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Japan Economy News Today, December 3, 2025: Services PMI Strengthens as Bond Yields Hit 17‑Year High and BOJ Eyes Rate Hike

Tokyo – December 3, 2025 Japan’s economy opened December with a mixed but increasingly dynamic picture: services activity is expanding solidly, factories are still struggling but stabilising, government stimulus and tax breaks are flowing through the system, and bond yields

3 December 2025

Japan’s ‘Bold’ Stimulus Draft Moves Forward: Bigger Spending, AI/Chips/Shipbuilding Push as Panel Urges an Even Larger Package (Nov 12, 2025)

TOKYO — November 12, 2025 — Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s first stimulus package came into clearer focus today as a government draft pledged to increase spending “without hesitation” and channel “bold and strategic” investment into crisis‑management and growth sectors including

12 November 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Economy · Government Policy · Infrastructure · Technology

BOJ Signals December Rate Hike Is Near as Summary Turns Hawkish; PM Adviser Urges Delay

The Bank of Japan’s latest “Summary of Opinions,” released Monday, signals the central bank is edging toward another rate increase as soon as December, while a top economic adviser to new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi publicly urged caution and argued

10 November 2025

Bank of Japan · Economic Outlook · Financial News · Interest Rates · Monetary Policy