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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) stands after parliament enacted a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) stands after parliament enacted a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

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FY2026 supplementary budget enacted

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (far R) stands after parliament enacted a 3.11 trillion yen ($19 billion) supplementary budget for fiscal 2026 in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

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SoftBank Group's earnings results for FY 2025

SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2026. SoftBank Group posted a net profit of 5 trillion yen, a record high for a Japanese company.

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Toyota FY 2025 sales top 50 trillion yen, 1st for Japan firm

File photo taken on Aug. 29, 2023, shows the headquarters building of Toyota Motor Corp. in Toyota in Aichi Pref., central Japan. Toyota reported on May 8, 2026, that its sales for the year ended March that year rose 5.5 percent from a year earlier to 50.68 trillion yen, becoming the first Japanese company to post annual sales of over 50 trillion yen.

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Top currency official meets press after intervention

Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura meets the press in Tokyo on May 1, 2026, a day after Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market to arrest the yen's further fall after it weakened to around 160 to the dollar.

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Japan's intervention to stem yen's fall vs. dollar

A monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo on May 1, 2026, shows a graph of dollar/yen exchange rate movements, including the dollar's sudden plunge on April 30. Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market that day to stem the dollar's surge to the upper 160 yen range, government sources said.

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Japan's intervention to stem yen's fall vs. dollar

A monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo on May 1, 2026, shows a graph of dollar/yen exchange rate movements, including the dollar's sudden plunge on April 30. Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market that day to stem the dollar's surge to the upper 160 yen range, government sources said.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Dollar tumbles to 155 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 155 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Finance minister's comments on currency market

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, hinting at stepping into the currency market to arrest the dollar's further rise against the yen as the U.S. currency spurted to the mid-160 yen level earlier in the day.

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Dollar tumbles to 156 yen range

A financial monitor at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the dollar sinking to the 156 yen level on the evening of April 30, 2026, following a rise to the 160 yen range in the morning, in an apparent reaction to Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's comments in support of stepping into the currency market to arrest the yen's further decline.

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Auction for tea leaves

New Japanese tea leaves are pictured in Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on April 20, 2026, after fetching 1.18 mil. yen ($7,425) per kilogram, the highest price at the season's inaugural auction for tea leaves grown in the renowned green tea-producing prefecture.

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Japan parliament enacts FY 2026 budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi bows in parliament in Tokyo on April 7, 2026, after the Diet enacted a record 122.31 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026.

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Japan parliament enacts FY 2026 budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at her office in Tokyo on April 7, 2026, after the Diet enacted a record 122.31 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026.

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Japan parliament enacts FY 2026 budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at her office in Tokyo on April 7, 2026, after the Diet enacted a record 122.31 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026.

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Japan parliament enacts FY 2026 budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, 3rd from R) bows in parliament in Tokyo on April 7, 2026, after the Diet enacted a record 122.31 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026.

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Japan parliament enacts FY 2026 budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, 3rd from R) bows in parliament in Tokyo on April 7, 2026, after the Diet enacted a record 122.31 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026.

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Japan parliament enacts FY 2026 budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) bows in parliament in Tokyo on April 7, 2026, after the Diet enacted a record 122.31 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026.

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Japan parliament enacts FY 2026 budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, R) bows in parliament in Tokyo on April 7, 2026, after the Diet enacted a record 122.31 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2026.

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Rapidus CEO Koike

Japanese chip venture Rapidus Corp. CEO Atsuyoshi Koike holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2026, to announce that it has received 267.6 billion yen ($1.7 billion) of investment from the public and private sectors.

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Figure skating: Olympic champion pair

Japanese figure skaters Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara pose for a photo with panels announcing rewards of 20 million yen ($130,000) each from their corporate sponsor Kinoshita Group Co. in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026. They won gold in the figure skating pairs and silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Figure skating: Olympic champion pair

Japanese figure skaters Riku Miura (far R) and Ryuichi Kihara (2nd from R) receive panels announcing rewards of 20 million yen ($130,000) each from Naoya Kinoshita, president of Kinoshita Group Co., their company sponsor, in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026. They won gold in the figure skating pairs and silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Dollar hits 2-month low in Tokyo

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar hitting a two-month low in the upper 153 yen range on the morning of Jan. 26, 2026, amid lingering wariness of a possible yen-buying intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities.

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Dollar hits 2-month low in Tokyo

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar hitting a two-month low in the upper 153 yen range on the morning of Jan. 26, 2026, amid lingering wariness of a possible yen-buying intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities.

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Dollar hits 2-month low in Tokyo

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar hitting a two-month low in the upper 153 yen range on the morning of Jan. 26, 2026, amid lingering wariness of a possible yen-buying intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities.

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Dollar tumbles in Tokyo

Financial monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar tumbling to the lower 154 yen level on the morning of Jan. 26, 2026, down about 3 yen from the previous week, amid lingering wariness of a possible yen-buying intervention by U.S. and Japanese authorities.

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Exchange rate

Exchange rate monitors at Gaitame.com show the Japanese yen trading at 155 to the U.S. dollar on the morning of Jan. 24, 2026, in Tokyo.

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Japan finance minister on yen's depreciation

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2026, following the yen's depreciation to 159 against the U.S. dollar amid speculation that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will accelerate expansionary fiscal policy after an expected general election.

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Japan Cabinet OKs record FY 2026 draft budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2025, following the Cabinet's approval of a record 122.31 trillion yen ($783 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2026.

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Japan Cabinet OKs record FY 2026 draft budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2025, following the Cabinet's approval of a record 122.31 trillion yen ($783 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2026.

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Japan Cabinet OKs record FY 2026 draft budget

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2025, following the Cabinet's approval of a record 122.31 trillion yen ($783 billion) draft initial budget for fiscal 2026.

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