Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...

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 ...

Kong stocks strutted into their strongest weekly performance in four months, while the yen flexed its muscles on rising rate hike bets, and Amazon’s cloud dreams turned a bit stormy.

After three decades of near-zero inflation, there are signs that Japan’s economy can sustainably converge to a new equilibrium. Inflation has surpassed the Bank of Japan’s 2-percent target for over ...

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

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak ...

The USD/JPY currency pair has been under selling pressure, dropping to a two-month low of 151.80 before stabilizing around 152.60 at the ...

As interest rates rise, the value of JGBs could plummet due to heightened inflation and duration risks. Click to read.

China has countered President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs of its own on multiple U.S. imports as ...

Wall Street is pointing sharply lower Monday following President Donald Trump’s orders to impose steep tariffs on the biggest U.S. trading partners: Mexico, Canada and China.