Japanese voters strip LDP coalition of parliamentary majority Date Sunday, October 27, 2024 - 12:16 PM Description Stunning rebuke to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s party plunges country into political uncertainty
Japanese yen falls through key level of 150 to dollar Date Tuesday, October 03, 2023 - 11:11 AM Description Traders left confused as currency strengthens sharply after breaking through closely watched level
Japanese yen falls to weakest level since 1986 Date Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - 9:28 AM Description Traders on alert for further currency intervention as market impact of April’s $62bn effort proves shortlived
Japan’s $1.5bn bet on ultra-thin solar cells in challenge to China Date Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 10:00 PM Description Tokyo aims to disrupt Beijing’s dominance of renewables and reduce fossil fuel dependence
Japan’s $250bn stimulus plan seeks to encourage more work and spending Date Sunday, November 24, 2024 - 1:20 AM Description Sharp raising of threshold before earnings are taxed is key measure in first major initiative of new Ishiba government
Japan’s audacious bid to become a semiconductor superpower Date Tuesday, December 03, 2024 - 10:01 PM Description The government is backing a start-up that aims to upend the economics and geography of the microchip industry. Does it have a chance of success?
Japan’s biggest pension fund faces more pressure to deliver Date Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Changes to GPIF’s investment policies to take on more risk have been lauded — but the country’s system is under strain
Japan’s borrowing costs soar to 14-year high Date Saturday, February 08, 2025 - 10:00 PM Description Investors bet on faster interest rate rises, saying inflation is ‘for real this time’
Japan’s clash of titans could be the boldest trade of the year Date Wednesday, November 22, 2023 - 6:00 PM Description The confrontation between Kitao and Murakami shows how much the country has changed
Japan’s economy contracts as weak consumption undercuts recovery Date Tuesday, November 14, 2023 - 8:35 PM Description Third quarter decline will complicate Bank of Japan’s efforts to unwind ultra-loose monetary policy