US Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, on Wednesday, praised Japan's economic resilience and highlighted the importance ...

Japan’s economy presented a stark contrast in March 2026, as resilient consumer spending fueled by government stimulus offset ...

TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday praised Japan's economic resilience in the face of ...

TOKYO — Japan's economy expanded at an anemic 0.2% annual pace in the last quarter, the government reported Monday, with growth for all of 2025 at just 1.1%. Private consumption rose at a 0.4% ...

Japan’s economy faces a mixed outlook as 2025 concludes, highlighted by an unexpected 0.9% year-on-year drop in retail sales and a second consecutive month of slight industrial production declines.

Japan's leadership model is failing to reproduce itself. The succession crisis is the warning every aging economy should be ...

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 ...

The Chinese don’t seem keen on Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister. According to Bloomberg, “thousands of Chinese travellers” are reconsidering trips to Japan in the wake of her comments that a ...

Feb. 16 (UPI) --Japan's economy grew ever so slightly during the fourth quarter of 2025, government data showed Monday, narrowly avoiding a second straight quarter of contraction that would have met ...