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Japanese economy

  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    Interview
    Japan’s pub king turns to fast food as customers ditch boozy nights out

    Watami chief says he is changing direction from ‘izakayas’ after buying Subway in the country

    Miki Watanabe
  • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
    News in-depthJapanese politics & policy
    Japan’s $250bn stimulus plan seeks to encourage more work and spending

    Sharp raising of threshold before earnings are taxed is key measure in first major initiative of new Ishiba government

    Shigeru Ishiba
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Special ReportBest Employers: Asia-Pacific
    Curbs on long hours spur Japanese companies to tackle productivity

    The government’s campaign against overwork could have far-reaching consequences for businesses and consumers

    A crowd of commuters walk towards the camera at Shinagawa Station, Tokyo
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan holds rates but signals normalisation still on track

    Political uncertainty following election upset raises risks of abrupt policy shifts, warn analysts

    Kazuo Ueda speaks at a press conference in June
  • Saturday, 19 October, 2024
    Yen
    Yen resumes decline on doubts over Japan interest rate rises

    Currency sinks below ¥150 against US dollar for first time since August surge

    Yen and US dollar banknotes
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Global Economy
    China is turning Japanese

    At least that’s what the bond market is whispering

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Yen
    New Japanese prime minister’s dovish comments rekindle yen carry trade

    Currency falls after Ishiba says Japan’s economy is ‘not in an environment’ for further interest rate rises

    Shigeru Ishiba speaking to reporters at the entrance to the prime minister's office in Tokyo
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Pensions
    Japan’s biggest pension fund faces more pressure to deliver

    Changes to GPIF’s investment policies to take on more risk have been lauded — but the country’s system is under strain

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    BoJ holds interest rates and upgrades consumption outlook

    Central bank forecasts Japanese economy will keep growing at a pace above its potential growth rate

    A shopper, reflected on a mirror glass, checks food items at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Japan
    Japan faces worst rice shortage in decades

    Empty shelves blamed on government’s policy of limiting production, tourist influx and extreme weather

    A farmer holding cut rice in a Japanese paddy field
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan governor warns global markets are ‘unstable’

    Parliament told there will be no change to central bank’s basic stance on monetary easing

    Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda, right, speaks at a microphone with raised hands in front of the House of Representatives Finance and Financial Services Committee. Japan's finance minister Shunichi Suzuki looks on, seated beside him. The meeting took place at the parliament in Tokyo on August 23. Several other individuals are visible in the background, listening attentively.
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Yen
    Unwinding of yen ‘carry trade’ still threatens markets, say analysts

    Resurgent Japanese currency forces speculators to shut down years’ worth of bets that could run into billions of dollars

    Pedestrians walking in front of the The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Asia-Pacific equities
    Japanese stocks fall as investors fear effects of stronger yen

    Bank of Japan’s interest rate increase catches Tokyo market by surprise

    A person walks past an electronic screen displaying a graph of the Nikkei 225 index showing the price falling outside a brokerage in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Leo Lewis
    The yen is everything to Japan’s economy

    Tacit acknowledgment of this by the country’s central bank signals a shift to more honest thinking

    María Hergueta illustration of a person standing under a temple gate with pillars  in the shape of the Japanese yen
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 0.25%

    Japanese central bank plans to halve monthly bond purchases as it tightens monetary policy

    The Japanese flag at the Bank of Japan in Tokyo
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    BoJ to ‘significantly’ scale back bond buying in shift on ultra-loose policy

    Yen weakens after Japanese central bank delays releasing details on plans to trim balance sheet

    A pedestrian passes in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Inflation ain’t behaving Premium content

    The US, Eurozone, UK and Japan each have reasons to be unhappy

    Montage of central bankers Christine Lagarde, Kazuo Ueda, Jay Powell and Andrew Bailey
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why the EU and Japan are uniting against Chinese competition Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Brussels warns major tech platforms to do more against Russian disinformation

    Kadri Simson
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Yen
    Japan’s $62bn support for yen provides little reprieve

    Currency’s slide towards 34-year lows resumes as finance ministry reveals scale of market intervention

    A man walks past an electronic screen displaying yen-US dollar and other foreign currency exchange rates in Tokyo on Sunday
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Is now the time to buy Japan?

    This year’s powerful stock market rally attracted investors’ attention, but does it have staying power?

  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    News in-depthJapan
    Japan blocks view of Mount Fuji after local backlash against tourist hordes

    Barrier to deter sightseers highlights friction generated by rising visitor numbers drawn by weak yen

    A montage showing a worker in a helmet adjusting a barrier in the foreground with a yellow-toned Mount Fuji towering in the background
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers
    Wanted: Japanese firms’ policy advice on AI, trade and crypto

    Legal expertise based on experience in government and industry is in demand to help shape regulation

    An aerial photo shows the Kumamoto factory building of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company being under construction in Kikuyo Town
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Takeshi Niinami
    China must learn from Japan’s ‘lost decades’

    The consequences of the world’s second-largest economy being sucked into a deflationary spiral would be severe

    A high street in the Toshima district of Tokyo
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Japan’s economy contracts in first quarter as consumer spending lags

    Weak yen puts pressure on household expenses and complicates central bank’s plan to raise interest rates

    Tourists sit at the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The limits of yen intervention

    Unilateral efforts to prop up Japan’s currency are expensive and potentially futile

    Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo
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