The bond market in Japan is cracking under pressure, and all fingers are pointing to one thing: the upcoming Upper House election on July 20.

Opposition parties argue that cutting or scrapping the consumption tax would support growth and ease strains on households after three years of consumer price inflation above the Bank of Japan’s 2 per ...

TOKYO--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a critical electoral test on Sunday that could further complicate the country's political landscape and economic recovery.

The USD/JPY exchange rate rebounded to its highest level since April 3, following a rise in the US Dollar Index (DXY) ...

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which ...

The USD/JPY forecast indicates a decline in Fed rate cut expectations, which has dashed hopes of a narrowing rate gap between ...

The Bank of Japan should hold off raising interest rates until the economy achieves a stronger recovery, Sohei Kamiya, head ...

Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 2008 ahead of an upper house election.

BOJ has completed offloading bank stocks it purchased from troubled banks during the global financial crisis. The bank is now ...

Opinion surveys suggest Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition may lose its majority in the upper house of parliament, forcing it to court an array of smaller parties pushing for easier fiscal and ...

The Bank of Japan finished selling off its holdings of stocks bought from 2002 to 2010 in a rare programme to avert ...