The Bank of Japan (BOJ) will raise interest rates and adjust the degree of monetary support if improvements in the economy and price conditions continue, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday. The new ...

Japan's wholesale prices rose 3.8% in December from a year earlier, central bank data showed on Thursday, highlighting ...

Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday reiterated that the government would take appropriate action against ...

YOKOHAMA--A Bank of Japan deputy governor hinted that the central bank could raise interest rates at next week’s Policy Board ...

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan held its policy rate steady as it ... but expectations of rate hikes on the horizon remain intact. The Japanese central bank on Thursday maintained its target for the ...

Japanese workers’ base salaries grew the most in 32 years, offering potential support for the central bank to raise rates ...

Japan’s 40-year government bond yield reached its highest since inception amid a global debt selloff and expectations that ...

A surge in the dollar has sent Asian currencies reeling, stoking worries over imported inflation and prompting some central ...

As Japan transitions toward achieving stable 2 percent inflation ... for an annual budget might also be among the factors making policymakers at the central bank cautious about raising rates. A small ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan. Established under the Bank of Japan Act in 1882, it is a juridical entity and neither a government agency nor a private corporation.