How Japan’s Leader Wants to Shape the Economy

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushed through a record supplemental budget and is proposing tax cuts, raising questions about ...
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Why Japan's economic woes spark global market concern

Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi wants to spend big to boost sluggish growth, despite the country's already huge debt load. With bond yields already rising, a sudden spike could shock the financial world ...
Malaysia Sun

World Insights: Where is Japan's politics headed after lower house election?

A hastily staged election has consolidated the LDP's grip on power, but it has sidelined real policy debate and left Japan's ...
U.S. News & World Report

Japan's Economy Contracts for First Time in Six Quarters on Tariff Hit

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, ...
Washington Examiner

Japan’s economy shrank as a result of Trump’s tariffs

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 ...
Reuters

Japan revises Q2 GDP higher on upbeat consumer spending

TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Japan's economy expanded much faster than initially estimated in the second quarter, driven by upward revisions in private consumption and inventories, giving ...
U.S. News & World Report

IMF Revises Japan's Economic Forecast Higher, Sees Gradual BOJ Rate Hikes

(Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised higher on Tuesday its 2025 economic growth forecast for Japan and projected the nation's central bank to gradually raise interest rates ...
Wall Street Journal

Japan’s Economy Continues to Grow Amid Tariff Woes, Revised Data Confirms

TOKYO—The Japanese economy grew at a faster pace than initially estimated in the second quarter, revised data showed, confirming a fifth straight quarter of growth. Real gross domestic product ...
Reuters

Japan says consumer sentiment improving, keeping its view on 'moderate' economic recovery

TOKYO, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Japan's government said consumer sentiment on the economy was recovering despite persistent inflation in a monthly report published on Wednesday. In its monthly ...
WPLG

Leaders of Japan and South Korea vow to cooperate on economy and regional challenges at summit

Japan South Korea Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, right, shakes hands with South Kore's President Lee Jae Myung at the start of their meeting in Nara, western Japan Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 ...