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 ...

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

Japan should be on alert for any spillover effects from rising foreign market volatility that could affect liquidity ...

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.

Japanese household spending rose for the first time in five months in year-on-year terms in December and at a much ...

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

Average household monthly income was 1,179,259 yen, up 7.2% in nominal terms and up 2.9% in real terms year on year. The ...

AUD/USD extends its consolidative price move and remains below the 0.6300 mark on Friday amid mixed cues. Bets that the RBA ...

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