Japan's GDP contracted by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in Q1, marking the country's first economic shrinkage in a year and coming ...

Japan’s economy was shrinking even before the bulk of US President Donald Trump’s tariff measures took force, leaving the ...

TOKYO—Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year and faces a bumpy road ahead due to the impact of U.S. trade policy ...

Japan will not resort to tax cuts funded by additional debt issuance, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday (May 19, ...

Japan’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2025 for the first time in a year — and at a faster pace than expected — ...

Japan's economy shrank in the first quarter of 2025 for the first time in a year - and at a faster pace than expected - underscoring the fragile nature of its economic recovery. The contraction ...

Japan's economy shrank by 0.7% annually in the first quarter, highlighting a fragile recovery. The contraction was larger ...

The decline was steeper than economists’ median forecast of a 0.3% contraction, raising the risk of a technical recession if ...

Japan's GDP contracted by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in Q1, marking the country's first economic shrinkage in a year and a steeper decline than the anticipated 0.1% fall, and after a 0.6% growth in ...

Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

And now, the island nation is on pace to shrink in half by ... issue impacts every sector: the economy, education, housing, national defense and the culture of Japan. "There are less and less ...