Official data released on Friday showed inflation was at its highest since 1981, the ninth month in a row that it has been above the central bank's 2% target. Even after the jump in prices, Japan ...

TOKYO—Japan’s consumer-price inflation slowed in September due mainly ... the BOJ will maintain interest rates at 0.25% this ...

But after decades of the country trying to boost inflation, Japanese consumers are now experiencing the pain of higher prices despite stagnant wages. Until now, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) had kept ...

Japanese inflation slowed in September with prices up 2.4 percent on-year, not including volatile fresh food, official data showed Friday. The core Consumer Price Index eased from 2.8 percent in ...

Japanese firms see inflation and the chance of worldwide recession ... But a total of 43% selected ranges of 2.1% or higher, beyond the BOJ target. After whipsaw moves in currency markets last ...

Japan’s households cut spending for a second month as inflation continues to deter consumption ... compared with the consensus estimate of a 1.8% decrease, after sliding 1.9% in the previous ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital in October dipped below ... rose 1.8% in October from a year earlier after a 1.6% rise in September. The Tokyo inflation figures are considered ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's inflation-adjusted wages fell for the ... Overtime pay, a barometer of corporate strength, fell 0.4% in September after a revised 1.7% increase in August.

TOKYO: Core inflation in Japan's capital accelerated for a fourth ... rose 1.6% in August from a year earlier after a 1.5% rise in July. The accelerated Tokyo inflation, considered a leading ...