Japan’s Financial Services Agency is stepping up monitoring of regional banks that lend heavily to the booming real estate ...

The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Friday a draft fiscal 2026 budget featuring record-high general-account spending of 122,309.2 billion yen. The expenditures, larger than the ...

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On December 19, 2025, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) ( 8301.T) raised its key interest rate to 0.75%, representing the highest ...

Japan has a free hand in dealing with excessive moves in the yen, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday, issuing ...

Japan has a “free hand” to take bold action against currency moves that are not in line with fundamentals, Finance Minister ...

Japan is looking to the country's $7 trillion household savings hoard to support bond demand with plans to launch new ...

Japan Closer to Achieving 2% Inflation Target, BOJ Governor Says Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that the central bank is getting closer to achieving its 2% inflation target, reaffirming ...

The house price prophet who predicted the last two market downturns years before they happened has sounded the alarm over a ...

Japan’s ultra-low rates fuel global risk-taking through the yen carry trade, which also supports Bitcoin liquidity. Even a small BoJ rate hike can trigger de-risking, yen strength, and forced selling ...

The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates on Friday to a three-decade high and pledge to keep hiking borrowing costs, closing the year with two rate hikes despite headwinds from US tariffs and ...