The Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labour shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind its economic woes, hinting that interest rates could rise faster than a sushi ...

The yen is on track for its fourth straight weekly gain against the dollar as spending data on Friday added to signs that the ...

Asian shares Friday were mixed, with Chinese technology stocks rising as most other Asian equities declined. Japan’s ...

Japan's real gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to have risen an annualised 1.0% in October-December, according to a ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labor shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

JA Tsugaru Hirosaki, an agricultural cooperative, has started selling gift boxes of Sun Fuji apples, with Hatsune Miku on the cover.

Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Asia-Pacific Department and its mission chief for ...

The yen could strengthen beyond 150 against the dollar as the BOJ moves against the global tide of rate cuts, said SMBC Nikko Securities.

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

Consumer spending climbed 2.7% in December from a year earlier, data from the internal affairs ministry showed on Friday, ...

Japan's upcoming spring wage discussions, also known as the "shunto" negotiations, will be in focus for investors watching the BOJ's interest rate moves. The negotiations will start some time in ...