Bloomberg L.P.

Japan Must Weigh Climate Push with Living Costs, Minister Warns

Japan will face challenges meeting climate goals while also easing cost-of-living pressures on its citizens, according to the nation’s new Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara. New green ...
The Diplomat

An Anti-immigration Push Won’t Solve Japan’s Cost of Living Woes

Lately, Japan’s extreme weather – record-breaking heat followed by flash floods – seems to parallel the extremes in national politics. Japan’s ruling party may be preparing to elect a new leader, but ...

‘Embarrassment for Japan’: PM wants to cut sales tax but cash registers say no

Sanae Takaichi pledged to suspend an 8% levy on food sales, but retailers say their systems aren’t designed for a tax of zero per cent ...
Business Insider

I moved to Japan 4 months ago. So far, the cost of fruit and the country's transit system have really surprised me.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Ready for a change of pace after living in Canada, I moved to Japan four months ago. I spent my first ...
CNBC

Japan government unveils extra budget to ease cost-of-living burden

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has unveiled plans for a supplementary budget aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures driven by rising crude oil prices. But what do those rising prices and ...
Reuters

Japan government to work with BOJ on rising living costs, economy minister says

TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Japan's Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa said on Tuesday the government will work closely with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in reaching its 2% inflation target as rising living ...
Reuters

Japan's service mood improves, rising costs cloud outlook

TOKYO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Japan's service-sector sentiment improved in December but companies expect conditions to sour ahead, a government survey showed on Tuesday, a sign the rising cost of living ...