Global stocks meandered on Friday ahead of key U.S. payrolls data as investors considered prospects that a broader trade war ...

Asian shares Friday were mixed, with Chinese technology stocks rising as most other Asian equities declined. Japan’s ...

Japan's real gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to have risen an annualised 1.0% in October-December, according to a ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

The BOJ's increasing focus on wage-driven inflation is another sign Japan is shedding its 25-year battle with deflation and ...

Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much ...

Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity ...

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for ...

The yen could strengthen beyond 150 against the dollar as the BOJ moves against the global tide of rate cuts, said SMBC Nikko Securities.

TOKYO: Japan’s government bond yields hit fresh multi-year highs on Friday on bets that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) ...

The Bank of Japan must raise short-term interest rates to at least 1 per cent by the second half of fiscal 2025 to contain ...