The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, says he will seek to maintain ...

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2024.

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a ...

Yoshinobu Tsutsui, chairman of Nippon Life Insurance Co., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2025, with the 70-year ...

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Consumer inflation in Tokyo likely accelerated in January, underlining persistent pressure on living costs, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target ...

Another 0.25 percentage-point hike to Japanese rates has come and gone without markets batting an eye. That is surely the point of the central bank’s drive to normalise monetary policy. With wages and ...

The Bank of Japan has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. The decision by the central bank came Friday at the end of a ...

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I stayed in a capsule hotel at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. I didn't sleep well, but it seemed convenient for travelers with early flights.