Prospects of sustained wage gains in Japan and the boost to import costs from a weak yen have heightened attention within the ...

A Bloomberg story that the Bank of Japan might lift its inflation forecast due to rice and the yen had an impact, sending the dollar lower vs. the yen. The question is whether the central bank lifts ...

Bank of Japan officials are likely to discuss raising their inflation outlook at a policy meeting later this month, although ...

Traders are on alert for a rising risk of Japan intervening to support the yen, with a US jobs report later Friday looming as ...

A surge in the dollar has sent Asian currencies reeling, stoking worries over imported inflation and prompting some central ...

Over the course of a year, a stampede of tourists 200 times larger than the local population barrels through this northern ...

Of all the things sure to sour Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s holiday mood, foreign investors falling out of love ...

The yen hovered near a five-month low against the dollar yesterday, as the US Federal Reserve’s hawkish messaging contrasted with the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) cautious approach to further policy ...

Tokyo, Dec. 27 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government said Friday it estimates 78,440 billion yen in general-account tax revenues for fiscal 2025 starting next April, up 12.7 pct from the fiscal ...

The Bank of Japan will cut monthly Japanese government bond purchases by another 410 billion yen per month ($2.6 billion), lowering the total to about 4.5 trillion yen per month from January.

The buoyant dollar slipped a notch on Friday at the end of a holiday-thinned trading week, while the yen hovered near a ...

Japanese stocks rose Friday on a weaker yen after a muted day on Wall Street following the Christmas holiday. Japan’s key Nikkei index was up more than 1 percent in morning trade, after the yen ...