The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak economic activity, a justification it may use to lift interest rates beyond ...

The BOJ's increasing focus on wage-driven inflation is another sign Japan is shedding its 25-year battle with deflation and ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the Japanese central bank, which sets monetary policy in the country. Its mandate is to issue ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Friday that the government will continue to invest and create jobs in the ...

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely ...

Busan is shrinking faster than any other metropolitan area in a country with the world’s lowest fertility rate ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.’s profit rose more than analysts estimated in the fiscal third quarter, as the Bank of Japan’s interest-rate hikes put it on track to deliver record annual ...

"America needs critical minerals from us, that could be the entry point," said Anindya after becoming the main speaker at the ...

Yields on two-year Treasuries were back at 4.224% and off a peak of 4.282% hit on Monday. The pullback in yields coincided ...

The yen touched an eight-week high versus the dollar on Thursday after a Bank of Japan policy board member advocated continued interest rate hikes, while sterling slid as the Bank of England cut rates ...

Tech stocks were dragged by a drop of $48.98, or 28%, to $125.70, in electronics firm Celestica, while power firm TransAlta ...