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The internal debate is centered on whether to slow the pace of reductions to ¥20...

Japan highlights wage hikes as cornerstone of economic ...

Seeing wage hikes as a key part of its growth strategy, the government vowed to ...

Trump says China's Xi agreed to let rare earth minerals...

Trump's comment came one day after a rare call with Xi aimed at resolving trade ...

Xi bets Trump detente leads to future wins on chips and...

The Chinese leader hopes for tangible wins in the weeks and months ahead, includ...

Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade ...

Trade discussions between Japan and the U.S. have "progressed” but have not yet ...

Japan’s early May exports drop as tariff woes upend com...

Exports measured by value dropped 3% in the first 20 days of May, which compared...

Traders scouring annual meeting filings for traces of a...

Multiple stocks jumped last week after activist investor Aya Nomura’s name appea...

April household spending drop deals blow to Japan's shr...

Domestic demand will likely be a key factor in determining whether a technical r...

In tariff talks with the U.S., Japan may have blinked

Tokyo is backing off from its insistence that all new tariffs be removed, accord...

Soaring rice prices take a bite out of Japan's beloved ...

A total of 13 shops with more than ¥10 million in debt filed for bankruptcy in t...

South Korean beauty brands bet boom in U.S. demand outl...

The startups are expanding their bricks-and-mortar presence in the world's bigge...

Real wages in Japan fall 1.8% year on year in April

Inflation-adjusted pay has now fallen for four straight months.

Lawson and FamilyMart begin selling government-stockpil...

Their sales are expected to make it easier for consumers to access stockpiled ri...

Alphabet CEO expects to keep hiring engineers while AI ...

Alphabet's CEO presented a vision of AI that was at once optimistic about the te...

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical vows never to repeat health cr...