Japan is likely to miss achieving its goal of running a primary budget surplus by the next fiscal year, according to three ...

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 ...

A signboard for a branch of MUFG Bank is seen in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 21, 2019. (Mainichi/Kazuhisa Soneda) TOKYO -- A former employee of Japan's largest bank accused of stealing millions ...

The steady wage trend may refuel speculation over a near-term rate hike from the Bank of Japan, including in the upcoming policy decision meeting this month. Since Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda ...

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William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." The whiplash Tokyo is feeling over Donald Trump's return ...

Japan’s financial regulator ordered Aeon Bank Ltd. to fix its anti-money laundering system, saying it failed to detect and report suspicious activities by clients. The Financial Services Agency ...

The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the ... poorest and most ...

It is ironic that two former prime ministers — who know how demanding the job is — are behind the making of the "spineless" leadership that is the Shigeru Ishiba administration. Things go back ...

TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan could see a net loss of up to 2 trillion yen ($12.7 billion) in fiscal 2027 or 2028 if it raises its short-term policy rate to 2%, according to the first estimate of ...

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TOKYO—A summary of opinions from the Bank of Japan’s December meeting suggests that the next interest-rate hike is approaching, with policymakers assessing that the economy and inflation are ...