Japan's upcoming spring wage discussions, also known as the "shunto" negotiations, will be in focus for investors watching ...

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

Japan is feeling the impact from higher interest rates on a more personal level ... negative and dominated by concerns about housing loans and inflation — issues that directly affect people ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japanese people are feeling the impact from higher interest rates at a more personal level ... and dominated by concerns about housing loans and inflation — issues that directly ...

The Bank of Japan is increasingly blaming chronic labour shortages, not stagnant demand, as the main reason for its weak economic activity, a justification it may use to lift interest rates beyond ...

Meanwhile in Asia, the Bank of Japan has hiked interest rates by 25 basis points ... by five points to minus 22 in January, with all measures that make up the overall score down on last month.

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 ...