Ms Takaichi, a hawkish conservative, took office in October after winning an internal contest to lead the ruling Liberal ...

Shigeto Nagai, Head of Japan Economics at Oxford Economics, talks about how wage growth & rising inflation dynamics feed into ...

Japan’s annual inflation rate decreased to 2.1% in December 2025, down from 2.9% in November and the lowest since March 2022.

The BOJ also upgraded its GDP forecast for the 2025 fiscal year to 0.9%, and also raised its GDP projection for the 2026 fiscal year to 1% from 0.7%.

This week’s bond-market hubbub highlights the perils of a much-needed return to normalcy.

The Japanese government largely retained its cautiously optimistic view of the economy in its economic report published on ...

In the 1980s, Japan was unstoppable - until the bubble burst. This video explores how real estate and stock market speculation drove the Japanese economy to dizzying heights, and how the crash that ...

Japan's plan to return to a primary budget surplus for the first time in decades has been pushed back again, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi presses ahead with what she calls a "proactive" fiscal ...

It took $280 million of trading to push Japan's government bond market into meltdown, with a $41 billion wipeout across the ...

The three-wire cable car route to the summit of Fansipan – the highest peak in Vietnam and Indochina – makes a strong ...

Initial checks identified the device as an MK-82 general-purpose bomb, measuring 30 centimetres in diameter, 140 centimetres ...

China's trade with North Korea in 2025 rose 25 percent from the previous year to about $2.74 billion, official data showed ...