ANA Holdings, Japan’s biggest airline, says it cancelled 65 flights on Saturday after the Airbus A320 recall forced it to ground some aircraft. The carrier, along with affiliates such as Peach …
Japan business chief meets China’s ambassador amid a chill in ties
The head of Japan’s leading business lobby expressed hope for favorable economic ties in a meeting with China’s ambassador to Japan.
Japan launches its own version of DOGE led by Katayama
The Japanese government has established a new organization to review its subsidies and taxation as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s effort to pursue economic growth through what she calls “wise …
Japan’s same-sex marriage ban is constitutional, says Tokyo court
A Japanese court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage as constitutional – bucking a trend set by courts around the country that had raised hopes for marriage equality in Japan. The ruling …
Court’s ruling against same-sex marriage sets up a Japan Supreme Court decision
A court has found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage constitutional in the last of six cases likely to be brought to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.
Bank of Japan’s Noguchi advocates gradual interest rate hikes
The Bank of Japan can resume interest rate hikes as risks from U.S. tariffs subside but must do so at a “measured, step-by-step” pace, its board member Asahi Noguchi said, stressing the need to tread cautiously in pushing up borrowing costs.
Japan needs to end its dangerous debt delusion
In effect, Covid ended Japan’s yield capping experiment, because it vaulted the world into a high interest rate equilibrium. If you persist in capping yields in such an environment, you risk your …
Japan will pay ‘painful price’ if steps out of line over Taiwan, China military says
China’s defence ministry said on Thursday that Japan will have to pay a “painful price” if it steps out of line over Taiwan, responding to Japanese plans to deploy missiles on an island some 100 km (62 miles) from Taiwan’s coast.
‘Kokuho’ Becomes Japan’s Highest-Grossing Local Live-Action Movie Ever In Market; Kabuki Drama Is Country’s Oscar Submission
Lee Sang-il’s kabuki drama Kokuho has set a new record in Japan, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film ever in the market with over $111M at the local box office. The Ken Watanabe-starrer is Japan’s entry for the International Feature Oscar and was released for one-week qualifying runs by GKids in the U.
Trump urged Japan’s Takaichi not to aggravate China dispute, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump asked Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takiachi not to further escalate a dispute with China during talks this week, sources with knowledge of the matter said, as he tries to …