Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said during a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung she hopes to elevate ...

Japanese politics is a usually steady ship, verging on the boring most of the time. Not anymore. Last Sunday, a once obscure far-right party, Sanseito, surged from one to 15 seats in the elections, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's super-long government bond yields have spiked to record highs, as mounting political calls for tax cuts and big spending draw investors' attention to the country's fiscal woes ...

Producer prices in Japan increased by 4.2% y/y in March 2025, surpassing market estimates of 3.9% and following a marginally revised 4.1% growth in the previous month, marking the 49th straight month ...

KISARAZU, Japan (Reuters) -At a farmer's market not far from Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for a chance to get a kilo or so of Japanese rice for 500 yen ($3.32) by carefully heaping as much of ...

We think Japan will hike by more than the market expects. The argumentation starts with wage inflation at 5%, and there's more. Given that, 2% is a generic target to consider. Not in the immediate few ...