Tetsushi Kajimoto

TOKYO (Reuters) - Big Japanese manufacturers' sentiment worsened in August and is expected to improve only slightly in the coming months, a Reuters poll showed, as Europe's debt crisis, a...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's contentious plan to double the sales tax cleared the final hurdle in a parliamentary vote on Friday after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised to bring forward...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's contentious plan to double the sales tax cleared the final hurdle in a parliamentary vote on Friday after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda promised to bring forward...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihko Noda clinched on Wednesday an 11th hour compromise with the opposition, saving a hard-fought deal on a contentious sales tax increase in return...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Democrats on Tuesday delayed a final vote on their tax hike plan to deal with a no-confidence motion filed by fringe parties, exposing Prime Minister...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Democrats on Tuesday delayed a final vote on their tax hike plan to deal with a no-confidence motion filed by fringe parties, exposing Prime Minister...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese political veteran Ichiro Ozawa and dozens of other members of parliament who quit the ruling party over a tax hike plan will launch a new party...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese political veteran Ichiro Ozawa and dozens of other members of parliament who quit the ruling party over a tax hike plan will launch a new party...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese political heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa, one of the key figures behind the ruling party's rise to power, led dozens of lawmakers out of the party on Monday,...