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An electronics store in the Akihabara area in Tokyo. Domestic consumption has expanded for three straight quarters, albeit at a subdued pace.
BUSINESS / Economy
Japan¡¯s household outlays fall in sign of fragile domestic demand
Private spending is a key component in the central bank's goal of achieving a virtuous economic cycle in which wage gains help fuel demand-led price increases.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
BOJ's Ueda won Takaichi over this time. What happens next?
Gov. Kazuo Ueda's recent pitch for a December rate hike seems to have been accepted by markets and the administration, but how will the bank communicate its longer-term intentions?
BUSINESS / Economy
Trump proposes easing fuel rules, in boost for automakers, despite emissions
A reduction to the standards, proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, would cost Americans more for fuel and increase carbon dioxide emissions by about 5%.
Residential apartment blocks in Helsinki in May 2023. Finland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 9.6% in September.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 2, 2025
Soaring unemployment challenges Finnish welfare model
By Anna KORKMAN
Figures from the European statistics agency Eurostat showed Finland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 9.6% in September.
Yasir Al Rumayyan, head of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, speaks at the FII Asia Priority Summit in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 2, 2025
Saudi wealth fund plans to more than double investments in Japan
By Christine Burke
Japan is Saudi Arabia¡¯s third-largest trading partner at present.
Nobumitsu Hayashi, head of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), is interviewed in Tokyo last week.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2025
91²Ö¿â JBIC shifts financing focus to economic security projects
By Makiko Yamazaki and Tamiyuki Kihara
JBIC's role has expanded in response to China's growing influence and rising geopolitical risks, evolving into a tool of economic statecraft.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda speaks at a meeting with business leaders in Nagoya on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2025
BOJ¡¯s Ueda sends clear hint at chance of December rate hike
By Toru Fujioka
The central bank ¡°will consider the pros and cons of raising the policy interest rate and make decisions as appropriate,¡± he told local business leaders in Nagoya.
Japanese firms' capital expenditure on goods excluding software edged down 0.3% from the previous quarter in the three months through September.
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2025
Japanese firms scale back investment as tariff headwinds hit
By Erica Yokoyama
Capital expenditure on goods excluding software edged down 0.3% from the previous quarter even as corporate profits jumped by the most in two years.
People line up outside of a store during Black Friday in Woodbury, New York, on Friday. Although some shoppers queued up, many others used AI-powered shopping tools to help drive a surge in online spending on Black Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 30, 2025
AI helps drive record $11.8 billion in Black Friday online spending
With U.S. consumer confidence at a seven-month low, shoppers face a holiday shopping season amid tighter budgets and unemployment close to a four-year high.
Recent remarks by senior BOJ officials indicate the central bank is willing to revise its monetary policy soon.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 29, 2025
Speculation growing for December rate hike by BOJ
Recent remarks by senior BOJ officials indicate the central bank is willing to revise its monetary policy soon.

Trump security strategy demands more from Japan while unveiling ¡®burden-sharing network¡¯
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a speech aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during his visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Oct. 28.
Spotlight shines on humanoid robots at Tokyo show
A representative from Noitom Robotics demonstraties remote robot operation at the iREX International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan¡¯s bear-related casualties hit record on escalating attacks
Bear bells are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop at Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot and one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage sites, in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, on Nov. 15.
Suspected ³Ù´Ç°ì³Ü°ù²â¨± masterminds in Tokyo-area robberies arrested
Takuya Saito, 26, is one of four men arrested by Japanese police on Friday on suspicion of masterminding a series of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Average price of rice in Japan hits new record high
In the week ended last Sunday, the average price of rice sold at about 1,000 supermarkets across Japan rose by ?23 from the previous week to ?4,335 per 5 kilograms.
Will Takaichi bank on her high approval ratings to call a snap election?
While media polls show a high support rate for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi¡¯s Cabinet, the support for the LDP is not as great, meaning there¡¯s no guarantee of a coattail effect if a snap poll is called.
¡®Black Box Diaries¡¯ is Shiori Ito¡¯s unflinching case for the truth
¡°Black Box Diaries¡± documents Shiori Ito¡¯s legal case, while also showing her thoughts and feelings through journal style videos she recorded herself.
Kashima or Kashiwa: J. League title chase goes down to the wire
Kashima's Yuma Suzuki (center) takes a shot during a game against Kashiwa in March.
2025 was the year Japan¡¯s box office returned
In 2025, ¡°Demon Slayer¡± and ¡°Kokuho¡± broke box-office records, while films such as ¡°Renoir,¡± A Pale View of the Hills¡± and ¡°Two Strangers, Two Seasons¡± garnered acclaim on the international film festival circuit. The year¡¯s biggest loss was the death of Tatsuya Nakadai, an highly regarded actor who had worked with nearly all of the top directors of Japanese cinema¡¯s postwar golden age.
The key points under discussion on policies affecting foreign nationals
Visitors head to Shirakawago, a popular tourist spot, in Gifu Prefecture in November.

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