Crypto markets sold off sharply in August 2024 in response to global macro dislocation caused by Japan’s fiscal crisis, underscoring their sensitivity to liquidity shocks and systemic risk. In the ...

Japan’s biggest bank industry group warned of the risks of a downgrade in the nation’s credit rating as politicians make election pledges that could swell the public debt. A recent jump in yields ...

Japan’s 10-year government bond auction Tuesday will be a key test of investor appetite amid growing expectations of rate hikes by the Bank of Japan and mounting political uncertainty. The sale comes ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will not resort to tax cuts funded by additional debt issuance, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday, pushing back against political pressure to loosen fiscal policy ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Tuesday that the government will conduct appropriate debt management policies while communicating closely with market participants.

Tokyo-listed Metaplanet has adopted bitcoin BTC $111,184.68 as a strategic reserve asset as a hedge against Japan's debt burden and the resulting volatility in the yen. "Metaplanet has adopted bitcoin ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defended her 21.3 trillion yen (US$136.5 billion) stimulus package in parliament on Wednesday, telling opposition politicians the debt-fuelled plan was ...

Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan, which has the highest ...

The Federal Reserve’s shift to a hawkish monetary policy over the past two years should be a wake-up call about the dangerous path U.S. public finances are following. The alarm bells are ringing ...

About the author: Desmond Lachman is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He was a deputy director in the International Monetary Fund’s Policy Development and Review Department and ...

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Rating agency S&P affirmed Japan's sovereign debt credit rating and kept the outlook positive on Friday, despite the government's plan to roll out a huge fiscal spending ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government will set incremental goals to reduce its heavy reliance on debt in its upcoming fiscal strategy, the Nikkei business daily said, but analysts doubted it would ...