Japanese automakers breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump finalized a trade agreement last week.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

Despite the trade deal with the United States slashing the tariff rate for Japan to 15 percent, the so-called reciprocal ...