Japan’s current account balance for March was released today, revealing figures that surpassed expectations. The actual ...

As BoJ pivots and risk appetite climbs, USD/JPY gains momentum. This week’s data may reset expectations on rate paths.

A slew of post-inauguration policy announcements could introduce market volatility and provide economic clarity. The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.5% ...

Economic indicators rebounded temporarily from their ... for 10 straight months since August 2019, indicating that Japan is now in a recession. Members of the Cabinet Office’s Working Group ...

Household spending in fiscal 2024, which ended in March, dropped 0.1% from the previous year in price-adjusted real terms, down for the second straight year, the internal affairs ministry said ...

Japan's economy expanded an annualized 2.8% in the ... While the latest wage and household spending indicators showed encouraging signs, analysts have been wary of price pressures hindering ...

In Japan, the Leading Composite Index consists of 12 indexes such as account inventory ratios, machinery orders, stock prices and other leading economic indicators. The index anticipates changes ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with ...

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday maintained its view on Japan's economy for the eighth straight quarter while warning of downside risks from rising prices and steep U.S. tariffs. The Japanese ...

Opposite Trump was Ryosei Akazawa, a close confidant of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba who serves in the relatively junior cabinet position of economic revitalisation minister. Speaking to ...

Japan's index of coincident economic indicators in February fell at its fastest pace since the March 2011 earthquake, in a further sign of slowdown in the world's third-largest ...