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

Inflation in Tokyo rose at a faster pace, supporting the case for the Bank of Japan to keep raising interest rates gradually ...

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

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 held rates steady again, as it waits for clarity on the impact of tariffs and a political leadership change ...

Japan must revise a law stipulating the Bank of Japan's mandate and responsibilities if it were to issue central bank digital currencies (CBDC), a senior ruling party official said on Monday.

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 ...

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 ...