While the central bank remains committed to tightening, uncertainty around the conflict’s economic impact has forced ...

Japan recorded a trade surplus of 667 billion yen ($4.18 billion) in March, compared with the forecast of a surplus of 1.1 ...

Japan and Australia are set to add to their close and burgeoning defense relationship, with the two nations set to seal an economic security deal in early May, Kyodo News reported.

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Déjà vu abounds in Tokyo. Markets are celebrating a Japanese ...

Japan‘s economy contracted at a 1.8% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2025, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have caught up with the island nation’s exports. Trump reached a trade deal with ...

The leaders of Japan and Australia are considering issuing a joint declaration on economic security cooperation when they ...

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 ...

Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and her Liberal Democratic Party secured a supermajority in the February elections, ...

When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi enters the White House to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday, she will do so with the weakest of economic hands. Gas prices hit record highs in ...