The Japanese economy ended 2025 on firmer footing than initially anticipated, bolstering the case for more interest-rate ...

Wage hikes and temporary income tax cuts were positive factors for growth in Japan - Copyright AFP Richard A. Brooks Wage hikes and temporary income tax cuts were ...

Global oil shocks pose significant risks to Japan's economic growth and inflation. However, Sanaenomics can help alleviate ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to use her first stimulus package to jump-start the economy and initiate a new growth strategy through investment in key industries. A panel tasked to form ...

The year 2026 brings a wave of resilient momentum for the Japanese economy, which slowed but remained on a recovery track last year. After a 0.6% quarter-on-quarter contraction in third-quarter 2025, ...

Growth was sharply higher than December's 5.1%, and beat Reuters-polled economists' estimates of 12%. Imports in January fell 2.5% year on year, compared with Reuters estimates of a 3% rise. Japanese ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's government will urge the central bank to focus on achieving strong economic growth accompanied by stable prices in an outline of its stimulus package, a draft of the outline ...

The Bank of Japan faces a stiff challenge as it strives to normalize its monetary policy at a time when growth has been slowing, while steep U.S. tariffs further threaten the country's exports-driven ...

Japan exports growth declined to a 3.9%, down from February's 11.4% jump. March data includes the impact of steel and aluminum tariffs from the U.S., but does not include the impact of auto tariffs.

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 ...