Labour cash earnings rose more than expected in December and the November figures were all revised upwards. If Shunto results ...

Japan's December inflation-adjusted real wages rose 0.6% year-on-year thanks to a wintertime bonus bump, preliminary ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...

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The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end ...

Japanese nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike decision and keeping the bank on track for further tightening steps.  Nominal ...

Japan’s central bank looks poised to lift its key interest rate to 0.5%, from 0.25%, at its meeting Thursday and Friday, according to around 80% of economists polled by Reuters.

The Bank of Japan has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point, the highest in 17 years, signalling efforts to ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level. “The economy is gradually recovering ...