According to the most recent report on consumer prices, published at the Statistics Bureau of Japan, consumer prices rose 3.4 ...

The central bank’s key interest rate is below the level at which it neither stimulates nor restricts growth, while underlying ...

Confidence among large Japanese manufacturers improved in the three months to June, a central bank survey showed, as firms ...

The Bank of Japan should focus on working with the government to boost domestic demand and revitalise the economy, Souhei Kamiya, head of the small opposition party Sanseito, said on Thursday, ...

Demand at Japan’s auction of 10-year government bonds was stronger than the 12-month average, as expectations for rate hikes ...

The yen fell against the dollar ahead of a Bank of Japan decision Tuesday, with officials expected to hold interest rates steady but tweak their bond purchase policy.

Japan's central bank on Tuesday said it would slow the cuts to government bond purchases from April next year, while it also held the benchmark rate at 0.5% amid rising growth risks.

The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged Tuesday and said it would taper its purchase of government bonds at a slower pace, as trade uncertainty threatens to weigh on ...