F OR YEARS Japan was a reassuring example for governments. Even as its net public debt peaked at 162% of GDP in 2020, it ...

Driving Japan forward, enriching lives” will be the ruling party’s campaign slogan as it prepares for the upcoming Upper ...

Japan’s ruling party said it aims to ensure workers secure a cumulative 50% pay increase by 2040 with the economy expanding ...

A government plan to give cash handouts to all individuals in Japan is nothing more than an electioneering scheme that will ...

Yields on super-long JGBs touched record levels last month, meaning higher borrowing costs for the government and creating urgency for the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance to steady the market ...

Party leader Farhad Hoomer, who was accused of terrorism and identified as leader of a local Islamic State (IS) cell and hit ...

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday instructed senior Liberal Democratic Party members to consider incorporating a ...

Japan's government issued rare warnings on rising government bond yields and the changing structure of debt ownership in its ...

As inflation spikes and rice prices soar, Japan plans a three trillion yen stimulus to aid households before the July ...

TOKYO] Japan’s prime minister announced on Friday (Jun 13) a cash handout of 20,000 yen (S$177.95) for every citizen – ...

The handout would be ¥20,000 per person and an additional ¥20,000 would be added on top of that per child or low-income ...