Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

More likely would be for Japan to compile an extra budget in autumn to fund payouts and tax breaks. The size could exceed ...

Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which ...

Japan's sales tax rate is set at 10%, except for food items at 8%. Ishiba has shunned opposition calls to slash the sales tax ...

After months of fraught negotiations with the United States, Japan clinched a deal just days before punitive tariffs were ...

A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

Japan’s market is rallying, but bond markets are flashing warnings. With rising yields, political uncertainty, and fading ...

News of a US-Japan trade deal, though details remain vague, sent equities higher, with the Nikkei rising 3.5% during the morning session.

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said Wednesday that a tariff deal between Japan and the United States is a ...

Donald Trump said the US had agreed a “massive” trade deal with Japan that will impose 15 per cent tariffs on goods imported ...

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...