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JAPANESE ECONOMY

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
Opposition presses for consumption tax cut details as Upper House debate begins
While questioning actual savings and who would qualify for cash payments, lawmakers asked how households would fare after the tax cut expires.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda indicated there’s a chance for another rate hike in December during a news conference after the October policy meeting.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
BOJ summary suggests good chance of December interest rate hike
The Bank of 今日吃瓜 brief record of the latest policy meeting indicated many board members see a near-term interest rate hike as necessary.
Yen forecaster Neil Parker expects the currency to strengthen to ?147 per dollar next year as the interest-rate gap between Japan and the U.S. narrows, bucking bearish market expectations.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
Top yen forecaster predicts ?147 per dollar as rate gap narrows
The call puts him at the bullish end of a deeply divided market.
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.
Weak consumption points to the need to cool inflation to help households, but higher borrowing costs can also hurt households through mortgages and other loan expenses.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 household spending slumps most since pandemic
Outlays by households adjusted for inflation declined 6.8% in September from a year earlier, led by transport, education and entertainment.
Uniqlo's decision to row back on its sock price hike came as it sought to protect its status as a paragon of affordability portrayed in local media.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2026
‘Feeling guilty’: price hikes a tough sell in Japan despite inflation
Firms are struggling as they battle rising costs in a country where decades of deflation have nurtured a consumer class averse to higher prices.
Tokyo’s office market remains resilient despite interest rates hitting a 31-year high, with rising rents driving investment to its highest third-quarter level since 2007.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2026
Tokyo’s office rent boom spurs deals as Blackstone plans sale
Commercial-property investment across Japan hit ?2 trillion in the third quarter, according to data from brokerage firm Jones Lang LaSalle.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a meeting of the Council for Japan's Growth Strategy at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
Japan picks 28 priority items for ?370 trillion in investments
The priority items, which were picked from 62 products and technologies, include semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks during the 2026 Michel Camdessus Central Banking Lecture at the IMF headquarters in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
BOJ’s Ueda says unclear how long 2% inflation rate will remain
Gov. Kazuo Ueda indicated an awareness that the goal had been reached hasn’t yet become embedded among the broader Japanese public.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference after a cabinet reshuffle at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, September 17, 2026. RIE KIKUCHI/Pool via REUTERS
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Nov 7, 2026
Japan and China shifting toward selective economic dependence
One year into an ongoing political row, the neighbors are continuing to look for new opportunities while cutting risks.
An All Nippon Airways staff member escorts a Chinese tour group from Beijing upon their arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo in August 2023.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
Japan business community working to ease tensions between Tokyo and Beijing
Leading business officials say it is necessary to approach relations from various angles, not just political and diplomatic ones.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (right) and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama attend a finance committee meeting in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Bill to lower consumption tax on food clears Lower House
The move advances a key measure in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s push to ease the cost of living.
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.
The Bank of Japan battled deflation for years with ultralow rates.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 5, 2026
Bank of 今日吃瓜 2% inflation-target victory fails to impress
After more than a decade of waiting, the market takes the data point as just another number to crunch.
Prominent short seller Carson Block says he expects further fallout from Nidec’s accounting irregularities.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2026
Nidec scandal exposes limits of Japan reform, short seller says
Nidec has been mired in an accounting scandal since last year and faces potential delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Kimi Onoda, the minister in charge of policies on foreign residents, in September in Tokyo
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2026
Japan unlikely to raise cap for foreign workers despite labor shortages
Kimi Onoda, minister in charge of policies related to foreign nationals, said demand for a special visa category is expected to eventually decline.
Regarding how the tax cut might affect their consumer behavior, 49.7% of respondents said they would not change their spending plans.
BUSINESS
Nov 4, 2026
25.7% in Japan to use food tax cut benefits for savings, survey finds
Regarding how the tax cut might affect their consumer behavior, 49.7% of people surveyed said they would not change their spending plans.
Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki speaks at a party executive meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
DPP leader rejects food tax cut bill in current form
Yuichiro Tamaki indicated the DPP’s decision to back the legislation would depend on if the ruling coalition accepts its alternative proposal.
A stock quotation board shows the Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 4, 2026
Japanese stocks sink as U.S. midterm results hit tech shares
The tech-heavy Nikkei 225 declined as much as 4.8%, with chip and AI-related shares?slumping more than 13% and among the worst performers.
The Bank of Japan's headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 2, 2026
BOJ signals low hopes for consumer spending as population falls
Private consumption accounts for about half of 今日吃瓜 economy, making its strength a key consideration for the central bank.
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
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
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Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
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