In effect, Covid ended Japan’s yield-capping experiment, because it vaulted the world into a high-interest-rate equilibrium.

Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi wants to spend big to boost sluggish growth, despite the country's already huge debt load. With bond yields already rising, a sudden spike could shock the financial world ...

Yen carry trade is fragile, although fiscal risks are preventing Japanese investors from moving money back home ...

Global debt is exploding. Major economies are facing a severe debt crisis, with debt-to-GDP ratios at unprecedented levels.

On October 21, Sanae Takaichi, the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was voted in as the 104th prime ...

The last thing that an over-indebted Japan struggling with inflation needs is a prime minister who advocates fiscal stimulus and a loose monetary policy to stimulate the Japanese economy. This would ...

Japan plans to increase its issuance of short-term debt to help finance Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s economic package, a move that comes as markets grow uneasy about fiscal discipline and upward ...

While much of the attention from the crypto and traditional markets remains on the U.S., a recent analysis by a leading economist suggests it’s time to look east. Japan is teetering on the edge of a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi, a contender to become Japan's next prime minister and the country's first woman leader, proposed fiscal spending to support investment in essential sectors such as ...