Japan's annual interest payments on government debt could surge more than 50% over the next few years, government estimates ...

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 (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group said on Tuesday it plans to raise interest rates on ordinary yen deposits for the first time in 17 years after the Bank of Japan ended eight years of its ...

They mean you pay interest to deposit your money at banks ... yen as other central banks raised interest rates, diminishing the relative allure of Japan’s currency. The weak yen has further ...

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%, ...

For the first time ever, Mizuho Bank was charged negative interest rates on deposits made to its Bank of Japan account--something expected to cost the megabank 75 million yen ($560,000).

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

The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates on Friday to their highest level in 17 years and signalled more were in the pipeline ...

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 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.