By Kevin Buckland and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese government bond investors are bracing for a potential power shift ...

Japan’s bond market is facing a potential Liz Truss moment as the risk of a ruling coalition defeat in Sunday’s election ...

Japanese government bond investors are bracing for a potential power shift in upper house elections this weekend that could ...

Anti-inflation measures proposed by the ruling parties look unappealing to voters, with their effect seen as unclear, leaving ...

The 10-year rate rose 2.5 basis points to 1.595%. Japan’s 20-year bond yield hit its highest since 2000 on Monday.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba slid further ahead of major national elections, a poll by ...

Japan’s tax revenues hit a record of around ¥75.2 trillion ($524 billion) in the fiscal year ended March, surpassing ...

TOKYO -- Japan's looming upper house election is shaping up as a referendum on whether the country should cut its consumption ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday he plans to tap surpluses from higher tax revenue, non-tax revenue and an unused budget to fund cash handouts designed to help households ...

By Kevin Buckland and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese government bond investors are bracing for a potential power shift ...

Instead, he opted to make the 20,000 yen cash handouts a pillar election pledge. Economists are divided on which -- handouts or the tax cut -- would better help consumers, but media polls show that ...

Ishiba’s plan to distribute cash handouts of ¥20,000 per adult is expected to cost around ¥3.5 trillion, according to his ...