Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s goal of getting the annual budget passed – and perhaps the fate of his own political ...
The Japanese government expects its annual debt-servicing costs to rise to almost $230 billion over the next four years as the central bank’s campaign to gradually raise interest rates drives up ...
The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...
Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.0% in December year-on-year to mark the fastest annual pace in 16 months, likely ...
The Bank of Japan made a significant step toward shrinking its massive balance sheet last week, while market watchers were fixated on the biggest interest rate increase from the central bank in 18 ...
The data also showed continued gains in service prices, which are closely watched by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) for clues on whether firms were passing on rising labor costs, suggesting conditions ...
Despite limited developments that would justify a policy shift since December, Japan's central bank nevertheless went ahead ...
The yen strengthened and Japanese government bond yields rose to fresh multi-year highs on Friday after the Bank of Japan ...
"Real wage growth remains weak in Japan and there's no data confirming that demand-driven inflation is accelerating," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research. "The BOJ ...