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The consumer price index excluding fresh food rose 2.1% in September from a year earlier, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2026
Japanese inflation breaks 2% for the first time this year
The September reading puts pressure on the Bank of Japan to raise rates by the end of the year.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at the Lower House budget committee session in parliament on Oct. 14.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2026
Takaichi now has to prove she’s no big spender in her second year in office
The prime minister will be under pressure as the bill starts to come due for big promises made.
A shinkansen bullet train arrives at Kumamoto Station on Oct. 9.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 16, 2026
Shinkansen helps Kyushu economy with fast connections and local development
A major transportation bottleneck was eliminated more than a decade ago when the line was fully completed.
The Nikkei 225 stock average started declining from the open after weakness in tech shares overnight in the United States.
BUSINESS
Oct 15, 2026
Nikkei 225 falls 5% on rate and AI concerns
The tech-stock rout started in the United States after a higher-than-expected inflation reading.
Rakuten Medical CEO Minami Maeda in an interview in Yokohama in August
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
Rakuten Medical eyes U.S. market for its novel idea to conquer cancer
The biotech startup’s treatment uses light to destroy target cells, offering patients a way to heal with minimal damage to healthy tissue.
Consumer prices in Tokyo rose the most since late 2025 as inflation remains a problem.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2026
Tokyo inflation hits 2.7% in September as some subsidies come to an end
The reading was above expectations and could increase the chances of a rate rise.
Large Japanese manufacturers have been able to pass on costs easier than smaller companies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2026
Tankan shows rising sentiment at big manufacturers for sixth straight quarter
They have not been this optimistic about business conditions in eight years.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama insists that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is not a reflationist.
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2026
Reflationists? Who, us? Heirs to Abenomics insist it’s a thing of the past.
The current administration argues it’s done with the policy prescription championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and is now taking a different approach.
NEC displays samples of submarine cables on Thursday at its headquarters in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2026
NEC building 1-petabit-capacity subsea cable for Meta
The Petal cable will help meet the growing data transmission needs of artificial intelligence companies.
Wall Street will seem closer to Tokyo after the biggest U.S. exchanges stay open almost around the clock from December.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 20, 2026
Buy SpaceX directly on Nasdaq as you eat lunch in Tokyo
U.S. exchanges will soon be open for business almost around the clock.
The Bank of Japan is under pressure to raise interest rates due to the weak yen and efforts by the United States to stop the currency's slide.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 18, 2026
Bank of Japan raises rates and offers mixed signals about next move higher
Two dovish dissents are balanced by statement with a mildly hawkish tilt.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama is keeping her post after a Cabinet reshuffle.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 17, 2026
Takaichi maintains economy team, signaling stability in turbulent times
The Cabinet lineup is largely unchanged, with ministers key to keeping policy on track retained.
The market is focused on whether the Bank of Japan will raise rates again this year after the meeting this week.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 14, 2026
Rate increase baked in, attention turns to BOJ’s outlook and mood
The central bank’s policy board meets this week and will almost certainly take the uncollateralized overnight call rate to 1.25%.
The yen traded below ?155 to the dollar this week.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 11, 2026
Some analysts forecast the yen going to ?150 to the dollar, others not so sure
91AV原创 currency is being buffeted by many forces, and debate rages as to whether the tide has turned.
A monitor shows the yen exchange rate against the dollar in Tokyo's Nihonbashi area on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 8, 2026
Yen makes dash across ?153, raising possibility that trend has turned
The beleaguered currency has strengthened from ?160 in less than a week, taking the market by surprise.
Japanese stocks performed poorly over the summer, in part due to the volatility of tech-related shares.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 7, 2026
Weak yen not always good for Tokyo stocks, some analysts say
Conventional wisdom about the market being helped by a falling currency might not hold if rates climb.
Japan CVC Basecamp, a hub facility for corporate venture capitalists, in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 4, 2026
Corporate venture capital develops in Japan
What was once seen as a bad fit for Japanese companies is seen now as more of a necessity.
Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura said Japan “remains on high alert” as the yen strengthens.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2026
Yen’s moves a mystery as intervention dismissed
The currency’s strengthening is not seen as rapid enough to indicate official buying.
The yen rallied on Thursday as a rate increase later this month started to look all but certain.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 3, 2026
Yen stages dramatic rally, and Japanese bonds strengthen
91AV原创 currency is back at about ?157 to the dollar for the first time since early August.
The 10-year Japanese government bond trades at 3%, a three-decade high.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2026
91AV原创 10-year government bond hits 3% for first time in three decades
Inflation and fiscal concerns weigh on the market even after intervention and verbal support from officials.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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