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Tourists board a bus after sightseeing in Tokyo's shopping district Ginza on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Japan businesses brush off worries over China tourists
With less Chinese customers, "it's become a bit easier for Japanese shoppers to visit, so our sales haven't really dropped," a shop manager said.
BUSINESS / Economy
¥21.3 trillion stimulus package approved by Cabinet
Markets have been volatile amid concern about the plan, which includes ¥17.7 trillion of spending, ¥2.7 trillion in tax breaks and ¥900 billion in special account spending.
BUSINESS / Economy
Japan posts trade deficit for fourth straight month in October
Japan's exports to the United States declined 3.1% to ¥1.75 trillion, falling for seven months in a row, apparently because of U.S. President Donald Trump's steep tariffs.
Sanae Takaichi's spending plans have sent Japan's bonds and yen tumbling, raising fears of capital flight similar to the 2022 U.K. bond market turmoil, says Deutsche Bank's global head of currency research.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 21, 2025
Deutsche Bank warns of Japan capital flight in echo of U.K. crisis
By Greg Ritchie
Japanese government bonds are falling at the same time as the yen, reflecting concerns that the new prime minister’s stimulus plans will worsen the country’s fiscal health.
A Japanese government panel has proposed making offshore wind projects eligible for long-term decarbonization power auctions.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 20, 2025
Japan plans to boost support for offshore wind as costs swell
The government expanding public support comes as the global offshore wind industry falters on high interest rates and expensive raw materials.
A cooling tower at a nuclear station in Scriba, New York. The U.S. government plans to buy many as 10 new, large nuclear reactors that could be paid for using Japan’s $550 billion funding pledge.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 20, 2025
U.S. to own nuclear reactors stemming from Japan’s $550 billion pledge
By Ari Natter and Will Wade
It has been more than a decade since the U.S. last broke ground on a large-scale nuclear power plant that came online.
Bank of Japan’s headquarters in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 19, 2025
BOJ unlikely to hike before March, says panelist advising Prime Minister Takaichi
By Sumio Ito and Toru Fujioka
Goushi Kataoka, a member of Takaichi’s economic growth strategy panel, estimated that a supplementary budget of around ¥20 trillion would be necessary this fiscal year.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met for 25 minutes on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2025
Bank of Japan independence holds as governor meets with super-dovish PM
By Francis Tang
Any discussion about the movement of interest rates was kept general and vague.
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is reportedly set to propose a stimulus package of about ¥17 trillion.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2025
Extra-big extra budget pushed by some Japanese lawmakers
By Kazuaki Nagata
Bonds and stocks sink as they ask for an additional $50 billion and say debt might be the answer.
Itsunori Onodera, chair of the Liberal Democratic Party's Tax System Research Commission said it is essential "to discuss the ideal form of our tax system from a perspective close to citizens, instead of presuming that tax increases are inevitable," at the party's headquarters in Nagatacho, Tokyo, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 18, 2025
LDP to consider adjustable income tax threshold
Itsunori Onodera, chair of the LDP's Tax System Research Commission, said it was "natural" to link the income tax threshold with consumer prices.

Japanese court orders Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million over manga piracy
Cloudflare has been ordered to pay ¥500 million after four major publishing firms accused the firm of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.
Two men suspected of smuggling 1 ton of gold into Japan from South Korea
U.K. gold bullion bars and coins are displayed at Baird & Co. in Hatton Garden in London.
Takaichi rejects China's demand to retract Taiwan remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has rejected China's demands for her to retract her comments on Taiwan, saying Tokyo's stance on a major regional security crisis remains unchanged.
Japan set to lean on U.S. allies for support if China escalates
U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, on Oct. 28.
First foreign president of Hosei University looks abroad for change
Hosei University President Diana Khor, who herself was an international student, aims to encourage students to look outward and cultivate a global mindset.
Japanese companies advised to change mindset about investment in Africa
Bernard Laurendeau, chief of Enkopa Lab Japan, in Tokyo last month
Munetaka Murakami headlines quartet looking to move to MLB via posting system
The Swallows' Munetaka Murakami has 246 career home runs in eight NPB seasons.
The reality of human trafficking in Japan
A view of Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward at night. Last year in Japan, 66 people were put in protective custody as victims of human trafficking. Among them, 58 — including all 41 minors — were Japanese nationals. International pressure to act on human trafficking led Japan to make efforts to crack down on the crime, such as a tightening of conditions in 2005 for entertainer visas.
Why we can’t get enough of the sham of the rental family
“Rental Family,” directed and co-written by the single-named Hikari, follows out-of-work actor Phillip (Brendan Fraser), who is hired as the “token white guy” at a Tokyo agency called Rental Family.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
Eat, slurp, love: 'Tampopo' turns 40
By Weiwen Lin

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