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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Sakura Internet eyes more spending to meet AI data center demand

The data center operator is eyeing an allocation of as much as ¥20 billion to ¥30 billion ($125 million to $190 million) this fiscal year, founder and CEO Kunihiro Tanaka has said.

Japan’s Military Spending Reaches Over ¥9 Trillion in 2025

As national defense budgets continued to rise around the world in 2025, Japan was no exception, hitting a postwar high and placing the country tenth in overall defense spending.