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 making steady progress towards durably achieving its 2% inflation target.

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital in November rose 2.2% from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, staying above the ...

Speculation that the Bank of Japan was headed for a December interest rate increase after a hot inflation reading drove the ...

TOKYO—Japan’s consumer-price inflation slowed in September due mainly to the impact of the government’s energy subsidies, possibly giving the Bank of Japan more time to think about the ...

By Leika Kihara and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in November and ...

Japan's economy could be at a turning point on inflation. Consumer prices rose 3.2 percent compared to the same period last year. Although the rate of increase was slower than the previous month ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital accelerated in November and stayed above the central bank's 2% target, data showed on Friday, as price pressures broadened, keeping ...

Japanese inflation slowed in September with prices up 2.4 percent on-year, not including volatile fresh food, official data showed Friday. The core Consumer Price Index eased from 2.8 percent in ...

Japan's core inflation slowed in September due to the rollout of energy subsidies but an index excluding the effect of fuel held steady, a sign that broadening price pressure will keep the central ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation held near 3% in October, data showed on Tuesday, offering further evidence that conditions for another near-term interest ...