With US President Donald Trump sending more tariff letters to trade partners, Beijing has stepped up efforts - like rallying ...

Southeast Asia now finds itself caught in a middle-democracy trap where development sidelines democratic progress ...

Global growth is decelerating as US tariff policy reduces trade and heightens uncertainty, says Swiss Re Institute. The analysis concedes the effect may not be fully visible in the economic data yet, ...

With China’s share in Japan’s garment imports steadily falling, the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) believes India is ...

A rally that has taken U.S. stocks to record highs will be tested in the coming week by the kick-off of corporate earnings ...

Europe should consider the recent experience of other middle powers in dealing with the People’s Republic of China.

Metalformers’ Optimism Increases for First Time in Four Months The survey showed rising confidence among metalformers, with more expecting economic growth and higher incoming orders despite ongoing ...

Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)--The estimated amount of food either lost or wasted in Japan in fiscal 2023 fell 1.7 pct from the previous year to a record low of 4.64 million tons, government data ...

Tokyo consumer inflation slowed in June, but held above the 3 percent-level for the third straight month due to higher food prices, especially rice.

Those trends coupled with worries about the economic hit from higher U.S. tariffs partly explain why the BOJ has signaled a pause in interest rate hikes after lifting them to 0.5% in January.

Asian equities saw gains, boosted by Japanese stocks, while US stock futures remained flat amid economic and geopolitical uncertainties. Short-dated Treasuries rallied, and the dollar weakened ...

These trends are helping prop up the economy even as it weathers a shock from the US-led trade war. When Japan’s population peaked in the late 2000s, the country initially offset the decline by ...