Japan's sovereign debt rating lags many of its peers due to its outsized debt-to-GDP ratio. An expert says pledges to increase public spending may pressure it even more.

USD/JPY continued to trade higher, driven by higher UST yields (due to US CPI report) and Upper House election uncertainty. USD/JPY was last at 148.68 levels, OCBC's FX analysts Frances Cheung and ...

The Japan Innovation Party proposed the promotion of housework support services so that people do not have to leave their jobs to rear children and care for family members. The JIP said it will ...

Japan's ruling coalition is at risk of losing its majority in the upcoming upper house election, which could lead to political instability. The Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito struggle with low ...

A poor election result for the ruling coalition will trigger a sell-off in super-long JGBs by so-called real money investors, ...

Japanese bonds just got slammed again, and this time the numbers are too loud to ignore. On Monday, long-term government ...

During the US presidential election campaign, Donald Trump made a number of pledges to impose tariffs on foreign goods, a move he claimed would help protect American jobs. Following his election to ...

TOKYO – Whether Japan should continue to accept more foreign workers or curb its foreign labor intake has become a key issue ...

President Donald Trump said he is considering 50% tariffs on imports from Brazil over the prosecution of its former president ...

The dollar remains strong against the yen following U.S. President Trump's pledge of further trade actions after announcing ...

As the July 20 House of Representatives election approaches, political parties in Japan have been proposing restrictions on ...