Country’s first female finance minister is a pivotal figure for relations with Washington and global investors ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry has disclosed details of an 8.9 trillion yen ($55.6 billion) budget request for the next fiscal year ...

Japan’s Defense Ministry is seeking record spending of around $56 billion in the fiscal year starting in April, and the final ...

Continued concerns over Japan’s fiscal sustainability have sparked a rise in government bond yields and weighed on the yen. | ...

Japan is planning unprecedented investment in hypersonic missiles and drones to counter growing threats from China and Russia ...

After roughly 10 months in power, the differences between Takaichi and Abe are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

Japan’s finance minister, Satsuki Katayama, is under pressure to strengthen the yen while balancing competing demands from the prime minister and Washington.

Japan is set to increase immigration fees for foreign nationals from October 1, 2026, with the permanent residence fee rising ...

The FOIP was first proposed by the late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in a speech in Nairobi in 2016. The keyword for FOIP 1.0 ...

Japan will relax overtime regulations from Sept 1, easing caps to address labour shortages amid concerns over workaholic ...

“Maybe this life is also part of that long cycle of reincarnation,” Sanae Takaichi recalled thinking of the roach spotted in ...

Sanae Takaichi meets Ian Paice, from British rock band Deep Purple - AFP In her latest deviation from what is considered ...