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Stunning rebuke to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s party plunges country into political uncertainty

Traders left confused as currency strengthens sharply after breaking through closely watched level

Traders on alert for further currency intervention as market impact of April’s $62bn effort proves shortlived

Tokyo aims to disrupt Beijing’s dominance of renewables and reduce fossil fuel dependence

Sharp raising of threshold before earnings are taxed is key measure in first major initiative of new Ishiba government

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?

Changes to GPIF’s investment policies to take on more risk have been lauded — but the country’s system is under strain

Investors bet on faster interest rate rises, saying inflation is ‘for real this time’

The confrontation between Kitao and Murakami shows how much the country has changed

Third quarter decline will complicate Bank of Japan’s efforts to unwind ultra-loose monetary policy