Sitting in the Oval Office this week, Japanese leader Sanae Takaichi gave a master class in grinning and bearing a terrible situation in more ways than one.

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 Japan in July, announcing a 15% baseline ...

Both public sentiment and political trends in Japan mean that a firm approach toward China is likely to endure.

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 of steps to ease the pain from rising living costs.

For years, India has ranked as the world’s fifth-largest economy, behind the US, China, Germany and Japan. Now it’s closing in on Japan, helped by its 1.4 billion-strong, relatively young population and by the shrinking size of Japan’s economy in dollar terms.

TOKYO (AP) — 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% annualized pace in October-December, but that was offset ...

Preliminary data from the nation’s largest labor union group showed that 1,100 members secured wage increases of 5.26% on average this year.

Global funds including Allianz Global Investors and Amundi are already hedging against stagflation with the Iran conflict nearing the one-month mark.