Japanese automakers breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump finalized a trade agreement last week.

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 ...

Japan’s New Economic Challenge CFR Senior Fellow Sheila A. Smith says Japan is well positioned to offer leadership on coping with the global financial crisis. But a domestic political stalemate ...

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 ...