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

Kazuo Ueda appears to have made a new year’s resolution to avoid shocks — and the self-inflicted wounds that come with them. After blindsiding investors in July, the Bank of Japan governor needed ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will size up the need to raise interest rates on Friday amid heightened expectations of a ...

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 ...

The Bank of Japan increased interest rates on Friday to their highest in 17 years and signalled more hikes to come, sending ...

TOKYO (AP) — Executives at a leading Japanese bank apologized and took pay cuts on Thursday after police arrested an employee who allegedly stole about 1.4 billion yen ($9 million) worth of ...

After blindsiding investors in July, the Bank of Japan governor needed Friday’s interest-rate hike to be boring. By that yardstick, he’s notched a win. The quarter-point increase, which took ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. “The economy is gradually recovering ...

Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years, after consumer price rises accelerated last year. The move by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to raise its short ...

This was the highest hike in borrowing rates in Japan since the 2008 financial crisis. Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on 29 July 2022 (AP) The central bank had last raised the rates in July ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate ...