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Takaichi still highly popular despite slide in approval ratings

The lower ratings in two of three recent media polls come amid concerns over rising prices and the availability of crude oil-derived naphtha due to the Middle East conflict.

Tokyo stocks fall back on Mideast tensions, rise in crude oil prices

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, with the Nikkei stock index briefly losing more than 2 percent and giving up much of the previous day's g

South Korea pledges action to curb volatility as won nears 2009 low

South Korea joins authorities in Indonesia and the Philippines in stepping up measures to defend currencies as elevated oil prices hurt the region's importers.

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.

Indonesian oil palm farmers bemoan new export rules after crop prices dive

EV sales set records in 37 countries as consumers flee high gas prices

Housing industry hit by shortage of naphtha-derived materials

It is unclear when the situation will improve, and it could also have an impact on consumers in the form of higher housing prices or delayed construction.

After the AI binge, companies balk at soaring bills

Playing by a well-worn Silicon Valley playbook, AI companies charged rock-bottom prices to hook customers after ChatGPT burst onto the scene.

Prices for over 1,000 food items in Japan set to rise in June

Seasoning accounted for the largest share of products set to see higher prices, followed by processed food.

Japan voices concern over rice imports in white paper

Private-sector rice imports experienced a sharp increase after retail prices roughly doubled year on year in May 2025.

Lawson opens small supermarket in Tokyo

The supermarket, named L Minimart, aims to attract budget-conscious consumers amid rising prices.

Japan beef bowl purveyors scramble for meat as US prices climb

Rice consumption in fiscal 2025 the lowest in seven years

The drop coincided with last summer's "Reiwa rice riots" when the staple disappeared from supermarket shelves and prices surged nationwide.

Yen's purchasing power sinks to new low as oil prices sap strength

Japan carmakers squeezed by high aluminum prices, possible shortages

A warning to critical minerals buyers: avoid butter mountains, aluminium floods

In the 1980s and 1990s, subsidies, cheap energy and price guarantees fueled overproduction of various products which flooded markets, tanked prices and spread pain globally.

Australian lithium miner pulls trigger on expansion as prices rise

Speculators rush into copper as sulfur supply risk, AI drive up prices

Speech by Board Member KOEDA in Fukuoka (Economic Activity, Prices, and Monetary Policy in Japan)

Highlights of the Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (April 2026)