Japan was historically touted as “an economic miracle,” rising from the ashes of World War II to become the second largest economy, only after the U.S., and kept that going through the 1970s ...

The Japanese government maintained its assessment that the economy is recovering moderately on Tuesday, while cautioning ...

In hopes of tackling continuing issues of inflation, the Japanese government okayed a wide-ranging economic package worth ...

Known as the Emperor's Monologue, the memoir chronicles the slide into war until ... for war crimes after WW2 but continued to reign over his country's re-emergence as an economic powerhouse ...

From December 1941, Japan, as part of its plan to build an East Asian empire and secure oil supplies essential for war in the Pacific, swiftly took control of Southeast Asia. Japanese occupation had a ...

Political uncertainty after Japan's election shock risks slowing economic reforms, pushing up government spending and even holding up the Bank of Japan's exit from its outlier monetary policy ...