Japan

  • Aug 28, 2019
  • 2 min read

Japan’s Africa conference holds promise and risk

Japan has suggested it will focus more on private sector engagement at its major development conference on Africa

Africa
  • Aug 28, 2019
  • 2 min read

Japan escalates trade conflict with South Korea

Japan’s decision to remove South Korea from its ‘white list’ of trusted trade partners took effect today

Japan
  • Aug 23, 2019
  • 7 min read

Japan gender equality policies have economic goals

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he wants to create “a Japan in which all women can shine”

Japan
  • Aug 22, 2019
  • 1 min read

Dispute hinders Japan-South Korea security cooperation

South Korea has cancelled an intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan

Japan
  • Aug 22, 2019
  • 2 min read

Deeper industrial weakness will weigh on GDP globally

The flash manufacturing PMIs for August show that industry remains in the doldrums in Japan and the euro-area

International
  • Aug 19, 2019
  • 2 min read

Weak world trade outweighs signs of rerouting to Japan

Export volumes rose by the most in nine months in July, buoyed by stronger demand for transport equipment and foodstuffs

International
  • Aug 16, 2019
  • 2 min read

Japan-South Korea trade war may yet worsen

Japan and South Korea are introducing new trade measures against each other and talks have reportedly been cancelled

Japan
  • Aug 15, 2019
  • 6 min read

Japan's fiscal stimulus will mute tax hike impact

GDP grew for a third successive quarter during the April-June period this year

Japan