Japan's sales tax rate is set at 10%, except for food items at 8%. Ishiba has shunned opposition calls to slash the sales tax ...

Japan posted a smaller-than-expected trade surplus in June as exports continued to struggle under the weight of U.S. tariffs and weakening global demand. The country logged a trade surplus of 153.1 ...

Vice foreign ministers of Korea, the United States and Japan will hold trilateral talks this week to discuss ways of further enhancing cooperation on North Korean issues and economic security, Seoul's ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which ...

The decrease in exports was a reversal of the 0.5% rise expected by economists polled by Reuters, and comes amid a lack of a ...

Japan's exports fell for a second straight month in June, data showed on Thursday, underscoring the mounting strain that ...

Trump for decades has expressed concerns about other countries "taking advantage" of the U.S. and has called for taxes on them, along with greater defense spending by them. In newspaper ads and ...

Wellness tourism is the latest trend overtaking the travel space, and the powerhouse shows no signs of slowing down. In 2024, ...

President Trump allowed Nippon Steel to acquire U. S. Steel but only by framing it as a “partnership,” while national ...

While Japan’s rice crisis is especially severe, it’s also part of a broader trend: Food prices around the world have been ...

Rakuten said the project aims to support the development of generative AI systems in the Asian nation through the provision ...