BOJ rate hike 2026: The Bank of Japan may be compelled to increase interest rates multiple times this year due to persistent ...

TOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Monday slightly revised up Japan's economic growth forecast for ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to raise its growth forecast on Friday and signal its ...

The selling spree cast doubts on the perceived stability of the debt-ridden nation.

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale inflation slowed in the year to December on sliding fuel costs, ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital held steady in September and stayed well above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, as price pressures keep alive market expectations ...

For three decades, Japan’s prices were largely immovable. Increases were so rare that in 2016 a Japanese company apologized ...

Japan's inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years that the headline inflation figure is above the Bank of Japan's 2% target. The figure was lower than the 3.7% seen in ...

Japan’s consumer price inflation rose to 2.9% year-on-year in September from the previous month’s 2.7% rate, in line with market consensus. The largest gain was in utilities, which rose 1.9% from the ...

Japans wholesale inflation growth eased toward the end of the year, signaling that falling fuel and crude oil prices are ...

Its current nominal rate is 0.75%; estimates by central-bank researchers peg Japan’s neutral rate in the range of 1-2.5%, ...

Japan’s exports rose 5.1% YoY in December, driven by strong semiconductor shipments, despite US tariffs and rising tensions with China. Read more here.