What is clear, however, is that most Japanese foresee a rocky economic road ahead. A 52% majority expect economic conditions to worsen over the next 12 months. In 2010, as the national economy showed ...

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

But the global economic fallout has begun to take its toll on Japan’s cash-rich banks as well as other sectors of Japanese industry. Japan’s automakers have already been hard-hit.

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

One indication of Japan’s economic weakness is the recent plunge in the yen to its multi-decade low of 155 yen to the dollar. ... Japan’s demographic troubles make its economic challenges worse.

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 ...

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.

While Japan weathered the COVID-19 pandemic better than most nations, its economy shrank by 4.5 percent in 2020, and the pandemic revealed strategic vulnerabilities in the country’s supply ...

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

Though off to a decent start, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida faces a 2022 of profound challenges. Between Covid-19, sluggish economic growth, and geopolitical tensions with China, Kishida ...

But Japan is steeling itself for a run of economic challenges. Trade wars and slowing exports have weighed heavily on growth.Economists worry that an increase in the national consumption tax ...

By Michael Schiffer The following is a contribution to the Mainichi Shimbun from Michael Schiffer, who served as assistant ...