Japan's central bank may face political pressure to keep interest rates low for longer than it wants, as opposition parties ...

As nations worldwide race to meet the 2050 carbon neutrality target, Japan has emerged as a key player in implementing "green ...

Japan’s economic rebound from the pandemic-induced contraction has been modest and uneven. Real GDP has grown in fits and starts since the sharp 2020 collapse, and as of Q1 2025, it remains just ...

The stronger-than-expected data confirmed that the Japanese economy remains on a mild growth path, supporting expectations that the Bank of Japan will raise the policy rate again later this year ...

Japan pursued a reflationary policy led by monetary stimulus under former premier Shinzo Abe which has helped pull the world's No. 3 economy out of 15 years of deflation. Sign up here.

Japan faces a stark choice these days: Either open up to gaijins—foreigners—or face economic collapse. There was a time Japan was the world’s second largest economy, on track to bypass the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Thursday maintained a cautious outlook for the economy in part as policymakers kept a wary eye on U.S. President Donald Trump's policies and their potential ...

Japan’s new economic security policy has been guided by the government’s preoccupation with past success in the field of industrial policy. METI is the successor to the Ministry of International Trade ...

Japan’s monetary policy shift, ending its experiment with negative interest rates, is unlikely to yield the expected results amid China’s economic stagnation.

Japanese Policy And Economic Outcomes. One only needs to look at the Japanese economy to understand that Q.E., low-interest rate policies, and debt expansion have done little economically.

Japan will issue government bonds worth roughly 40% of the size of its economy. All else being equal, borrowing could account for nearly 60% of the government’s revenue in 2020. A third spending ...

Those policies have had a mixed record. “The market is up, the unemployment rate is low, so that’s a good thing for the economy,” said Nobuko Kobayashi, a partner in Tokyo with the Japanese ...