The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a ...

Tokyo, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--Four major Japanese commercial banks said Friday that they will raise their interest rates on ordinary deposits from 0.1 pct to 0.2 pct, the highest level in about 17 ...

Fukuoka Bank and Nishi-Nippon City Bank announced an increase in their ordinary deposit interest rates from 0.1% to 0.2%, ...

Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a desirable target level TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate ...

Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years, after consumer price rises ...

At its two-day meeting concluding on Friday, the BOJ raised its short-term policy rate from 0.25% to 0.5%, a level Japan has not seen in 17 years. It was made in a 8 to 1 vote with board member ...

TOKYO — 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 decision by the central bank came at the ...

Japan's central bank has increased ... longer any countries left with negative interest rates. When negative rates are in force people have to pay to deposit money in a bank.