Today: Japan’s central bank cut its economic growth forecast for the country in half. The Bank of Japan on Thursday lowered its expectations for 2025 gross domestic product growth to an anemic 0 ...

These trade barriers threaten both economic growth overseas and corporate profits in Japan, Mr. Ueda said in a briefing in Tokyo on Thursday. The Bank of Japan’s outlook was released alongside ...

Amid US-Japan trade talks under way in Washington, Japanese lawmakers have warned that Donald Trump’s tariffs posed a threat to not just economic partnership but broader strategic cooperation ...

(Kyodo) BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- Japan and the European Union on Wednesday agreed to boost cooperation on economic security issues, including strengthening supply chains for critical minerals.

(Japan's) ally, but also with European countries that share common values," he said. Kiuchi said his discussions with Sefcovic, commissioner for trade and economic security, focused on economic ...

Japan and the European Union have agreed to boost cooperation on economic security issues, including strengthening supply chains for critical minerals. Japanese economic security minister Minoru ...

The President said Japan is the Philippines' second largest economic partner. ''With the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA) that we have in place, we continue to look for ways to ...

The two leaders also explored ways to further defence and economic ties, with talks centred on Japan's official security assistance programme, of which the Philippines was among the first ...

Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa (R) poses with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (C) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (L) in Washington DC on May 1, 2025.

Photo: Reuters The two leaders also explored ways to further defense and economic ties, with talks centered on Japan’s official security assistance program, of which the Philippines was among the ...

In 1954, when Kobayashi's grandfather founded the business, Japan was entering a period of rapid economic growth, and the factory ran at full capacity. However, since the 1990s, competition with ...