BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda has justified going slow on rate hikes by explaining that "underlying inflation," which focuses on ...

Pressure is mounting within the Bank of Japan to ditch a vaguely defined gauge of inflation as worries about second-round ...

Bank of Japan policymakers debated the likelihood of resuming interest rate increases with one signaling the chance of a hike ...

The Bank of Japan's summary from its July meeting reveals that policymakers are becoming more open to raising interest rates, ...

"If its outlook for economic activity and prices will be realized, the Bank, in accordance with improvement in economic activity and prices, will continue to raise the policy interest rate and adjust ...

Eighty years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb, Hiroshima’s survivors and their descendants describe how health ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's real wages fell in June for the sixth consecutive month as inflation continued to outpace pay growth ...

As speculation mounts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates later this year, there’s a growing risk that required ...

Masahiko Loo of State Street Investment Management describes the Bank of Japan's cautious approach to its rate hiking cycle.

TOKYO--Japan's central bank policymakers are expected to keep rates on hold this week, even though a trade deal with the U.S. relieves some uncertainty over tariffs and strengthens the case for ...

The Bank of Japan will keep seeking further interest-rate increases, Deputy Gov. Shinichi Uchida affirmed, adding to rate-hike expectations rekindled by news of a trade deal with the U.S. "The ...