The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate, currently at 0.5 percent, to at least around 1 percent in the latter ...

Tokyo stocks fell Friday morning, as export-led auto issues were sold after the yen hit a new two-month high versus the U.S. dollar amid growing speculation of further interest rate hikes by the Bank ...

TOKYO - Japan must act immediately to improve its fiscal health as the risks of natural disasters mount and social security ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Japanese flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji ...

Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area picked up slightly in January, government data showed Friday, supporting ...

The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

Tokyo stocks ended slightly higher Wednesday after see-saw trading, as solid earnings reports and outlooks from major firms ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is likely to wait until the summer before it next raises interest rates, according to economists ...

As time goes on, the BOJ’s rate increases appear to be having a stronger impact on people’s everyday lives, shifting from ...

Japan's service activity expanded for a third straight month in January, helped by a rebound in new export business on Asian ...