Japan's core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April on steady rises in food costs, ...

If the Bank of Japan wants to raise interest rates further, it will likely need to do so this year before the window of ...

Japan's historic shift away from negative rates and yield curve control marks a turning point, ending decades of ...

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Japan's core consumer prices in April climbed 3.5 percent from a year earlier, increasing at the fastest pace in more than ...

If the rise spreads across the yield curve, however, the consequent increase in borrowing costs for firms and households ...

The longest-dated Japanese government bond yields soared to all-time highs on Tuesday, with worries about demand catalyzed by ...

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Tokyo stocks rebounded Friday morning, lifted by firm semiconductor issues after gains by their U.S. counterparts and a ...

The price of Japanese-grown rice is soaring due to high inflation, low farm yields and a growing tourism sector.

The Bank of Japan, which kept interest rates at zero or minus levels for years, has been gradually raising the benchmark rate, noting wages are holding up and prices are gradually rising.

TOKYO–If the Bank of Japan wants to raise interest rates further, it will likely need to do so this year before the window of opportunity closes, says Sayuri Shirai, a former board member at the ...