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 ...

Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last ...

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

National debt is a global phenomenon,virtually every country, regardless of its size or wealth, carries some form of debt.

Its central bank was passive, its interest rates ...

Japan’s debt crisis and the August 2024 market tremors may mark the beginning of a larger phase transition in global finance. Central banks and governments are now constrained by years of fiscal ...

The pressure on Ishiba’s administration is growing not just from external trade challenges, but also from within. With inflation pushing up food prices and dampening consumer spending, opposition ...

There is little prospect that Japan can grow its way out of its public debt problem. Its aging population and a shrinking labor force likely limits its long run growth prospects to at most 1 percent.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday the government is ready to compile an extra budget to cushion the ...

Range reports AI-driven productivity gains could help combat America's rising debt crisis by boosting GDP, increasing tax ...