"With a year-on-year increase of 3%, nominal wage growth appears robust, but with inflation currently still above 3% (driven by food prices due to supply problems), real wage growth is still negative.

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) must be cautious about raising interest rates given the expected hit from US tariffs on the ...

The Bank of Japan must be cautious about raising interest rates given the expected hit from U.S. tariffs on the fragile ...

Japan must balance its budget and push the central bank to raise interest rates to alleviate concern over the country's ...

As speculation mounts that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates later this year, there’s a growing risk that required ...

Masahiko Loo of State Street Investment Management describes the Bank of Japan's cautious approach to its rate hiking cycle.

"Given high uncertainties, the BOJ would likely pause rate hikes for the time being. But it also must respond flexibly and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan may hike interest rates as early as October, as trade-related uncertainty has started to ...

The Nikkei 225 Index pulled back last week as market participants focused on key Japanese earnings and the BoJ interest rate ...

Bank of Japan watchers brought forward their forecast for when they expect the next interest rate hike, after clarity over ...

Poor Jerome Powell in Washington may be wearing the hard hat, but it’s Kazuo Ueda here in Tokyo who’s taking the real hits from Donald Trump.

The BOJ governor reiterated Thursday that the central bank will continue tightening monetary policy if the economy and prices move in line with projections. One of the most important focuses when ...