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Traders are comfortable pricing yen weakness all the way to ?165 per dollar — a drop of about 1.6% from the current level, which is already near the weakest in four decades.

BUSINESS / Economy

Jul 16, 2026

Yen options suggest a slide to 165 level before Japan intervenes

By Vassilis Karamanis

Traders are comfortable pricing yen weakness all the way to 165 per dollar — a drop of about 1.6% from the current level, already near the weakest in four decades.

Young shoppers are becoming increasingly visible in Tokyo’s upmarket shopping districts such as Omotesando.

BUSINESS / Economy

Jul 16, 2026

Young Japanese who rode AI boom flaunt wealth with luxury buys

By Alice French, Lisa Du and Takashi Nakamichi

The shopping spree also reveals a deepening societal divide, exposing the increasingly uneven nature of Japan’s economic revival.

Analysts say investors remain more focused on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s expansionary fiscal agenda, expectations for only gradual Bank of Japan policy tightening and still-wide interest-rate differentials.

BUSINESS / Economy

Jul 15, 2026

Japan’s bid to bring money home faces fiscal and BOJ reality check

The renewed focus on domestic investment comes as Tokyo seeks new ways to support Japanese assets after repeated foreign-exchange interventions failed to halt the yen’s slide.

The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo

BUSINESS / Economy

Jul 15, 2026

BOJ’s 2016 negative rate shock shows split board hitting limit

By Toru Fujioka

The surprise decision upended stocks and sent the yen higher against the dollar — an unusual market reaction to additional monetary stimulus.

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has cited proposals to promote investment in Japanese government bonds, including possibly making them eligible for the nation’s tax-free Nippon Individual Savings Account program and easing inheritance tax rules.

BUSINESS / Economy

Jul 14, 2026

Japan finance chief floats JGBs in tax-free accounts and GPIF portfolio review

By Erica Yokoyama

Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama’s remarks were seen as part of stepped-up efforts to attract cash to domestic markets as the yen weakens.

Japan’s corporate goods prices rose 7.1% in June from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan reported Friday.

BUSINESS / Economy

Jul 10, 2026

Japan’s producer prices rise at fastest pace since early 2023

By Molly Smith

The measure of input prices for Japanese firms rose 7.1% in June from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan reported.

A customer checks eyeglasses in a section featuring limited-edition eyeglasses available only at the Jins Shinjuku store in April.

BUSINESS / Economy

Jul 9, 2026

Shoppers splurge on specs in Japan as deflation-era mindset fades away

By Reed Stevenson

As inflation reshapes behavior, Japanese eyeglass company Jins is working to prove higher prices are justified by delivering better materials, sharper designs and improved quality.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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