Japan's annual wholesale inflation slowed for the fourth straight month in July, data showed on Wednesday, underscoring the ...

An investment manager at the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund, Man Group, is adding Japan’s financial shares to her portfolio on the view the nation’s central bank will need to hike interest ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda has justified going slow on rate hikes by explaining that "underlying inflation," which focuses on ...

Japan's three megabanks are likely to benefit further from higher local interest rates amid preparations for a potential US ...

Bank of Japan policymakers debated the likelihood of resuming interest rate increases with one signaling the chance of a hike ...

The Bank of Japan's summary from its July meeting reveals that policymakers are becoming more open to raising interest rates, ...

"If its outlook for economic activity and prices will be realized, the Bank, in accordance with improvement in economic activity and prices, will continue to raise the policy interest rate and adjust ...

The Bank of Japan must be cautious about raising interest rates given the expected hit from U.S. tariffs on the fragile economy, ruling party heavyweight Ken Saito told Reuters. "The BOJ ought to be ...