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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
California overtakes Japan as the world’s fourth largest economy
Governor Gavin Newsom relished in his state’s economic prowess but lambasted President Trump’s ‘reckless tariff policies’ ...
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 ...
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 ...