Takaya Yamaguchi

Japan is set to raise scheduled sales of Japanese government bonds (JGB) slightly to ¥172.3 trillion ($1.1 trillion) next fiscal year from the current year, the first increase in four years, a draft plan shows. Much of the increase in […]

Japan’s budget demands hit a record for the next fiscal year, exceeding $800 billion, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as the world’s No. 4 economy struggles to slow spending and as debt-servicing costs rise. A new leadership race could