(Bloomberg) -- New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, speaking in his first press conference as national leader, pledged to keep up efforts to decisively end deflation and called on the Bank of ...

During his Nov. 13 visit to Tokyo, U.S. President Barack Obama emphasized that Japan, as the world’s second largest economy, has a special role in the global marketplace. One week later, it’s becoming ...

Japan has entered a pivotal moment in its economic history, undertaking ambitious policy and structural reforms to escape ...

TOKYO -- With the stock market plunging to 16-year lows, talk of deflationary dangers and a morass of confusion in its political leadership, Japan appears to be headed toward a serious economic crisis ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. After 25 years, trillions of dollars of monetary stimulus and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has cleared the key threshold for the government to officially declare an end to long-term price deflation, economy minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Friday. The remark ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nomura Holdings, Japan's largest brokerage and investment bank, reported a 195% jump in first-quarter profit on Tuesday as the rally in global markets and return of domestic ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The OECD has singled out Japan as facing the biggest threat of deflation among industrialized nations next year, warning that the global financial crisis could further damage an ...

The BOJ just said they are out of deflation. That's not incredible news? By the way inflation jumped 100bp in three months but all the major publications reported that it's still down. Does everyone ...

After years of wandering in the policy wilderness, Japan’s financial wizards think they have discovered what’s really wrong with Japan’s economy. It’s deflation. In January, Prime Minister Junichiro ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Consumer prices in Japan's capital city fell for the first time in three years in April and national factory activity slumped, data showed on Friday, increasing worries the ...