A weak yen is beneficial for Japan's economy as the boost to exports exceeds the increase in the cost of imports, a senior ...

Japan’s ruling coalition is in danger of losing its majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time since 2009, ...

Japan’s Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said he is raising the level of urgency for monitoring currency moves, after the yen ...

Volatile yen–dollar movements contributed to an August financial crash and continue to expose Japan’s economic vulnerability, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s priority must be economic reforms and reassuring investors, William Pesek writes in ...

AKASHI, Japan -- As Japan heads to the polls in a national election this Sunday, the unpopularity of the incumbent government ...

Japan Tobacco is the third-largest player in a highly concentrated tobacco industry, behind British American Tobacco and ...

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discussed recent exchange-rate moves, among ...

Japan's political parties are promising to raise the minimum wage, a step that may win votes in Sunday's general election but ...

The Japanese yen is hovering near three-month lows against the U.S. dollar, after hitting 153.18 late Wednesday. Analysts tell CNBC that the upcoming elections in Japan, strong growth indicators in ...

Japan's finance minister has vowed to watch the recent weakening of the yen more carefully, saying the moves look rapid and one-sided. "The government will carefully monitor the developments in the ...

A weak yen is beneficial for Japan's economy as the boost to exports exceeds the increase in cost of imports, the ...