Japan's economy is experiencing a shift towards normality, resulting in increased volatility for the yen and Japanese assets.

In 2026, Japan’s fragmented Diet will have less room to govern as economic pressures, demographic decline and regional uncertainties sharpen policy trade-offs ...

Tokyo is spending heavily to regain a leading role in semiconductors, backing plants in Kumamoto and the high-risk Rapidus venture in the name of economic security. Public funding already exceeds ...

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 ...

On October 21, Sanae Takaichi, the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was voted in as the 104 th prime minister of Japan; the first woman selected for the nation’s highest post.

TOKYO—Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year and faces a bumpy road ahead owing to the impact of U.S. trade policy. Japan’s real gross domestic product declined 0.2% in the January-March ...

At least on Japan, Warren Buffett’s investment strategy seems to be of the better-late-than-never variety. It was only after 60 years in the investment game that the Oracle of Omaha finally worked his ...

Pedestrians cross a road in Tokyo, Japan. Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is by design — like the role of women ...

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 ...