policies, said Kengo Sakurada, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives.... Masakazu

An electronic stock board is displayed at a conference hall in Tokyo, on Oct.... Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, said the body hopes the Kishida government will address the economic recovery as the most important issue and restore social and economic activities, while preventing the spread of COVID-19 infections.... " I would like the Kishida administration, which has earned the strong confidence of the people, to deliver strong leadership to address many issues in

TOKYO--Numerous political heavyweights and former ministers of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party( LDP) were defeated in the Oct.... Though Kenji Wakamiya, incumbent minister for the World Expo 2025, managed to secure a seat in the proportional representation bloc on an LDP ticket, he lost in the Tokyo No.... 8 constituency, meanwhile, long-serving representative and former LDP Secretary-General Nobuteru Ishihara, who heads the Ishihara faction, lost to a newcomer who ran on a CDP ticket

But when combined with surging crude oil and raw material prices, it leaves the economy facing a double-whammy that is set to crimp the economic recovery from the pandemic.... The yen's weakening raises prices of imported products such as oil, putting Japan at serious risk at a time when the resource-scarce county saw import prices rising at the fastest pace in four decades last month.... Wholesale prices have also been gaining sharply, testing the tolerance of Japanese companies that have opt

TOKYO( Reuters)-Japan confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Tuesday, a day after closing its borders to all foreigners in one of the world's toughest precautionary measures. But the case could show Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was right in making the swift closure decision, helping to avert the sort of criticism that spurred the resignation in September of predecessor Yoshihide Suga over his handling of the virus. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the disc