The Japanese economy shrank 1.8 percent from the same quarter last year as U.S. tariffs dampened automobile exports and prompted a bleak outlook for growth. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...
Robert Ward is the Japan chair at the London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he also directs the geo-economics and strategy program. He is the author ...
Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa Ryosei (right) greets U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as both attend the U.S. National Day celebration at the Osaka World Expo, July 19, 2025.