Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed to a 15-month low in January due to the effects of gasoline subsidies and easing ...

Inflation signals have taken on more significance as yen weakness poses a risk to the Bank of Japan’s efforts to generate ...

Tokyo's consumer inflation slowed to 1.5% year-on-year in January, dropping below 2% for the first time since October 2024.

Bank of Japan policy board members have grown more cautious about the potential inflationary impact of a weak yen, meeting ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A weak yen has an increasing impact on Japan's inflation as firms actively pass on ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymakers agreed on the need to keep raising interest rates, with ...

Japanese data offered no clear sign that authorities stepped into the market in Tokyo last Friday with yen-buying ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Japan may hold off on official intervention for now, with coordinated tactics ...

The BOJ also upgraded its GDP forecast for the 2025 fiscal year to 0.9%, and also raised its GDP projection for the 2026 ...

On the dovish side, global economic turbulence could derail Japan’s return to sustained growth and a wage-price virtuous circle. The government may also pile pressure on the central bank to avoid ...

The Bank of Japan kept its key short-term interest rate at 0.75% during its first policy meeting of 2026, maintaining the highest borrowing costs since September 1995, before February's snap election.