The government needs to prepare now to avoid negative surprises four or five years down the road, the IMF’s Japan mission ...

Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much ...

The Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labour shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind its economic woes, hinting that interest rates could rise faster than a sushi ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis ...

Labour cash earnings rose more than expected in December and the November figures were all revised upwards. If Shunto results ...

As interest rates rise, the value of JGBs could plummet due to heightened inflation and duration risks. Click to read.

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

Japan's December inflation-adjusted real wages rose 0.6% year-on-year thanks to a wintertime bonus bump, preliminary ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's government on Tuesday nominated Junko Koeda, an academic who had warned of the cost of prolonged monetary easing, to join the Bank of Japan board in March, a choice ...

The Bank of Japan’s interest rate hike to 0.5% last week came as no surprise — some board members had hinted at it beforehand. The central bank's communication strategy often comes across as ...