The Bank of Japan has bought a total of ¥1.01 quadrillion ($6.7 trillion) worth of Japanese government bonds since embarking on its ultraeasy monetary policy about a decade ago, resulting …
The Finance Ministry on Tuesday raised its coupon rate on 10-year Japanese government bonds to 0.8%, a 10-year high, reflecting rising yields since the Bank of Japan’s recent move to …
As if out of nowhere, everyone’s archetype of secular stagnation is leading the Group of Seven developed economies in life expectancy, per capita growth and, for the first time in …
Core consumer prices in Japan increased 3.1% in August from a year earlier, remaining above the Bank of Japan’s 2% inflation target, as surging food prices continued to add to …
Japan’s current account surplus expanded more than threefold in July from a year earlier to ¥2.77 trillion ($19 billion), a record for the month, boosted by declining crude oil prices …
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday broadly approved a proposal to extend to year-end the gasoline subsidy program currently set to expire at the end of September. The LDP …
Japan’s exports have been “picking up recently,” the government said in its latest monthly economic assessment, its first upward revision since May, as easing supply issues boost auto shipments and …
As the last trains leave the central hubs of Shinjuku and Shibuya for the suburbs, much of the city heads home. However, Tokyo never sleeps. Economics reporter Elizabeth Beattie comes …
Minimum hourly wages in some prefectures are set to be raised by significantly more than suggested by an advisory panel to the Japanese government. Amid soaring prices, several prefectures decided …