A growing number of policymakers at the Bank of Japan believed that conditions were falling into place for interest rates to ...

To say Ueda’s 2025 is getting “trumped” would be quite the understatement. He began the year riding high as his policy board ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to debate next week whether conditions are ripe to resume rate hikes as worries about a tariff-induced recession ease, though political complications may keep it on hold ...

Reports indicate that while the BOJ is likely to maintain interest rates at 0.5%, Tokyo traders raised concerns about Bessent ...

TOKYO] The Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold Thursday at 0.5 per cent, as widely expected by economists. Read more at ...

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for "sound monetary policy" during a meeting with Japanese counterpart Satsuki ...

Japan’s financial services regulator has approved a stablecoin pilot involving the country’s three largest banks: MUFG Bank, ...

The Bank of Japan predicted growth of just 0.5 percent, cutting its previous forecast in half, and decided against another hike in interest rates. By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from ...

Japan's real wages in September fell 1.4 percent from a year earlier, marking the ninth straight month of decline, as pay ...

Japan's government on Wednesday picked five brokerage firms to lead an initial public offering (IPO) of shares in Tokyo's ...

Japan's key stock indexes closed at all-time highs on Friday, with the Nikkei index ending above the 52,000 line for the ...