Japan’s new economic stimulus package will feature cash handouts to help low-income households deal with inflation and extra funding for disaster preparedness, according to public broadcaster NHK.

Political uncertainty after Japan's election shock risks slowing economic reforms, pushing up government spending and even holding up the Bank of Japan's exit from its outlier monetary policy ...

The Japanese economy is likely to keep growing at a pace above its potential growth rate, the BoJ said. The bank said annual inflation is likely to be at around 2.5% for fiscal 2024 and then ...

Japan's government will propose a $65 billion plan to boost its chip industry with subsidies and other financial assistance over a period of "multiple years", a draft seen on Monday by Reuters showed.

THE Japanese government stuck to its assessment that the economy is recovering moderately, although it reiterated the need to pay close attention to potential global economic risks and financial ...

The dollar on Thursday fell back from Wednesday’s 4-month high after the FOMC cut the fed funds target range by -25 bp. Also, ...

Political uncertainty after Japan's election shock risks slowing economic reforms, pushing up government spending and even holding up the Bank of Japan's exit from its outlier monetary policy, ...

Post-war Japan has long been a byword for political stability with the conservative, market-friendly Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in power for all but four of the last 69 years.