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

Japan's stock market reached all-time highs in 2026 because of some simple regulatory changes behind the scenes.

Japan’s economy faces a mixed outlook as 2025 concludes, highlighted by an unexpected 0.9% year-on-year drop in retail sales and a second consecutive month of slight industrial production declines.

Japan’s economy shrank at a slower pace than anticipated in the third quarter of 2025, supported by resilient domestic consumption even as exports weakened under the weight of US tariffs and cooling ...

Japan's diplomatic row with China is casting a shadow on its economy, as Beijing exerts pressure through tourism and trade policies. Japan's Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Minoru ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's new economic revitalisation minister, Minoru Kiuchi, said on Tuesday a weak yen has benefits to the economy and its demerits could be addressed by swiftly compiling a package ...

TOKYO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Japanese government largely retained its cautiously optimistic view of the economy in its ...

TOKYO — The Japan that first caught President Donald Trump’s attention in the 1980s was a Japan of glitzy excess and big dreams, a place so flush with cash that businessmen dropped $14,000 tips at ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's economy shrank almost 2% in the three months through September, as a drop in exports in the face of U.S. tariffs resulted in the first contraction in six quarters, government ...

TOKYO – Japan’s economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit exports and private residential investment plunged. Data released by the government ...

TOKYO — Japan’s economy contracted at an annual pace of 2.3% in the July-September period, the government reported Monday, as exports suffered from the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit exports and private residential investment plunged. Data released by the ...