Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Déjà vu abounds in Tokyo. Markets are celebrating a Japanese prime minister dusting off the same-old-same-old ...

Both public sentiment and political trends in Japan mean that a firm approach toward China is likely to endure.

Preliminary data from the nation’s largest labor union group showed that 1,100 members secured wage increases of 5.26% on average this year.

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government reiterated concerns about the risks of U.S. trade policies to economic growth, prompting a downgrade of its view on corporate profits, in a monthly report released on Wednesday. While Japan's economy grew much ...

A bill approved Thursday to revise the economic security promotion law is intended to attract private-sector funds to invest in such projects.

An urban explorer recently documented a largely abandoned, yet remarkably well-preserved, Japanese resort town. Kinugawa Onsen, located in Nikkō, a city in central Japan's Tochigi Prefecture, was once a thriving tourist destination known for its hot ...

This year,” he said, “my special attention goes to your state.” Vermont has an established sister-state relationship with Japan’s Tottori Prefecture, which Gov. Phil Sc