A business lobby representing small and midsize firms urged the government to address inflation, including the yen's weakness ...

The Bank of Japan should set policy to anchor long-term inflation expectations around 2%, former deputy governor Masazumi ...

Japan’s long-maturity government bonds kicked off 2026 on a downbeat note, as fiscal and inflation worries continued to weigh on the market.

The Japanese economy remained generally strong in 2025 despite the Trump tariff shock. Growth reached the level of its ...

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital slowed in December on moderating cost pressure for food but stayed above the ...

Oversized supplementary budgets, symbolic tax measures and broad transfers cannot substitute for clarity and coherence.

Japan's core inflation beat expectations and came in at 3% in February, government data showed on Friday, bolstering the case for further interest rate hikes. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, ...

Japan’s long maturity bond yields rose after a relatively smooth 10-year government bond auction failed to dispel ongoing ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer inflation hit 3.2% in January for its fastest pace in 19 months, data showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that the central bank will keep raising ...

Investors are on tenterhooks ahead of Japan’s two-year government bond auction on Thursday, amid speculation that the Bank of Japan may need to raise interest rates more aggressively to rein in ...

Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. It has stayed put despite headline and core ...