Despite a solid H1, we maintain our 2025 growth forecast at 0.8%, as downside growth risks to activity may start to kick in ...

Rate-setters will be content on news of a stronger than expected expansion for the Japanese economy in Q2. Real GDP grew by 0.3 per cent on the quarter and 1 per cent annualised.

Japan's government on Friday brushed aside rare and explicit comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who said the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday the government must closely watch the economic and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's annual wholesale inflation slowed for the fourth straight month in July, data showed on Wednesday, ...

The dollar fell to its weakest level against the Japanese yen in three weeks after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expected the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates to tackle inflation.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Bank of Japan’s cautious approach to raising interest rates, saying it was ...

JPY is no longer the most attractive funding currency, and the currency's strength may not necessarily lead to broad-based risk aversion, one expert said.

Japan's three megabanks are likely to benefit further from higher local interest rates amid preparations for a potential US ...

The Bank of Japan's summary from its July meeting reveals that policymakers are becoming more open to raising interest rates, ...

"If its outlook for economic activity and prices will be realized, the Bank, in accordance with improvement in economic activity and prices, will continue to raise the policy interest rate and adjust ...