Japan, long recognised for its pacifist constitution and decades of minimal engagement in global arms trade, is signalling a historic shift in defence policy. With rising geopolitical tensions and the ...

A new book raises the specter that corporate offshoring of manufacturing may have undermined America's lead in technological ...

A BU professor warns that federal funding cuts, immigration restrictions and housing costs could reshape the region's status ...

The normally sedate Japanese government bond (JGB) market has attracted global attention in recent weeks as a surge in yields ...

The Japanese central bank held its policy rate unchanged at 0.5%, the level it has been at since the last hike in January.

Japan and the U.S. on Friday explored the possibility of a trade agreement, Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, ...

The government debt market, particularly the longest-dated bonds, faces a triple whammy of the Bank of Japan's tapering of ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a policy blueprint focused on wage hikes, setting a target of approximately 1 percent real pay growth annually over a five-year period to encourage consumer ...

Growth outlook for Europe is bolstered by government and defense spending. Meanwhile, Japan is at a turning point after ...

Under Trump’s reciprocal tariff agenda, Japan can champion a ‘third path’ between the US and China through the CPTPP.

Japan’s equity market is undergoing meaningful change in corporate governance, driven by domestic reform and shifting ...

Japan’s largest businesses turned pessimistic for the first time in more than a year as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs upended key sectors, a development that could complicate the Bank of Japan’s ...