By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan policymakers debated mounting price pressures from a weak yen, with ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Core inflation in Japan's capital slowed to a 15-month low in January due to the ...

January policy meeting indicated a growing awareness of the need to raise interest rates in a timely fashion as authorities ...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at the end of its two-day policy meeting on ...

Bank of Japan (BOJ) policymakers are increasingly concerned that persistent price pressures driven by a weak yen could leave the central bank behind the curve in managing inflation, according to a ...

On the dovish side, global economic turbulence could derail Japan’s return to sustained growth and a wage-price virtuous circle. The government may also pile pressure on the central bank to avoid ...

Core inflation touched its lowest level since October 2024, and was in line with expectations ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan considered mounting inflationary pressures stemming from a weak ...

Japan's inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years that the headline inflation figure is above the Bank of Japan's 2% target. The figure was lower than the 3.7% seen in ...

TOKYO, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor ‌Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the nation's ‌underlying inflation is accelerating gradually and steadily approaching the central bank's 2% target, ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - ‌Japan's core consumer prices ‌rose 3.0% in November from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, staying above the central ‍bank's 2% target for the 44th straight month. The ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Friday and raised its economic and ...