Japan’s economy is caught between inflationary monetary policy and powerful agricultural interests. There is no easy way out.

Japan on Wednesday convened African leaders in Yokohama for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development ...

Sovereign debt crises happen with disturbing frequency, raising crucial questions. As Australia faces a decade of deficits, ...

Toyota Motor Corporation faces short-term pressures from tariffs, costs, and weak U.S. demand. Click for the long-term ...

Japan has pledged $5.5 billion in loans via the African Development Bank to help tackle governments on the continent’s ...

Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt crisis exacerbated by Western aid cuts, ...

Ahead of Japan’s July 2025 upper house election, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba claimed in the Diet that Japan’s fiscal situation is ‘worse than Greece’s’ — referring to the 2010 capital flight from ...

This time, it is solving the demographic and debt crisis by quietly inviting massive numbers of well-to-do middle class immigrants into Japan. Kyoto alone has seen more than 300,000 immigrants ...

In that scenario, societal confidence, measured through voter turnout, trust in institutions, or the stability of public services, could erode, marking a true crisis for Japan’s social contract.

Africa has everything it takes to become a "renewable superpower", UN head Antonio Guterres said Thursday, as he called for ...

The Presidency emphasized that these challenges are compounded by rising food, fuel, and energy costs, which have deepened ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Japan on Tuesday with a high level delegation to participate in the 9th Tokyo ...