Trump has imposed a 25 percent import tariff on Japanese automobiles and a 10 percent base-line tariff on all other imports from Japan. In addition, he has threatened to impose a 24 percent reciprocal ...

On October 21, Sanae Takaichi, the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was voted in as the 104 th prime minister of Japan; the first woman selected for the nation’s highest post.

Japan's economy grew 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the previous three months, avoiding a technical recesssion ...

TOKYO—The Japanese economy grew at a slower pace than initially estimated in the October-December period, sending an unwelcome sign of fragility as the trade outlook darkens. Japan’s real gross ...

As Trump-induced global economic uncertainty and economic protectionism rock the established international order, Japan is redefining its economic security strategy by looking to like-minded countries ...

Aside from the question of growth, it remains unclear whether policymakers can reorient the country’s future trajectory before serious problems set in. Japan’s economy in 2025 stands at an uncertain ...

According to the International Monetary Fund, Japan will drop to the world’s fifth-largest economy in 2026, falling behind India and marking another decline in the Asian nation’s economic standing.

The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on Saturday, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with Chinese ...

When a global shortage of semiconductors left car buyers waiting months for vehicles and retailers scrambling for appliances, a once-abstract phrase—economic security—became suddenly tangible. The ...

Pedestrians cross a road in Tokyo, Japan. Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is by design — like the role of women ...

In “The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway famously has one of his characters describe how he went bankrupt. “First gradually, and then suddenly.” Judging by the way Japanese bond prices are now ...