Japan's economy is expected to have returned to growth in the final three months of 2025, thanks to vigorous corporate investment and resilient consumption, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

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.

Japanese prime minister’s pledge to suspend consumption tax prompts turmoil in bond markets.

On October 21, Sanae Takaichi, the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was voted in as the 104 th prime minister of Japan; the first woman selected for the nation’s highest post.

TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Japan's economy contracted faster than initially estimated in the three months through September, primarily due to new data dragging down capital spending figures, though ...

NAGOYA, Japan--The Bank of Japan will thoroughly discuss the possibility of an interest-rate increase at its upcoming meeting, Gov. Kazuo Ueda said, stoking hopes that it will resume monetary ...

Japan’s economy shrank in the three months through September, the government confirmed in a revised report, giving some justification for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s stimulus package announced ...

When the United States hosted its second presidential-level C5+1 Summit with the leaders of Central Asia on November 6, it signaled a shift that has been building quietly for several years: the region ...

For more than a decade, U.S. equities dominated global markets. American technology leaders delivered exceptional earnings growth, attracted global capital and left most international markets trailing ...

Tokyo is spending heavily to regain a leading role in semiconductors, backing plants in Kumamoto and the high-risk Rapidus venture in the name of economic security. Public funding already exceeds ...