Erica Yokoyama is an Economy & Government Reporter at various prominent publications. She specializes in finance, trading, and economics, with a focus on capital markets, economic policy, and international finance. Erica's insights and analyses have been featured in notable outlets such as Financial Post, BNN Bloomberg, TIME, and The Japan Times, among others.
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The finance minister warned speculators that Japan was prepared to take action in the currency market again if necessary.
The International Monetary Fund expects the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates one more times toward the neutral rate, while stressing the need to remain flexible on subsequent steps amid heightened global uncertainty, according to its mission chief for the country.
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said he “can’t tolerate” underlying inflation rising further above 2%.
Japan will take fiscal sustainability into account as it considers how to fund increased defense spending, the nation’s finance minister said, after local media reported that the government was weighing an additional corporate tax hike to finance the measure.
Japan has gained an estimated ¥195 trillion ($1.2 trillion) in fiscal room as inflation erodes the real value of government debt, according to a former Bank of Japan official, who says the benefit could help Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi fund her defense and investment plans.
Japan’s largest labor union federation will push for wage increases of around 6% in next year’s pay negotiations, seeking to build on recent gains as the government targets sustained pay rises to help drive consumer spending and boost economic growth.
By: Erica Yokoyama, Takashi Umekawa
Japan will address the damage stemming from a cyber attack on a foreign exchange trading platform with a sense of urgency, and no new attacks have been detected, the nation’s finance minister said.
One of Japan’s largest labor union groups plans to seek 2027 wage increases for regular employees in line with this year’s target, signaling sustained pressure for higher salaries.
By: Erica Yokoyama, Takashi Umekawa
Hackers targeting a currency trading platform threatened to leak customer data unless they were paid $50 million, adding to a wave of cyberattacks in Japan that have prompted the government to draw up emergency measures.
By: Takashi Umekawa, Erica Yokoyama
Satsuki Katayama said the nation would address the damage from the latest attack with a sense of urgency.
