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

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

On December 9, 2025, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a significant declaration regarding the nation's economic ...

Governor Kazuo Ueda announced that the likelihood of the central bank's economic forecasts coming to fruition is streng ...

TOKYO--The Japanese economy shrank at a faster pace than initially estimated in the July-September period, revised data showed, confirming its first contraction in six quarters. Economists say the ...

Steve Forbes praises Prime Minister Takaichi’s Thatcheresque inclinations, which could help Japan dig out of its economic rut. He warns that pursuing the same course as before will result in failure.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signaled her determination to ramp up the active use of fiscal policy to power economic growth by dropping an annual budget-balancing goal that favors financial ...

Discover Japan Inc., a term describing Japan's centralized economic system and export-led growth strategy from the 1980s, leading to economic stagnation in the 1990s.

Japan’s new prime minister, Takaichi Sanae, outlined an ambitious vision for Japan’s economy and security in her first policy speech at the Diet on October 24, pledging to confront soaring living ...

For the past decade, Japan’s foreign policy has been organized around a strategic purpose: promote and defend the international rules-based order. Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and his successors, ...

The Japanese economy shrank 1.8 percent from the same quarter last year as U.S. tariffs dampened automobile exports and prompted a bleak outlook for growth. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...