Japan’s 40-year government bond auction generated the weakest demand in 14 years as investors responded to reports that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba could resign in the coming days or weeks. The ...

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba is preparing to step down by the end of August, according to local media reports, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, under growing pressure to step down over the historic loss of his ruling party in a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sweeping trade agreement with Japan on Wednesday, imposing a 15% tariff on Japanese exports to the United States. The deal includes a $550 billion investment ...

Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

JGB yield rose to the highest since October 2008 at 1.595% last Tuesday after opinion polls increasingly pointed to ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how Japan ’s election results could hamper U.S. trade talks, Israeli ...

The USD/JPY forecast shows a resilient yen despite a shift in Japan’s political landscape, resulting in defeat of ruling ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2025. — Reuters Japan’s PM Ishiba remains in ...

Potential challengers include Sanae Takaichi, who came second to Ishiba in last year’s LDP leadership race; Takayuki Kobayashi, a former minister for economic security; and Shinjiro Koizumi, son of ...