Japan: Indices of Industrial Production for November, 2025 (Preliminary Report)

The Japanese government on Friday (Dec 26) approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year, to pay for everything from bigger defence spending to ballooning social security costs as inflation persists. The ¥122.3-trillion (US$782 billion) budget for the fiscal year from April 2026 will include some nine trillion yen for defence spending, as Prime ...

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.3 per cent in December from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, staying above the central bank's 2 per cent target and firming the case for further interest rate hikes. The increase in the Tokyo core consumer price index, which excludes volatile costs of fresh food, compared with a median market forecast for ...

Japan's finance ministry will over the next fiscal year issue the fewest super-long government bonds, known as JGBs, in 17 years, according to a plan approved by the cabinet on Friday. The reduction by nearly a fifth from the previous fiscal year to bonds worth around 17.4 trillion yen ($111.6 billion), reflects the new administration's sensitivity over the ...