Japan's importance for Washington goes far beyond the country's status as the world's second-largest economy.

Even if China slows a bit, the world's second-largest economy should expand by 8pc to 9pc.

Japan is still the world's second-largest economy and undoubtedly will be for several decades.

Washington politicians like this one more because it places the blame on the world's second-largest economy.

The job of running the world's second-largest economy is about to become vacant, and nobody seems to want it.

The world's second-largest economy has its next prime minister, and hope is in the air.

And beyond exports, little seems to be going right for Japan, the world's second-largest economy.

The Japan funds offer investors two ways of looking at the world's second-largest economy.

The world's second-largest economy may soon start acting like it wants to hold on to that standing.

He is expected to appeal for the return of the world's second-largest economy to growth.