— -- If you wonder what haunts Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's dreams, it's Japan. Japan has suffered more than two decades of subpar economic growth, made all the more miserable by ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian Ocean to Africa as the country seeks to play a greater role in the African ...

Steve Forbes praises Prime Minister Takaichi’s Thatcheresque inclinations, which could help Japan dig out of its economic rut. He warns that pursuing the same course as before will result in failure.

Three-day summit will gather top leaders from Japan and Texas to deepen cross-border ties amid global trade shifts and economic realignment. The U.S.-Japan Council (USJC) today announced the return of ...

Then-Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi inspects an apple orchard in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, part of a JICA Partnership Program, Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan At the ...

Trump has imposed a 25 percent import tariff on Japanese automobiles and a 10 percent base-line tariff on all other imports from Japan. In addition, he has threatened to impose a 24 percent reciprocal ...

As Trump-induced global economic uncertainty and economic protectionism rock the established international order, Japan is redefining its economic security strategy by looking to like-minded countries ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signaled her determination to ramp up the active use of fiscal policy to power economic growth by dropping an annual budget-balancing goal that favors financial ...

When Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi took office, she pledged to focus on economic improvement. After her Taiwan comments, new missteps could prove costly to Japan, the region, even the ...

Japanese Ambassador Endo Kazuya has reaffirmed Japan’s strong economic partnership with the Philippines as both nations mark ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy contracted at an annual pace of 2.3% in the July-September period, the government reported Monday, as exports suffered from the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...