economists widely expected at least one additional rate increase this year.... Japan’s historically

TOKYO: Japan’s unemployment rate fell in June, feeding into optimism that upward pressure on wages

TOKYO: Japan’s unemployment rate fell in June, feeding into optimism that upward pressure on wages

TOKYO( Reuters)-Japan's new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has a 49% approval rating, lower than

BEIJING--Global stocks were mixed Thursday after China cut interest rates and President Joe Biden

interest rates. Moves in major currency pairs were muted, but the policy comparison between Japan and

disapproval rating rose 0.8 point to 50.6 percent, the highest level on record since the launch of

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People wearing a face mask, walk past a Christmas tree, at a shopping mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec.... The total number of unemployed people in November increased 100, 000 from the previous month to 1.92 million, rising for the first time in three months, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.... The number of workers, unadjusted for seasonal factors, in the pandemic-hit accommodation and food service sector as well as the wholesale and retail sector, continued to fa

Fumio Kishida has warned that Japan is already on the brink of being unable to maintain its social