Ernie Higa, Chairman and CEO of Higa Industries, discusses Japan's skyrocketing rice prices, the country's cost push ...

Japan's government is distancing itself from tax cuts in its annual policy guidelines, amid heightened volatility in the ...

The Bank of Japan should continue to proceed with monetary tightening, which would support a "normalization of the yen's ...

The average price of a 60kg bag of rice harvested in 2024 has reached an all-time high of more than ¥26,400 ($184). While Japan has not run out of supply, it has yet to recover from a poor 2023 ...

Japanese household spending unexpectedly fell in April, government data showed on Friday, as consumers tightened their purse ...

Germany, Europe’s largest economy, also announced a significant spending bill in March 2025, pledging $565 billion to an ...

The Japanese government has pledged to pursue economic growth driven by sustainable wage hikes, aiming to nearly double gross domestic product by around 2040, according to a draft policy blueprint ...

Asia Market Update: Trump-Xi call settles nerves, for now; Trump-Musk feud de-escalates; US-JP trade talks deepen; RBI ...

President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday, and both countries pledged to restart tariff and trade talks ...

President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday, with tariff and trade talks set to resume next week. Trump ...

The downward trend in US inflation looks set to end. As the Trump administration's tariff measures drive price increases, an ...