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Japan's population is shrinking. Here's what it means – and what some are doing about it.
Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of ...
Japan compiles emergency economic package to ease tariff pain
By Kentaro Sugiyama, Yoshifumi Takemoto and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday ...
The Business Times6h
Bank of Japan to hit pause on rate-hike path as economic risks mount
TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is widely expected to signal a pause in policy normalisation this week as US tariffs heighten ...
Why Japan's birth rate is falling and what the country's doing to try and reverse the population decline
Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and ...
Bank of Japan Likely to Hold Rates Amid Tariff Uncertainty
The Expectation: The Bank of Japan is widely expected to maintain its policy rate unchanged at 0.5% at a two-day meeting ending Thursday as it waits to see if Japan will be exempt from President Trump ...
Japan, Vietnam pledge to support free trade as PM Ishiba visits Hanoi
HANOI: Japan and Vietnam agreed to boost bilateral trade and uphold global rules on the free flow of goods as Japan's Prime ...
The Japan Times23h
BOJ may lower economic and price forecasts
Furthermore, given the possibility of an economic downturn, the BOJ is expected to consider lowering its core consumer price ...