IDEX Biometrics enters a new market, together with LIFE CARD, Japan’s most innovative credit card issuer. This marks the market introduction of biometric payment cards in Japan. LIFE CARD is targeting ...

The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates on Friday barring any market shocks when U.S. President-elect Donald ...

This marks the market introduction of biometric payment cards in Japan. LIFE CARD is targeting commercial deployment in the first half of 2025. Japan is one of the largest payment markets in Asia, ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to the highest level since 2008 and took a more bullish view on the strength of ...

TOKYO — Executives at a leading Japanese bank apologized and took pay cuts on Thursday after police arrested an employee who allegedly stole about 1.4 billion yen ($9 million) worth of valuables ...

After blindsiding investors in July, the Bank of Japan governor needed Friday’s interest-rate hike to be boring. By that yardstick, he’s notched a win. The quarter-point increase, which took ...

The Japanese government has nominated Junko Koeda, a political science and economics professor at Waseda University, to join ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a ...