A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

Although Japan’s economy shows signs of returning to normal inflation for the first time in three decades, global headwinds ...

Japan's annual inflation rate eased to 3.3% in June 2025 from 3.5% in the previous month, marking the lowest reading since ...

Voters angry at inflation turned to other parties, notably the "Japanese first" Sanseito, which made strong gains with its ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future was uncertain after his coalition appeared to have disastrously lost its ...

Japan’s ruling coalition is on track to lose its majority in the upper house, according to exit polls from Sunday’s election ...

TOKYO] Japan’s key price measure cooled a tad more than expected while remaining well above the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) target, ...

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as food inflation showed signs of ...

The result is the second dismal election showing for Mr Ishiba since he became premier in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Japan’s ruling bloc led by the Liberal Democratic party is in danger of losing its majority in both houses of parliament for the first time in 15 years as a backlash led by first-time voters, ...

Japan’s inability to lift inflation is “one of the biggest unsolved challenges in the profession,” said Mark Gertler, a professor of economics at New York University who has studied the issue.