Japan’s central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years—after the quick rise of consumer prices increased in December. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised ...
Japan leads the world in per capita sales of adult diapers. Japan’s population is getting so old that one major diaper manufacturer is now making products only for adults, not for babies. Japan’s ...
The figures announced by the government in Beijing follow trends worldwide, but especially in East Asia, where Japan, South Korea and other nations have seen their birth rates plummet. China three ...
Pennsylvania was a national colossus, with 38 congressional districts and the same number of votes in the Electoral College. It had that clout because, well, a lot of people called the Keystone State ...
Receding bets of further rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve mean the U.S.-Japan interest rate differential will remain wide, keeping the yen under downward pressure. A rate hike by the BOJ may ...