Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda echoed recent comments that have revived market expectations for imminent policy action.

Japan's annual wholesale inflation held steady at 3.8% in December on stubbornly high food costs, data showed on Thursday, ...

The Bank of Japan will raise interest rates again at one of the two meetings this quarter to 0.50%, an overwhelming majority of economists surveyed by Reuters said, with most leaning toward a January ...

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Outstanding bank lending in Japan stood at a record high of ¥605.8 trillion at the end of 2024, up 4.4% from a year before, according to industry data. The increase reflected strong corporate ...

Major Japanese banks logged gains in efficiency measured by their cost-to-income ratios over the 12 months ended Sept. 30, helped by improved profits. Japan's central bank ended its eight-year ...

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino has signaled that an interest rate hike may be on the cards at the monetary policy ...

TOKYO -- The alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.4 million) in assets from MUFG Bank's safe deposit boxes has jolted public confidence in the country's largest bank, with the crime ...

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Local Japanese banks are under increasing pressure to “reconstruct” their bond investment portfolios partly to protect against the risk of losses from rising domestic interest rates ...

Japan's 10-year bond yields rose to their highest in nearly 14 years as investors eye more interest rate rises by the Bank of Japan. Continued evidence that Japan's years-long period of deflationary p ...