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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.

“The Summer Hikaru Died”: A Fresh Take on J-Horror Explores Living Alongside the Uncanny

Two friends spend time together in their small rural community . . . but something has changed. The Summer Hikaru Died uses all the tools of the Japanese horror genre to go beyond scaring readers, pressing them to consider themes of outsidership, sexuality, and more.

A ‘Golden Age’ for Japan-U.S. relations? Not quite.

Calls for increased defense spending are one thing; doubts about America's commitment to the security alliance are another.

Migrant journeys in focus ahead of pope’s visit to Spain’s Canary Islands

The pope will spend the final two days of his trip to Spain on the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife, where he will meet migrants and organizations working to support them.

Russia finance officials tell Putin war spending is unaffordable

Finance Ministry officials have grown increasingly concerned about the state of Russia's economy and state budget in recent months.

SpaceX and OpenAI windfall fuels bets on next-wave Asian AI winners

Investors believe the billions of dollars that SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are set to raise will kick off a fresh round of technology spending.

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

Yen defies record intervention as wait for BOJ hike raises risks

The currency underperformed all its Group-of-10 peers in May despite record spending by Japan, putting it in danger of weakening to 160 against the dollar before June 16.

Japan’s firms cut spending over Iran stress despite record profits

Capital expenditure excluding software fell 3.5% from the previous quarter in the three months through March, the Finance Ministry reported Monday.

U.S. castigates Europe over defense spending as NATO reassures Asia

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Asian partners and chastised European allies at the Shangri-La Dialogue.

Embattled Nidec to suspend biz acquisitions

A panel of outside experts concluded that pressure to meet performance targets was among the factors behind the irregularities.

LDP and CRA agree on debate schedule for fiscal 2026 supplementary budget

The budget committees of both the upper and lower houses will each spend one day deliberating the extra budget for the fiscal year that started in April.

Hegseth hints Japan must ramp up defense spending even more

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has delivered a veiled warning to Tokyo, saying that while Japanese defense spending was "headed in the right direction," more must be done.

Japan spends record 11.73 tril. yen on forex intervention in April-May

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan intervened in the currency market by spending a record 11.73 trillion yen ($74 billion) over the past month, the Finance Minist

Frugal and more online: Smarter spenders rewrite luxury’s China dream

Foreign luxury brands might not be retaining the pull — and the cashflow — in China that they counted on in the world's second-largest economy in the 2010s.

Nvidia spending up to $150bn a year on Taiwan AI suppliers: Jensen Huang

Taiwan drone exports soar on Ukraine war

Low-cost drones used for reconnaissance and strikes are in high demand as global governments boost defense spending amid intensifying conflicts.

Former execs of AI developer Alt found guilty of window dressing

Katsuya Asai, 46, and Takayuki Ariizumi, 53, were given suspended prison sentences, and the Tokyo-based company was fined ¥300 million.

Takaichi unveils $19 billion extra budget, reassures on bond issuance

The supplementary ‌budget marks a reversal from Takaichi's previous remarks ruling out ​the need for extra spending.

Xi strongly criticized Takaichi over Japan’s ‘remilitarization’ during Trump summit

The Chinese leader became visibly agitated over Japan's increased defense spending, in one of the most heated parts of his summit with the U.S. president, a media report said.