Japanese automakers breathed a sigh of relief after U.S. President Donald Trump finalized a trade agreement last week.

Despite the trade deal with the United States slashing the tariff rate for Japan to 15 percent, the so-called reciprocal ...

What is clear, however, is that most Japanese foresee a rocky economic road ahead. A 52% majority expect economic conditions to worsen over the next 12 months. In 2010, as the national economy showed ...

By Michael Schiffer The following is a contribution to the Mainichi Shimbun from Michael Schiffer, who served as assistant ...

Leaders of the European Union and Japan have launched an alliance aimed at boosting economic cooperation, defending free ...

Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is ...

A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

While Japan’s economic challenges in a dynamic Asia-Pacific are considerable, there are also significant political hurdles that its leaders can address through enhanced regional diplomacy.

Indeed, given COVID-19 and the resulting global economic downturn, the increasingly glaring nonexistence of effective trade rules to rein in unfair Chinese trade practices and the World Trade ...

What possible relation, one might ask, can spas, online food delivery services, and local supermarkets bear to national security? Indeed, the Japanese Finance Ministry’s recent announcement that ...