Rising consumer prices are putting real wage growth at risk and possibly becoming a drag on much-needed household consumption ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much ...

The Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labour shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind its economic woes, hinting that interest rates could rise faster than a sushi ...

The government needs to prepare now to avoid negative surprises four or five years down the road, the IMF’s Japan mission ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Japanese flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Shuji ...

Labour cash earnings rose more than expected in December and the November figures were all revised upwards. If Shunto results ...

Japan's December inflation-adjusted real wages rose 0.6% year-on-year thanks to a wintertime bonus bump, preliminary ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to join the Bank of Japan board in March, a choice ...

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

All three of Japan's "megabanks" are on course for record annual income after the first nine months of the financial year as ...

The portfolio’s return was -7.75% (net) for the reporting period vs. MSCI Japan Index (Net) that returned -3.60% for the same period. Read more here.