TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Japanese government is preparing to make standard childbirth free of charge starting April 2026. This concrete effort aims to address the country's demographic crisis, driven ...

AFTER years of moving at a glacial pace, yields in Japan’s $7.8-trillion government debt market are shifting higher at ...

Never mind. President Trump’s 145% tariffs on China ran smack into Stein’s law, the late economist Herb Stein’s famous axiom ...

Japan’s economy has hit a rough patch. For the first time in a year, it shrank during the first three months of 2025. The ...

Japanese director Chie Hayakawa returns to Cannes with 'Renoir,' about a young girl facing family tragedy during Japan's ...

The Dow and S&P 500 finished the week in positive territory for 2025 after tariff de-escalation and President Trump's Middle East tour ignited investor optimism. The University of Michigan's closely ...

Stocks have rallied this week after the U.S. and China agreed on a 90-day pause for most of their punishingly high tariffs ...

U.S. stocks rose again to close out their winning week. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7% Friday for a fifth straight gain and pulled ...

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, staring down U.S. tariffs, jockeyed for time with U.S. Trade Representative ...

The Japanese economy suffered a surprising contraction in the first quarter of 2025, with analysts citing tariff stress as a main cause. Gross domestic product fell 0.2% in the first quarter, versus ...

The Fed holds rates steady amid strong spending data, while tariffs spark market turmoil and threaten growth. Read more on ...

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