Campaigning for the House of Councillors election is officially underway in Japan, with a major focal point being measures to ...

Concerns are mounting that Japan's longer-term interest rates may rise further, as lawmakers' campaign pledges to tackle ...

Their placards demand the removal of national consumption taxes and the dismantling of the Finance Ministry, ... With Japan’s debt-to-G.D.P. ratio running above 200 percent for the past five ...

As of March 31, 2023, Japan’s national debt, which is the sum of the outstanding balance of government bonds, loans, and financing bills, reached a new record high at ¥1,270 trillion. Compared ...

In its presentation of the 2024 budget, Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) reports “national debt service” costs at 27 trillion yen, or a hefty 21% of total central government expenditure ...

Fresh concerns over Japan’s national debt offered a boost to both crypto and gold on the day, with the latter reaching $3,320 per ounce, its highest since May 12.

TOKYO -- Japan's government debt per capita surpassed 10 million yen, or roughly $75,000, for the first time at the end of June, data released Wednesd ...

Japan's lost decade didn't just hurt government balance sheets; it brought long-lasting damage to the Japanese people. As deficits and debt crowded out government spending, life became ...

Asian equities wobbled Wednesday as investors struggled to track a Wall Street rally fuelled by forecast-beating US consumer confidence data, with a weak Japanese debt sale adding to worries about ...