Japan’s dependence on overseas energy supplies — laid bare by an oil shock in 1973 — has shaped its policy for more than half a century.

The newly-elected lawmakers from Team Mirai pose for a photo before attending their first session of the Japanese Diet, Feb. 18, 2026. Credit: Facebook/ Team Mirai. The February 2

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must take steps to maintain market trust in its finances even as it ramps up spending to revive growth, private-sector members of a key government panel said on Thursday. The economy contracted in the third quarter, while inflation ...

File. Two craftsmen printing a book in kanji (the Chinese logographic system), China, circa 1800 (Getty Images) Starting this week, Japan is enforcing a new law that limits how children’s names written in kanji can be pronounced. Under the revised rules ...

Joichi Ito’s involvement in a publicly funded Japanese initiative had come under scrutiny after new details revealed his close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

A screen displays Japan's 10-year government bonds, left, and U.S. 10-year government bonds, outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Shorting Japan’s government bond market has long been a “widow maker” trade.

Japanese government bonds fell and food-related stocks surged in Japan after reports of a possible cut to food tax ahead of a snap election expected to be held next month. Bonds were hit by concerns the tax breaks would strain the nation’s finances.

The Japanese government has told the ruling parties that it is making arrangements to hold a summit between Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae and US President Donald Trump on March 19.