Foreign investors are storming into Japan’s once-placid government bond market, exposing the world’s second-largest pool of sovereign debt to bouts of volatility sparked by traders thousands of miles away. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/09/markets/foreign-traders-jgb-buy-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jgb #bonds #investments #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is calling on both ruling and opposition parties to work together to enact the government’s supplementary budget swiftly to “bring back a strong economy to Japan.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/economy/japan-finance-minister-parliament-budget-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #satsukikatayama #budgets #diet #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration has submitted its draft ¥18.3 trillion ($118 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2025 to parliament to finance her first comprehensive economic package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/economy/japan-extra-budget/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #budgets #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #diet

Japan’s economy shrank in the three months through September, the government confirmed, giving some justification for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s stimulus package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/economy/japan-revised-gdp-july-september-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #gdp #japaneseeconomy #wages #inflation #boj #sanaetakaichi

Japan’s households unexpectedly cut spending for the first time in six months, in a sign of the fragility of domestic demand as the Bank of Japan prepares to consider raising borrowing costs later this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/economy/household-outlays-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #consumerspending #boj

Japan’s "oshikatsu" culture is booming despite inflation, with fans spending heavily on idols and characters in a way that now drives a multitrillion-yen market and even draws the attention of the central bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/02/japans-inflation-proof-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #boj #inflation #japaneseeconomy #anime #manga #teenagegirls #akb48 #shoheiohtani #oshikatsu #stan #oshi

The Bank of Japan has rattled markets globally with its hint of a rate rise, with Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s hawkish comments Monday hitting bonds, stocks and crypto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/markets/bond-rout-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #jgb #kazuoueda #bonds

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is looking to increase its investments in Japan to about $27 billion by the end of 2030 as the kingdom looks to deepen ties in Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/economy/saudi-funds-japan-investments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #investments #saudiarabia #japaneseeconomy

Japan’s two-year note yield rose to its highest level since 2008, and the yen gained against the dollar on signs the Bank of Japan is moving closer to an interest-rate hike. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/markets/two-year-yield-highest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #boj #japaneseeconomy #jgbs #kazuoueda

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda has sent the clearest hint yet that his board might move this month, telling business leaders in Nagoya that authorities will make the right call on whether to raise interest rates or not. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/economy/boj-ueda-december-rate-hike-hint/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #kazuoueda #japaneseeconomy

Japanese businesses trimmed back capital spending over the summer after five straight quarters of gains, in a sign of cooling corporate sentiment as higher U.S. tariffs take a toll on a sputtering economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/economy/japan-capex-down-september/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #capitalspending #japaneseeconomy #financeministry #boj #gdp

Takayuki Kobayashi said in a television program on Sunday that Japan should work on making its economic structure self-reliant, advocating for breaking away from dependence on China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/japan/politics/japans-economic-independence-from-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #takayukikobayashi #chinajapanrelations #japaneseeconomy #chineseeconomy #trade #ldp #sanaetakaichi #taiwan

Currency forecasts are unreliable, as the yen’s recent weakness highlights the limits of intervention and the influence of narratives over economic fundamentals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/28/japan/big-myth-about-weak-yen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #yen #dollar #forex #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #timothygeithner

Market participants are increasingly speculating that the Bank of Japan could raise its policy interest rate in December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/29/economy/boj-senior-officials-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #yen #japaneseeconomy #boj

The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, adopted a plan to demand a pay increase of 5% or more in annual spring wage negotiations next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/rengo-wage-hike-shunto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #wages #shunto #inflation #japaneseeconomy #jobs #unions

Japan plans to increase its issuance of short-term debt to help finance Sanae Takaichi’s economic package, a move that comes as markets grow uneasy about fiscal discipline and upward pressure on super-long yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/extra-budget-bond-issues/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #budgets #bonds #sanaetakaichi #financeministry

Prices are slated to rise in Japan in December for 217 food and beverage products from 195 major Japanese makers, Teikoku Databank has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/food-products-price-rise-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #food #japaneseeconomy #snacks #surveys

Tokyo’s inflation held steady in November, keeping the Bank of Japan on track for an interest rate hike in the coming months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/tokyo-inflation-steady-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tokyo #inflation #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government plans to issue more new bonds to fund its economic package than the corresponding amount last year, as concerns smolder over the nation’s public finances and rising yields. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/27/75b-new-bonds-stimulus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #japaneseeconomy

Japan’s 2026 budget should take inflation into account, private-sector advisers tell the government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/27/economy/panel-budget-inflation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #taxes #cabinet #inflation #budgets