A member of a key panel advising Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the central bank isn’t likely to raise its benchmark rate before March, as authorities will need to confirm that large-scale extra spending is boosting domestic demand.

Her recent comments do not represent a new commitment for Japan to defend Taiwan – or a departure from previous policy.

Japan's parliament elected Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, after her party struck a coalition deal expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces mounting pressure to soften her stance on Bank of Japan policy and unveil an economic package with a credible funding plan as the yen and government bonds lose ground ahead of her meeting with BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda.

The tension between China and Japan caused by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's egregious remarks on Taiwan question continues to simmer. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday that if Japan refuses to retract them or even continue to pursue the wrong course,

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda said Wednesday he met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and briefed her on a Japan-U.S. aut

Japan’s longer-maturity sovereign bonds tumbled further Tuesday as investor worries deepened that a big economic package from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi would damage the nation’s public finances.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Monday she would work on setting a new fiscal target extending through several years to allow more flexible spending, essentially watering down the country's commitment to fiscal consolidation.