This decline raises questions about the impact of recent Japanese inflation data on ... a rate hike also poses risks to Japan ...

"Without sufficient scrutiny, easy countermeasures for inflation have been repeatedly implemented," Kiuchi said in a report, according to Japan Times. "They are pork barrel spending and are ...

Japan's headline inflation rate slipped to 2.3% in October, its lowest level since January and down from the 2.5% seen in September. The core inflation rate fell to 2.3% from 2.4%, slightly higher ...

Japan's core consumer inflation likely cooled for the second straight month in October on slower growth in energy prices, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

Japan's exports expanded faster than expected in October, led by a pick-up in chip equipment demand in China, though fears ...