Japan PM faces makeover challenge as low support bodes ill for polls
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba overcame his first major hurdle in parliament as head of a minority government but his ...
Japan's Plans To Tackle Population Crisis in 2025
Japanese policymakers are increasingly anxious that the country's birth rate is nearing the point of no return.
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Japan govt approves record budget for ageing population, defence
Japan's government on Friday approved a record budget for the next fiscal year, ramping up spending on social welfare, as the ...
Japan's budget to hit record, but with reduced new bond issuance, draft shows
Japan's government is set to compile a record $735 billion budget for the fiscal year from April due to larger social ...
China’s Bond Yields Slip Below Japan’s
Chinese stocks snapped a three-year losing streak in 2024 on hopes of more forceful stimulus from Beijing. The bond market, however, seems to be less sanguine. Yields on Chinese government bonds [plun ...
Japan’s Cabinet Approves Record Budget in Test for PM Ishiba
Japan’s cabinet approved a record ¥115.5 trillion ($732 billion) budget for the fiscal year starting April 2025, setting up ...
Japan says its economy likely to mark first positive output gap in 7 years
Japan's government said on Thursday it predicts economic output will recover to full capacity in the next fiscal year for the ...
China Must Heed Lessons of Japan’s Lost Decades
With China facing a deflationary spiral and uncertain economic prospects, lower interest rates alone wouldn’t be enough to ...