Setting its sights on becoming a key player in the global space industry, Japan will set up a 1-trillion-yen ($6.47 billion) fund to achieve that goal. The space strategy fund will be managed by ...

The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates to 0.5%, the highest level since October 2008, and pledged to raise rates further if the economy and inflation continue in line with projections. The bank’s ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...

NEW YORK >> The yen rose off a five-month low against the dollar today after a summary of opinions from the Bank of Japan’s December ... The euro gained 0.07% to $1.0429, but is heading for ...

The government revised its initial plan and double the amount of emergency funds to 1 trillion yen after a deadly quake hit central Japan on New ... The enactment of the state budget was certain ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government on Friday approved a record 115.54 trillion yen ...

The Association of Japanese Animation has sort of a strange timetable for its annual Anime Industry Report. The full report is published in December, but preliminary data is released in the middle of ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan flagged its concern over sudden and one-sided moves in the currency market in its first warning to speculators in 2025 after the yen hit ... into the state of wage trends ...