Japanese bank shares have become highly popular with investors betting on rising Bank of Japan interest rates as uncertainty ...

Makoto Sakurai said he expects the BOJ to raise rates twice during the year ending in March 2026, bringing the policy rate to ...

Japan’s corporate bond market is booming, as an economic rebound and plans to get ahead of higher interest rates encourage a ...

Hawkish comments from the Bank of Japan and sticky inflation are lifting bond yields to multi-year highs and pushing forward ...

Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation ...

Japan's economic growth slowed sharply in 2024, cabinet office data showed on Monday, although the rate for the fourth ...

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates more as keeping them at current low levels could cause excessive risk-taking and push up inflation too much, its board member Hajime Takata said, cementing ...

SINGAPORE--A week ago Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007 in a move that marked a historic shift in monetary policy. Yet the currency fell. Now Japanese officials are talking ...

Japan's economy grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 2.8% in October-December, underlined by steady exports and ...

Japan's economy grew faster than expected in the fourth quarter, on improved business spending and a surprise increase in ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Japan to stay alert for potential spillover effects from global market ...

Japan’s economy expanded at an annualized 2.8% in the October-December quarter, surpassing market expectations.