The growth was sharply higher compared with Reuters-polled analysts' average estimate of 1.7%, and against the 1.3% in the previous quarter.

Japan‘s economy contracted at a 1.8% annualized rate in the third quarter of 2025, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have caught up with the island nation’s exports. Trump reached a trade deal with ...

Aside from the question of growth, it remains unclear whether policymakers can reorient the country’s future trajectory before serious problems set in. Japan’s economy in 2025 stands at an uncertain ...

Foreign investors are piling into Japan as Warren Buffett and the AI boom fuel the market's comeback after decades of ...

The Japanese economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.1% in the January-March quarter, the government said Tuesday, showing its resilience despite rising energy prices because of the war in Iran. Japan ...

When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi enters the White House to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday, she will do so with the weakest of economic hands. Gas prices hit record highs in ...

Robert Ward is the Japan chair at the London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he also directs the geo-economics and strategy program. He is the author ...

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s resignation announcement on September 7, after less than a year in office, places Japan at a political and economic crossroads. Ishiba stepped down after two ...

Pedestrians cross a road in Tokyo, Japan. Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is by design — like the role of women ...

An urban explorer recently documented a largely abandoned, yet remarkably well-preserved, Japanese resort town. Kinugawa Onsen, located in Nikkō, a city in central Japan's Tochigi Prefecture, was once ...