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

Storyline: Rising prices, worsening labor shortages and depreciation of yen in Japan resulted in its business failures ...

The Japanese Yen gains positive traction for the second straight day amid bets for a Bank of Japan rate hike. This has led to ...

The USD/JPY climbed on Friday as the Japanese yen weakened, with markets focused on the upcoming BoJ rate decision. The BoJs ...

Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the SMAP boy band who is now a popular TV host at the network, has been linked by local ...

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after China reported that its economy grew at a 5% annual pace last year, hitting the ...

The yen has climbed 1.5% against the dollar this week, its strongest weekly run since late November. It was last a tad weaker ...

The U.S. dollar weakened against the yen on Thursday, as softer-than-expected U.S. economic data and growing confidence for a ...

Persistent USD strength against JPY seen in Q4 '24 is easing. Hawkish speeches from BoJ officials coupled with a softer US ...

Executives at a leading Japanese bank have apologized and taken pay cuts after police arrested an employee who allegedly ...

Approved on Dec. 27, 2024, the upcoming defense budget beginning April 1 is up 9.4% to a record 8.7 trillion yen, the ...

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, following a rally on Wall Street driven by encouraging update on U.S. inflation. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.2% to 38,532.18. Bank of ...