"The trade deal struck with the U.S. is certainly a relief in that it offers some certainty that U.S. tariffs on Japan-made ...

Despite the trade deal with the United States slashing the tariff rate for Japan to 15 percent, the so-called reciprocal ...

What is clear, however, is that most Japanese foresee a rocky economic road ahead. A 52% majority expect economic conditions to worsen over the next 12 months. In 2010, as the national economy showed ...

Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is ...

By Michael Schiffer The following is a contribution to the Mainichi Shimbun from Michael Schiffer, who served as assistant ...

Still, this is just an opening to reboot the economy, not a guaranteed trend. Japan faces immense demographic challenges. Its population is shrinking by about 0.5% per year and is set to fall from ...

Leaders of the European Union and Japan have launched an alliance aimed at boosting economic cooperation, defending free ...

A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

While Japan’s economic challenges in a dynamic Asia-Pacific are considerable, there are also significant political hurdles that its leaders can address through enhanced regional diplomacy.

Indeed, given COVID-19 and the resulting global economic downturn, the increasingly glaring nonexistence of effective trade rules to rein in unfair Chinese trade practices and the World Trade ...

India is being careful in trade discussions with the United States. This follows issues in America's recent agreement with ...

What possible relation, one might ask, can spas, online food delivery services, and local supermarkets bear to national security? Indeed, the Japanese Finance Ministry’s recent announcement that ...