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Japan’s new growth strategy to promote overseas investment

The government will position foreign direct investment as a core policy instrument to facilitate exports.

Keidanren chief calls for boosting Japan’s growth potential

Yoshinobu Tsutsui says the country needs to build an "investment-driven economy" through corporate capital spending, research and development investment and wage hikes.

India’s oil demand growth set for post-pandemic low amid war crunch

India is heavily reliant on imported crude and fuels, and the Iran war has led to surging energy prices that are squeezing state-run refiners and weighing on the broader economy.

Japan's Population Shrinks at Record Pace, Census Shows

The population fell to 123 million as of October 1, 2025, marking the steepest decline on record, with only Tokyo and Okinawa seeing growth. The post Japan's Population Shrinks at Record Pace, Census Shows first appeared on JAPAN Forward.

Japan's capital spending in Jan.-March flat on year

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Capital spending by Japanese companies in the January-March quarter was almost flat from a year earlier, in a sign growth led by arti

JTB eyes return to profit growth on solid outbound, inbound travel

BYD's new 4-nm self-driving chip fails to dispel investors' growth concerns

Panasonic targets sports arenas to spark growth for lighting business

Jōmon Sugi: The Famed Ancient Tree of Yakushima

The Jōmon Sugi, thought to be at least 2,000 years old, is a huge old-growth tree on the Japanese island of Yakushima.

Climate change fueling growth of antibiotic-resistant salmonella

New research suggests warming temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns could accelerate the spread of hard-to-treat infections.

China's aircraft maintenance market in focus as fleet growth slows

Japan regulator urges firms to use cash for growth, not returns

Shifting more of the country's wealth held by businesses and households to fund expansion is a key pillar of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's economic revitalization effort.

Singapore Q1 GDP growth tops estimates at 6% on AI boom

Japan banks to offer loans backed by growth potential, not real estate

U.S. weighs chip tariffs to spur domestic growth, trade chief says

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stressed the importance of using import duties to bring chip production back to the U.S.

Takaichi considering new quota for growth investment

The plan would cover 17 growth areas, including artificial intelligence and semiconductors, to support long-term corporate investments.

(Research Paper) Households' Wage Growth Expectations Formation: The Linkage with Price Inflation Expectations

As Japan stokes inflation, banks grapple with loan growth outpacing deposits

For decades, deflation kept loan demand tepid and prompted savers to hoard cash. Now the country is seeing an explosion of borrowing, and deposits aren't keeping up.