Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity conditions for its financial institutions, the International Monetary Fund said on ...

Rising consumer prices are putting real wage growth at risk and possibly becoming a drag on much-needed household consumption ...

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

The Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labour shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind its economic woes, hinting that interest rates could rise faster than a sushi ...

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 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis ...

After three decades of near-zero inflation, there are signs that Japan’s economy can sustainably converge to a new equilibrium. Inflation has surpassed the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent target for over ...

Japan's December inflation-adjusted real wages rose 0.6% year-on-year thanks to a wintertime bonus bump, preliminary ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to join the Bank of Japan board in March, a choice ...

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

Ado Machida, a Tokyo-based businessman who served on Trump's transition team after his 2016 election victory, said an offer ...

The Bank of Japan’s interest rate hike to 0.5% last week came as no surprise — some board members had hinted at it beforehand. The central bank's communication strategy often comes across as ...