispensability in semiconductors will only work with increased international cooperation and ...
Seeking Alpha

Japan's Day Of Economic Reckoning

Trump has imposed a 25 percent import tariff on Japanese automobiles and a 10 percent base-line tariff on all other imports from Japan. In addition, he has threatened to impose a 24 percent ...

Seeing Japan's older workers made me wonder how the US could better prepare for an aging economy

Japan's aging workforce, labor shortages, and government policies show how the country has adapted as 30% of its population ...