The latest NHK opinion poll shows the approval rate for Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's Cabinet at 59 percent, down three ...

Japan's inflation rate for consumer prices in 2025 topped 3 percent, driven by a record surge in the cost of rice.

A major Japanese fast-food chain is aiming to provide a drive-through service using AI to help ease a labor shortage.

The Bank of Japan says it will keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged. The decision comes after the central bank raised ...

Residents of Greenland are voicing opposition after US President Donald Trump once again expressed his desire to acquire the ...

Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae is set to dissolve the Lower House on Friday for a general election. People across the ...

Election season is officially underway in Japan. Candidates have started their campaigns to win a Lower House seat. Voters ...

Japanese government bonds and the yen have sold off in recent weeks on concern over Takaichi's expansionary fiscal policy ...

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I will put my job as prime minister on the line with these election results,” Takaichi said on Monday when she announced her ...

She hopes for a boost to the razor-thin majority she currently holds in the lower house Read more at The Business Times.

BOJ holds rates at 0.75% in 8-1 vote as Takaichi calls snap election. Yen carry trade unwind poses structural risk for crypto ...