Ishiba said it was important for the people to have a sense of security by achieving wage increases that exceed inflation.

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The Japanese economy shrank less than initially estimated in the first quarter but remains at risk of technical recession, ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday he had instructed ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) executives to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must be aware that rising interest rates would push up the government's debt-financing costs and ...

Japan's GDP in Q1 2025 was flat, a better performance than the initial 0.2% contraction estimate, though significantly slower ...

Japan's economy contracted less than initially estimated in the January-March quarter, government data showed on Monday, with ...

TOKYO--Revised data confirmed that Japan's economy shrank in the first quarter, solidifying the risk of a technical recession. Real gross domestic product contracted 0.2% on an annualized basis in the ...