Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...

To address the country's rapidly declining birthrate Japan's health ministry is all set to eliminate out-of-pocket payments ...

In 2024, 720,988 babies were born in the country, marking the ninth consecutive year of decline in child births.

Japan considers making childbirth free to reverse dwindling birth rate - Government provides a subsidy for each birth but ...

Japan’s real wages in March fell 2.1 per cent from a year earlier ... suggesting uncertainty surrounding US tariffs and the hit to exports could keep policy in a holding pattern for some time.

The mixed wage and spending data highlights Japan's challenging growth outlook, as the export-reliant economy faces tariff threats and uncertainty over monetary policy. Economists are expecting to ...

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to be ... executive director in charge of monetary policy. “There’s a good chance the outcome of spring wage talks will be higher than last year ...

Japanese real wages decreased for a third consecutive ... The pay data will add to worries over Japan's growth outlook, alongside tariff threats and uncertainty over monetary policy, ahead of a ...

The mixed wage and spending data highlights Japan's challenging growth outlook, as the export-reliant economy faces tariff threats and uncertainty over monetary policy. Economists are expecting to see ...