On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...

Its central bank was passive, its interest ...

Aside from the question of growth, it remains unclear whether policymakers can reorient the country’s future trajectory ...

Japan’s government bond market is spinning out of control, and it’s dragging America into the mess. Volatility across ...

Japan is in political flux after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition lost its upper house majority for the first ...

Japan’s bond market is falling apart in real time. The 30-year Japanese bond yield jumped to 3.20%, a fresh record.

F OR YEARS Japan was a reassuring example for governments. Even as its net public debt peaked at 162% of GDP in 2020, it suffered no budget crisis. Instead it enjoyed rock-bottom interest rates, ...

Yields on 10-year Japanese government debt have hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis as markets begin to price in the risk of populist campaign pledges and political uncertainty ...

This time, it is solving the demographic and debt crisis by quietly inviting massive numbers of well-to-do middle class immigrants into Japan. Kyoto alone has seen more than 300,000 immigrants ...

The result is the second dismal election showing for Mr Ishiba since he became premier in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com ...