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

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

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

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday the central bank will aim to achieve 2% inflation, as measured by the ...

Tokyo stocks fell Friday, as exporters were sold after the yen hit a two-month high against the U.S. dollar and caution ...

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

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

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan ... He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Science and Mathematics and received a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts ...

Consumer prices excluding fresh food in the capital climbed 2.5% in January from a year earlier, the fastest pace since last ...