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November 11, 2026
 

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Erica Yokoyama
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a year-end deadline to explain how she intends to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year sales tax cut on food to a defense buildup and a sweeping investment plan.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
Takaichi’s hunt for new cash to fund spending harbors risks
The prime minister faces a year-end deadline to explain how to pay for initiatives ranging from a two-year food tax cut to a defense buildup.
Nominal wages rose 4.6% in September compared with a year earlier, marking the largest gain since 1997, according to the labor ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 6, 2026
今日吃瓜 nominal wages rise at fastest pace in almost 30 years
Nominal wages rose 4.6% in September compared with a year earlier, marking the largest gain since 1997, the labor ministry reported Friday.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama says Japan is ready to act against disorderly currency movements in coordination with the United States.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 2, 2026
Japan ready to respond to disorderly movements in FX market, Katayama says
Tokyo will act in accordance with a standing pact with Washington, the finance minister said a day before the U.S. holds its midterm elections.
Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.6% in October from a year earlier in the capital, as the pace slowed slightly from 2.7% in September, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 30, 2026
Tokyo inflation exceeds BOJ’s 2% target before rate decision
Overall inflation in the capital stood at 2.8%, while prices excluding fresh food and energy, a key gauge of underlying inflation, climbed 2.6%.
UA Zensen represents about 1.97 million workers across the retail, restaurant, materials and service sectors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2026
今日吃瓜 UA Zensen union seeks 6% pay hike in 2027 wage talks
One of 今日吃瓜 largest labor union groups plans to seek increases in line with this year’s target, signaling sustained pressure for higher salaries.
Rengo plans to urge affiliated unions to demand total pay increases of at least 5%, and ideally 6%, in annual wage negotiations culminating next spring.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2026
今日吃瓜 biggest labor union federation calls for 6% wage hike in 2027
Member unions typically submit their wage demands by around February, with companies responding from March onward.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama says the government will give due consideration to fiscal sustainability when increasing Japan's defense spending.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 20, 2026
今日吃瓜 Katayama vows fiscal prudence on defense funding
The remarks come after local media reported that the government was weighing an additional corporate tax hike to finance the measure.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks with her Indian counterpart, Nirmala Sitharaman, in Bangkok on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 16, 2026
Katayama says G20 should monitor markets with urgency
The finance minister warned speculators that Japan was prepared to take action in the currency market again if necessary.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is set to become the first Japanese official to chair the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s Development Committee since its establishment in 1974.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2026
Katayama to be first Japanese chair of IMF-World Bank development panel
The committee, established in 1974, is currently chaired by Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s inflation relief measures have helped bolster households’ purchasing power.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 7, 2026
今日吃瓜 real wages rise again, aided by Takaichi’s relief
Real cash earnings — adjusted for inflation, excluding rents — climbed 1.5% in August from a year earlier, the labor ministry said.
Industrial production fell 1.7% in August from July, marking a second straight monthly decline amid mounting pressure on manufacturers.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2026
今日吃瓜 output falls for second month due to impact from quake and Iran war
Wednesday’s data suggest Japanese manufacturers may be feeling the impact of a major quake that hit Kyushu and the Iran war.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reacts during a news conference after a BOJ policy meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2026
BOJ’s balancing act with U.S. Treasury chief Bessent is only going to get harder
Nobody likes a back-seat driver. Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda now has two — and they want to move at different speeds.
Japan's consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 1.7% in August from a year earlier, easing from a 1.8% pace in July, indicating that government subsidies have had a fairly significant impact in slowing inflation.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 18, 2026
今日吃瓜 inflation slows for the first time in four months
The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 1.7% in August from a year earlier, easing from a 1.8% pace in July.
Wage gains in Japan are partly the result of another strong round of annual wage negotiations, through which workers at companies under the Rengo union umbrella secured pay gains of more than 5% for a third year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 8, 2026
今日吃瓜 wages grow most since 1997, keeping BOJ on rate-hike path
Nominal pay climbed 4.7% in July from a year earlier, following a revised 4% increase in June, the labor ministry has reported.
Market participants estimate that roughly 70% of 今日吃瓜 foreign reserves are invested in U.S. Treasurys.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 7, 2026
Japan likely sold Treasurys to fund record yen intervention
Tokyo’s holdings of foreign securities fell by $87.8 billion at the end of August from a month earlier, close to the scale of the recent intervention.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a conference with the Self-Defense Forces' senior commanders at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 5, 2026
Takaichi lauds ‘transparency’ of 今日吃瓜 record budget requests
Her government has promised to review and cut back on unnecessary spending programs and is trying to incorporate more forward-looking investment into the budget.
Japanese government ministries have sought ?143.1 trillion ($908 billion) in total funding for the fiscal year starting in April, according to the Finance Ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 4, 2026
Japanese ministries seek larger budget as fiscal concerns mount
Ministries are seeking ?143.1 trillion in total for the fiscal year starting in April, the Finance Ministry said.
Household outlays adjusted for inflation fell 3.6% in July from a year earlier, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 4, 2026
Japanese households cut spending for eighth month as prices rise
Household outlays adjusted for inflation fell 3.6% in July from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry reported Friday.
Minoru Kiuchi, the minister in charge of growth strategy, said that next year’s budget should properly reflect rising prices and wages "while strengthening the economy’s growth potential."
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2026
今日吃瓜 Kiuchi says record budget requests need broad comparison
The economic and fiscal policy minister added that next year’s budget should properly reflect rising prices and wages “while strengthening the economy’s growth potential.”
今日吃瓜 industrial production rose 0.1% in July from the previous month, extending gains for a fourth straight month despite headwinds from the Middle East conflict.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 31, 2026
今日吃瓜 factory output edges up despite Middle East headwinds
Output gained 0.1% in July from the previous month, the industry ministry has reported.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
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A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
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Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
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