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

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 ...

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

The Bank of Japan will hike interest rates only once more this year, most likely during the third quarter to 0.75%, according ...

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 ...

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

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

Around 72 per cent of those surveyed cited Trump's trade policies, including tariffs, as a key issue, while 26 per cent blamed worsening US-China relations, the survey found ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

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