Japan’s Government Sticks to Modest Economic Recovery Outlook as Firms Tiding Over Trump Tariff Storms, Inflation Drifting Lower on Easing Food, Energy Costs
–PM Takaichi Quiet on BOJ’s Unwinding of Stimulus; Mainichi Says She Showed Reluctance to Further Rate Hikes in Recent Meeting with Governor Ueda –Government Nominates Academic Types with Possible Reflationary Bias to Replace Two Outgoing BOJ Board Members By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s government continues to predict a modest economic recovery, noting that corporate […]
Japan Week Ahead: Lawmakers to Kick Off Debate on Fiscal 2026 Budget as PM Seeks Closer Alliance with Trump to Trim Reliance on Chinese Rare Earths
–Tokyo CPI to Show Inflation Trending Lower Below BOJ’s 2% Target, Factory Output Set to Rebound While Retail Sales Remain Sluggish By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese events for the coming week. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been sworn in after being re-elected in the Diet where lawmakers will start debating […]
Japan Week Ahead: Prime Minister Takaichi Set to Be Re-Elected in Diet After Ruling Conservative Party LDP Clinches Supermajority in General Election
–Q4 GDP to Confirm Tepid Rebound, January Trade to Indicate Solid Export Growth, Q4 Machine Orders Seen Up, Inflation Easing Further By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese events for the coming week. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will go through a largely ceremonial parliamentary vote on Wednesday to be re-elected after the […]
Japan Week Ahead: Prime Minister Takaichi’s Landslide Win in General Election to Keep Economic Stimulus Hopes, Rising Debt Jitters Amid Wobbly Consumer Sentiment
–Producer Inflation Seen Easing Further on Lower Fuel Costs but at Gradual Pace amid Rising Copper Prices By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese events for the coming week. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi led the conservative Liberal Democratic Party to a historic landslide victory in Sunday’s lower house election, paving the way […]
Japan PM Takaichi’s LDP Scores Landslide Lower House Election Victory in Media Exit Polls, Focus on Large Fiscal Spending
–Updates first four paragraphs with final projections by news media By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (MaceNews) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling coalition scored a landslide victory in Sunday’s lower house election, with results pointing to an overwhelming win for the Liberal Democratic Party that could allow it to govern alone and potentially secure a […]
Japan News Media Polls: Ruling Conservative LDP on Track to Score Landslide Win in Feb. 8 Lower House Election, New Opposition Centrist Alliance Trailing
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japanese news media polls conducted between Feb. 3 and Feb. 5 and released Thursday point to a landslide victory for the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Feb. 8 lower house election, with the party on track to secure a significantly larger win than indicated by initial surveys. None […]
Japan Week Ahead: Newspapers Predict PM Takaichi’s LDP Likely to Win Simple Majority in General Election but Warn Things Could Change Closer to Feb. 8 Vote
–Household Spending Seen Indicating Resilient Consumption in Q4 GDP Expected to Post Rebound After Economy’s 1st Contraction in 6 Quarters in Q3 By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese events for the coming week. So, there was no actual market intervention by the Ministry of Finance to sell dollars for yen last […]
Japan Week Ahead: Lower House Election Campaign Underway Before Feb. 8 Vote as PM Takaichi Seeks Dual Fiscal Mandate, Stable Dollar/Yen
–December Factory Output to Show Slight Dip but Solid Q4, Sign for GDP Rebound; January Tokyo CPI Seen Tamer on Energy Price Drop, Erasing Food Pressures By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese events for the coming week. Currency traders are on alert for a possible market intervention by the Ministry of […]
Japan PM Takaichi to Call General Elections to Seek Dual Fiscal Policy Mandate of Boosting Economic Stimulus, Restraining Debt Issuance
By Chikafumi Hodo TOKYO (MaceNews) – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has announced that she will dissolve the House of Representatives on Friday, seeking to justify with a dual fiscal policy mandate yet another snap election less than 16 months after her predecessor called and lost a majority. The conservative politician with right-wing views on […]
Japan Week Ahead: PM Takaichi’s LDP Faces Tough Headwinds from New Opposition Force in Upcoming General Elections; Economic Data to Show Export Resilience, Easing Inflation
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Here are the key Japanese events for the coming week. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to hold a news conference on Monday evening (in the early hours of Monday, Jan. 19 in the Eastern time zone) to officially announce that she will call a snap election at the start […]