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Japan's population is shrinking. Here's what it means – and what some are doing about it.
Japan's falling population is owed, in part, to a spike in the success of women in the workforce. A greater percentage of ...
Why Japan's birth rate is falling and what the country's doing to try and reverse the population decline
Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and ...
Japan compiles emergency economic package to ease tariff pain
By Kentaro Sugiyama, Yoshifumi Takemoto and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday ...
The Business Times2h
Bank of Japan to hit pause on rate-hike path as economic risks mount
TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is widely expected to signal a pause in policy normalisation this week as US tariffs heighten ...
California overtakes Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy
California has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said, as he warned of the ...
California economy now fourth largest in the world, bigger than Japan
According to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, California's economy is now the fourth largest in ...
The Japan Times21h
California says it overtakes Japan to become world’s No. 4 economy
GDP was surpassed by China in 2010 and Germany in 2023, positioning the country in fourth place until the latest figures were ...
California surpasses Japan as world’s fourth-largest economy, governor says
California has surpassed Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world, with a nominal GDP of $4.1 trillion, according to data from the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of ...
California passes Japan as fourth largest economy
California's economy has overtaken that of the country of Japan, making the US state the fourth largest global economic force ...
The Japan Times1h
BOJ to hit pause on rate-hike path as economic risks mount
Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s board is poised to keep the benchmark rate at 0.5% at the conclusion of the two-day gathering on Thursday, ...
California overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy. But tariffs pose threat
If California were its own country, its economy would now rank as the fourth largest of any nation in the globe, Gov. Gavin ...
California overtakes Japan as the world’s fourth largest economy
Governor Gavin Newsom relished in his state’s economic prowess but lambasted President Trump’s ‘reckless tariff policies’ ...