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    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
      How TSMC’s chip plant is shaking up Japan

      Semiconductor giant’s arrival in a small town highlights broader challenges for Asia’s most advanced economy

      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s factory under construction in Kikuyo, Japan
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Bank of Japan
      Yen tumbles after Bank of Japan maintains ultra-low interest rates

      August data shows consumer price growth exceeded 2% target for 17th straight month

      Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      Investors ponder the ‘Japanification’ of China

      Fund managers face rising pressure to make a call on the geopolitical factors affecting China’s investability

      Maria Hergueta illustration of huge hands putting a coin into a moneybox shaped as the Earth
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Inflation worries fuel Japanese rush to buy gold

      Retail price hits record high above ¥10,000 per gramme as household attitudes to risk shift after years of deflation

      Gold bars
    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      Weak yen puts pressure on BoJ to tighten policy

      Surge in Japanese yields set to tempt local investors to sell foreign bonds

      Yen notes
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      LexAsia-Pacific companies
      Seafood/Fukushima: waste water release threatens export trade Premium content

      Hostility of neighbouring countries, notably China, will have a big economic impact

      The fish lie on their sides, each with a steak placed on top as buyers walks between the rows
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      Japan’s high standards of service face ‘shrinkflation’

      Waiting for pancakes in a Yokohama fast food outlet serves up a reminder of the labour shortage crisis

      Maria Hergueta illustration of a long queue of people waiting to order fast food.
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Global Economy
      China’s Japanification

      The good, bad and ugly, according to JPMorgan

    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Japan’s core inflation slows as energy prices fall

      July price growth hits 3.1% in data that supports Bank of Japan’s caution on unwinding monetary policy

      People walk at a pedestrian crossing in Ginza shopping district of Tokyo
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      US foreign policy
      US drops effort to include anti-whaling language in Indo-Pacific pact

      Move comes after Japan threatened to pull out of 14-nation economic deal

      A captured Minke whale is unloaded after commercial whaling at a port in Kushiro, Japan
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Unhedged
      Why Buffett likes homebuilders Premium content

      And have real wages turned a corner in Japan?

      Warren Buffett
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Japan growth surges as weak yen boosts exports

      GDP expansion beats forecasts but analysts warn of domestic weakness from inflation

      Toyota vehicles bound for shipment at a port in Yokohama, Japan
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      Leo Lewis
      China and Japan pass by on the stairs of inflation

      Parallels between Beijing’s economic challenges and those of Tokyo’s lost decades don’t tell the whole story

      Maria Hergueta illustration of two pricked balloons. The red is in a form of the Chinese currency Yuan, while the yellow is in a form of a star.
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Global trade
      US-Japan whaling spat threatens Indo-Pacific trade deal

      Dispute between allies erupts just a week before Joe Biden hosts Japanese leader at Camp David

      A captured Minke whale is lifted by a crane at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The Bank of Japan’s timely tweak

      Getting closer to the inflation target means getting serious about fiscal policy

      BoJ governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a press conference following a monetary policy meeting at the central bank’s headquarters in Tokyo last week
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Markets InsightAyako Fujita
      Bank of Japan must respond to increasingly sticky inflation

      Accommodative monetary policy stance no longer makes sense

      The Bank of Japan, Tokyo
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Japan’s inflation outpaces US price rises for first time in 8 years

      Asia’s most advanced economy is no longer an outlier in inflation

      A woman walks past the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Markets InsightRichard Katz
      Intervention to shore up the yen will not work

      Japan’s currency is so weak because exporters have lost their competitiveness

    • Tuesday, 11 July, 2023
      Japanese society
      Cash is no longer king in Japan as use of coins drops sharply

      Turnround suggests nation’s long love affair with piggy banks is coming to an end

      Photo of ¥500 coins
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
      Japanese business urged to act on ‘sustainable capitalism’ pledge

      Companies are under pressure to lift pay to spur growth after 30 years of deflation and stagnant wages

      Pedestrians cross a road in Osaka, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
      Colourful facade hides flaws in Japan’s ‘green’ waste policy

      The country’s incinerators turn much of its rubbish into electricity — and greenhouse gases

      A garbage transport truck parked in front of a waste disposal plant in Japan
    • Sunday, 2 July, 2023
      Special ReportJapan and Sustainability
      Japan’s food producers aim to cultivate a taste for fake fish

      Anxiety over self-sufficiency and dwindling fish stocks spurs manufacturers to cook up plant-based alternatives

      Fisherman working at the Matsukawaura Fishing Port in Soma city of Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture. January 2023
    • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
      Yen
      Yen slide fuels speculation over government intervention

      Japanese authorities promise to ‘respond appropriately’ if currency drop becomes excessive

      Japanese ¥10,000 notes
    • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
      FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
      Personal inflation calculator: what is your inflation rate?

      As the cost of living continues to rise, find out how much inflation could affect your personal finances

    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
      Is Japan’s stock finally on the rise again?

      The country’s shares still look inexpensive despite a recent rally

      A woman walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo
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