The United States and Japan launched their first coordinated currency intervention in 15 years on August 4, 2026, pushing the yen up roughly 4% against the dollar — but markets and......
A coordinated US-Japan currency intervention sent the yen surging on August 3, with President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both confirming the joint action pub......
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on July 30 directed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to build intraparty consensus on cutting the consumption tax on food and beverages fr......
The Japanese yen slid past 162 to the dollar this week, touching its weakest point in nearly four decades, as the Bank of Japan faces mounting skepticism that anything in its toolk......
In the span of a single month, Japan deployed its largest-ever currency intervention — and ended up with almost nothing to show for it. The structural rot in the Japanese economy r......
On the afternoon of April 30, Japan's financial markets faced three major shocks simultaneously: long-term interest rates surged above 2.5% for the first time in 27 years, the doll......
The Bank of Japan(BOJ) kept its policy rate on hold at 0.75% on April 28 — but the vote was anything but unanimous. Three board members broke ranks to demand an immediate hike, mar......
The Bank of Japan opened its two-day policy meeting on April 26, with markets widely expecting the central bank to hold its benchmark interest rate at 0.75% when results are announ......
Most people who have visited Tokyo in recent years share a common feeling: Japan has become less expensive. Whether it's sushi, cute trinkets, or electronics, the prices seem quite......
Following a landslide election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party, markets are bracing for a shift toward expansionary fiscal policy focu......
