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Dollar Recovers Early Losses as T-note Yields Climb

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is slightly higher due to stronger-than-expected US weekly jobless claims and Q2 GDP reports, hawkish factors for Fed policy that pushed T-note yields higher. Gains in the dollar are limited by strength in the Chinese yuan, which climbed to a 16-month high against the...

Barchart · Sep 26, 2024

Japanese Prime Minister Election: Key Vote For New Leader

The Liberal Democratic Party in Japan is set to elect a new prime minister from a diverse pool of candidates, including two women, amidst changing politica...

Top News · Sep 26, 2024

What to know about the party vote that will determine Japan's next leader

Japan's governing party will pick a new leader Friday who will succeed outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

Diet approves record 114 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2023

The Diet approved a record 114.3812 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2023 on Tuesday, with measures to tackle the declining birth rate and enhance the nation's defense capabilities at the forefront of the plan.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 28, 2023

Takaichi defends opposition to tax hike

Economic security minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday defended her tweet opposing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's plan to raise taxes in conjunction with an increase in defense spending, declaring she "did not say anything wrong."

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Dec 13, 2022

Analysis-Japan's Kishida walks tightrope to redemption with planned defence splurge

Boosting military spending may be Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's best hope of reviving his sinking popularity, but there is a catch, analysts say: paying for it with unpopular new taxes could undermine an already wobbly premiership.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Japan leader sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has donated religious offerings to a Tokyo shrine viewed by Chinese and Koreans as a symbol of Japanese wartime militarism, though he did not visit it in person

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Japan ministers visit war shrine as South Korea calls for end to historical tensions

Japan PM Fumio Kishida sends offering but stays away from Yasukuni, which honours dead including class-A war criminals

The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2022

Japan marks WWII's end, Kishida doesn't mention aggression

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has renewed Japan’s no-war pledge at a somber ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the country's World War II defeat, but he did not mention Japanese wartime aggression

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Kishida replaces 14 Cabinet members, adds key veterans

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday overhauled his Cabinet, replacing 14 ministers in a reshuffle aiming to deal with some of "the greatest postwar difficulties."

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 10, 2022