Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said he wanted "just a bit more data" on next year's wage-growth direction and warned of the boost a weak yen could have on underlying inflation, issuing the strongest signal yet on the chance of a December rate hike.

Beijing suggested it might reimpose a ban on seafood imports from Japan after warning its citizens to avoid travel there and postponing the releases of at least two Japanese movies.

The impact is especially pronounced in Japan, which the United Nations has classified as a " super-aged" society —meaning at least 20 percent of the population is over 65. In Japan, that figure is close to 30 percent. Newsweek reached out by email to Japan 's Foreign Ministry with a request for comment.

The move marks the first major policy initiative under the new leader, who has pledged to pursue expansionary fiscal measures.

Japan will likely lean more heavily on the US and its allies if China escalates economic pressure, as Tokyo seeks to navigate the fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks linking Taiwan’s security to its own.

Japan has approved the restart of the world’s largest nuclear power plant more than a decade after its closure following the Fukushima disaster, as the country returns to atomic energy to address rising power costs.

By Leika Kihara and Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan on Friday escalated its warning of currency intervention and the central bank governor signalled the chance of a near-term interest rate hike,

Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire that burned through old wooden houses in a fishing town in southwestern Japan.

The ninth-ranked Canadian women will be without coach Casey Stoney when they close out their 2025 schedule against No. 8 Japan in the upcoming November international window.