The plan codifies demands for Japan to spend more on defense and increase its capabilities – efforts Japanese officials say ...

When a global shortage of semiconductors left car buyers waiting months for vehicles and retailers scrambling for appliances, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government launched its economic strategy headquarters on Tuesday, aiming to boost the world's fourth-largest economy with public investment ...

Time will tell how long Takaichi’s popularity can hold against her contradictory economic agenda and political constraints ...

Japan and China are heading towards a new, albeit contained, rivalry. To mitigate the economic and security impacts of ...

In October 2025, Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s first female prime minister. Journalists and Japan-watchers in Tokyo and overseas wondered what her conservative approach would mean for the country’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. At least on Japan, Warren Buffett’s investment strategy seems ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's economy shrank almost 2% in the three months through September, as a drop in exports in the face of U.S. tariffs resulted in the first contraction in six quarters, government ...

This report is part of Strategic Japan, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by Japan’s leading foreign policy scholars on key regional and global challenges and the implications for the U ...

The use of both international lawfare and historical narrative warfare signals a major, under-recognized shift in China’s ...