An increasing number of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are demanding that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is also LDP ...

JGB yield rose to the highest since October 2008 at 1.595% last Tuesday after opinion polls increasingly pointed to ...

Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday after U.S. stock indexes inched to more records at the start of a week of profit updates ...

The yen strengthened versus the dollar yesterday after Japan’s prime minister Shigeru Ishiba said he would carry on as leader even as the ruling coalition lost its majority in the upper house election ...

Moody's has rated Japan A1, the fifth-highest level, with a "stable" outlook since December 2014. But it warned in a report ...

More likely would be for Japan to compile an extra budget in autumn to fund payouts and tax breaks. The size could exceed ...

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

Asian markets were mixed Thursday as traders kept an eye on earnings from Wall Street titans this week while tracking US trade talks just over a week before the deadline for a deal. "Markets have seen ...

Japanese government bonds experienced a decline on Tuesday, leading to increased yields. This occurred as investors reacted to the ruling coalition's recent election defeat. The yield on 10-year JGBs ...

Internal rivals and a resurgent nationalist right are jeopardising Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's already precarious ...

The commercial relationship between the United States and Japan is at a critical juncture, with a looming 25% tariff threat ...

Exit polls suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition is likely to lose a majority its majority in the smaller of ...