Japan plans to gradually scale back gasoline subsidies from December into early spring, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said, adding that support for electricity and gas bills, which was also provided from January through March this year, will be brought forward and begin in December.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is seeking to assuage persistent market reservations about her management of fiscal policy by providing foreign investors with more information in English.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Japan no longer needs policy to stimulate inflation as the economy isn’t in a state of deflation anymore, echoing a comment made recently by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Japan’s Economic Policy Minister Minoru Kiuchi declined to elaborate on remarks made by a government representative at the Bank of Japan’s latest policy meeting that appeared to urge caution over the pace of further interest rate hikes.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government plans to hammer out the detailed costs associated with the first five years of its $2.3 trillion, 14-year investment initiative, a first step toward clearing up uncertainty surrounding the sweeping program.

Any expansion of Japan’s defense spending will likely be spread over many years and shouldn’t become a source of significant market anxiety in any single year, according to a member of a panel that advises Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Japan no longer needs a reflationary policy of aggressive monetary easing and nimble fiscal spending, according to Growth Strategy Minister Minoru Kiuchi, one of the cabinet’s most aggressive reflationists.

Sanae Takaichi and Donald Trump want to recover rare earths from 6,000 meters below the sea. 

Japan’s spending plans will provide a long-term boost for the yen, Japanese Growth Strategy Minister Minoru Kiuchi said, pushing back against market concerns over the nation’s finances.

Joint US-Japan intervention has supported the yen for now, but isn’t a game-changer for the currency or the economy, Japan’s former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, touting a ¥370 trillion ($2.3 trillion) growth strategy as the long-term vision that will transform Japan’s fortunes.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi formally announced a plan to temporarily cut the sales tax on food and soft drinks to 1% from April next year, while pledging to end the measure as scheduled, as she tried to appease voters and reassure financial markets.

Japan should cut the sales tax on food and drinks to 1% and use cash handouts to offset the remaining 1 percentage point, the chair of a cross-party panel on the issue reiterated after the group failed to reach a consensus.

Japan, the home of Pokémon, is beginning to weigh regulating the booming trading card market, as values soaring into the millions of dollars fuel counterfeiting and money laundering.

Approval ratings for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dropped in the latest polls as she pushed ahead with some divisive bills despite voters’ concerns about the cost of living.

A Japanese ruling party panel is calling for stricter limits on shareholder rights, arguing that existing regulations encourage what it sees as “excessive” activist proposals and the pursuit of short-term profits.

Media reports that claim Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is attempting to keep interest rates low and weaken fiscal improvement efforts aren’t accurate at all, according to Japan’s Growth Strategy Minister Minoru Kiuchi.

Japan’s annual wage negotiations concluded with average pay gains topping 5% for a third year, underscoring the economy’s resilience and reinforcing the Bank of Japan’s stance to keep raising interest rates.

Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she had talks over the phone with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a move that only gave the yen a short-lived boost as it hovers near the weakest level in four decades.

Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she had talks over the phone with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a move that only gave the yen a short-lived boost as it hovers near the weakest level in four decades.

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is considering measures to make the behavior of activist investors more transparent and to help companies deal with the challenges they create, a lawmaker of the ruling party said in an interview.