In a widely anticipated move, the Bank of Japan on Jan. 24 raised its short-term policy rate to 0.50% from 0.25%. Read more ...

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 ...

The bank, one of Japan's three megabanks, was formed in 2006 by the merger of UFJ Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. The employee, identified by Tokyo police as Yukari Iwamura, who also used the ...

TOKYO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to raise ... then to 0.1% in December of that year, as the global financial crisis pushed Japan into recession. Since then, various ...

A man in Japan who earned 140 million yen (US$900,000) by renting out 200 run-down houses has attracted widespread online attention for his investment strategy. Hayato Kawamura, 38, from Osaka on ...

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 ...

Japan Bank Executives Take Pay Cuts After Employee Is Accused of Stealing From Safe Deposit Boxes TOKYO (AP) — Executives at a leading Japanese bank apologized and took pay cuts on Thursday ...