Tesla vehicles are lined up at a vehicle storage yard at an industrial port, on the day U.S. President Donald Trump struck a ...

Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is ...

Leaders of the European Union and Japan have launched an alliance aimed at boosting economic cooperation, defending free ...

A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

Still, this is just an opening to reboot the economy, not a guaranteed trend. Japan faces immense demographic challenges. Its population is shrinking by about 0.5% per year and is set to fall from ...

After Japan’s economy expanded 1.9 percent in 2023 – one of its strongest performances in decades – GDP effectively stood still during the first half of this year.

Turns out, Japan’s slowdown is the October surprise as the nation of 125 million prepares to go to the polls. The odds are rising that the LDP might lose its outright governing majority on Sunday.

Japan’s demographic troubles make its economic challenges worse. With a declining and rapidly aging population, there is little prospect that Japan will be able to grow its way out of its public ...

Japan’s New Economic Challenge CFR Senior Fellow Sheila A. Smith says Japan is well positioned to offer leadership on coping with the global financial crisis. But a domestic political stalemate ...