The BOJ ended negative interest rates in March and raised its short-term policy rate to 0.25% in July on the view Japan was ...

The rate fell below 2% for the first time in five months, primarily impacted by energy prices, against the backdrop of an upcoming general election. Easing inflation in Japan and political ...

Japanese inflation slowed slightly in October with prices up 2.3 percent on-year, government data showed Friday.

Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street that saw the S&P log gains for a fourth straight day ...

Japan's inflation rate has jumped to a fresh 41-year high as businesses pass on higher costs to their customers. Core consumer prices for last month rose by 4% from a year earlier, double the Bank ...

Despite the slowdown, the rate remained above the Bank of Japan's two percent target, set over ... lift inflation". The Bank of Japan raised interest rates in March for the first time since ...

Over the last decade there has been ... more rapidly than it has so far. At the same time, a little inflation might encourage corporate Japan to have a go at enhancing returns by gearing up ...

While Kishida’s ruling coalition is set to win a majority, public discontent over inflation ... s consumer inflation above the Bank of Japan’s 2 percent target for the first time in seven ...

Japan's core consumer inflation has exceeded the BOJ's 2% target for well over two years ... But he stressed the bank will spend time gauging how global economic uncertainties affect Japan's ...

Japan’s scandal-ridden ruling party lost its majority for the first time since 2009 in Sunday ... landscape and cast growing concerns over the future direction of the ruling party, which ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s key inflation gauge slowed in September for the first time in five months ... The Japanese currency has lost some gains over the past few weeks against the dollar as ...