Japan's election outcome may put the central bank in a double bind as prospects of big spending could keep inflation elevated ...

By Rocky Swift and GregorStuart Hunter TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese government bonds tumbled on Wednesday, sending benchmark ...

A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

Japan's trade deal with the U.S. has reduced uncertainty surrounding the economy, the central bank's deputy governor Shinichi Uchida said, signaling optimism that conditions for resuming interest rate ...

Japanese voters cast their ballots on Sunday in a closely contested upper house election that could undermine Prime Minister ...

Oakmark Japan Strategy’s return was 10.73% (Net) for the reporting period. This compares to the MSCI Japan Index that ...

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as food inflation showed signs of ...

The Sanseito party tapped into discontent over issues galvanizing voters worldwide: inflation, immigration and a political ...

Yujiro Goto, head of foreign exchange strategy for Japan at Nomura, told CNBC that the current inflation spike, especially in food inflation, is mostly due to supply issues, not strong demand.

That means that Japan’s inflation, which over all remains under the government’s target of 2 percent, is most likely driven by supply-side issues caused by the war and the pandemic, not the ...

Japanese voters could unleash political turmoil as they head to the polls on Sunday in a tightly contested upper house ...

Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7 ...