Along with direct aid, Hayashi unveiled plans for a Ukraine Economic Reconstruction Promotion Office in the Foreign Ministry and public-private initiatives.
The Bank of Japan will allow 10-year bond yields to rise as high as 1%. But it risks impeding Japan's economic recovery unless it contains speculative...
The Bank of Japan aims at achieving sustainable and stable inflation with significant wage growth but the latest modification to its monetary easing is complex.
Japan and India take on G7 and G20 leadership roles in 2023, but they have different post-pandemic priorities that could affect how they tackle the challenges.
"Market mechanisms are always followed by tears and laughter," says Sojitz Research Institute Chief Economist Tatsuhiko Yoshizaki on the weak yen.
To counter the yen’s depreciation, the Kishida government must provide financial help to households and businesses, and request firms to raise wages.
Shinzo Abe leaves behind a rich legacy of policy, quiet, effective leadership, and a “normalizing” Japan that has left the traumas of the 20th century behind.
Japan’s medical system is starting to feel the impact after several weeks of record-high COVID cases since the last week of July.
“When you are in a hard situation yourself, you don’t really think about how bad the situation is. You just get on with it, and carry...
Staying ahead of the curve and adapting to COVID-19, one Japanese pub chain is switching to sushi in its search for economic success in the pandemic.
We want the government to fine-tune and maximize the effectiveness of its new countermeasures. These should not result in a pretty package empty of effect.
The LDP secured 261 seats on its own in the 465-member house, a comfortable margin over the 233 seat parliamentary majority benchmark, even without its primary...
