The Japanese economy ended 2025 on firmer footing than initially anticipated, bolstering the case for more interest-rate ...

Japan’s economy grew faster than initially estimated in the fourth quarter of 2025, with GDP revised up to an annualised 1.3 per cent, driven by stronger business investment and improved private ...

Global oil shocks pose significant risks to Japan's economic growth and inflation. However, Sanaenomics can help alleviate ...

The S&P Global Japan Services PMI Business Activity Index reached 53.8 in February, up slightly from 53.7 in January. The reading marked the strongest growth rate since May 2024, with any figure above ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 2 (Reuters) - Japan faces risks of low growth and high inflation if a prolonged Middle East ...

Japan faces risks of low growth and high inflation if a prolonged Middle East conflict keeps oil prices elevated and hits the ...

The 1.5% figure ended a run of 45 straight months that the inflation rate has been above the Bank of Japan's 2% target.

Headline inflation for November fell to 2.9% from October's 3%. But it stayed above BOJ's target rate for a 44th straight month. Core inflation came in at 3%, in line with market estimates. Japan's ...

The year 2026 brings a wave of resilient momentum for the Japanese economy, which slowed but remained on a recovery track last year. After a 0.6% quarter-on-quarter contraction in third-quarter 2025, ...

TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Japan must ‌pursue proactive spending, rather than excessive ‌fiscal tightening, that will boost growth and tax revenues, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday, ...

TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing activity expanded in ‌January for the first time in ‌seven months, buoyed by the biggest rise in new export orders in more than four years, a ...