Japan's core inflation accelerated in March due to persistent rises in food costs, data showed on Friday, complicating the ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will keep raising interest rates if underlying inflation ...

Tamura said the likelihood of Japan's economy sustainably achieving the BOJ's 2% inflation was improving, suggesting that conditions for additional rate hikes were falling into place. He also said ...

Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE:MFG) is urging the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to speed up its tapering of government bond purchases, ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday that Japan's real interest rates remain very low. Ueda further stated that ...

Japan's inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years that the headline inflation figure is above the Bank of Japan's 2% target. The figure was lower than the 3.7% seen ...

“Various indicators suggest that Japan’s price trend is heading toward the BOJ’s sustainable and stable 2% target,” Koeda said. Speaking in parliament earlier Wednesday, Ueda reiterated ...

Japan's core inflation accelerated in March due to persistent rises in food costs, data showed on Friday, complicating the ...

Core inflation has now exceeded the BOJ's 2% target every month for three years in a row, in a sign of mounting price pressure as companies continue to pass on rising raw material and labour costs.