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Nicholas Smith of CLSA discusses the upcoming Japanese upper house election, saying it will have little impact on markets. He ...
By Junko Fujita and Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Heading into the most consequential Japanese upper house election in ...
Japan's shaky minority government is poised for another setback in an upper house vote on Sunday, an outcome that could jolt ...
The dollar rebounded broadly on Thursday following a turbulent session on Wednesday when U.S. President Donald Trump denied ...
Japan's sales tax rate is set at 10%, except for food items at 8%. Ishiba has shunned opposition calls to slash the sales tax ...
Japan has worked hard to attract foreigners to boost its sluggish economy but now the perception there are too many has ...
TOKYO -- The surge in support for right-wing Sanseito ahead of upper house elections on Sunday has caught mainstream Japanese political parties and media off guard with its unabashedly 'Japanese first ...
Investors are bracing for a potential triple dip in Japanese bonds, stocks and the yen after Sunday’s upper house election, ...
Throughout the spring, Ishiba battled to reach a deal on the government’s budget and to assuage concerns among the public ...
TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped from a more than two-week high to end lower on Friday as investors weighed the outcome of the nation's upper house election on the weekend.
The political crisis in Japan is being compounded by Trump’s tariffs and demands that the government commit to a US-led war ...
Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime ...