By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Bond market volatility is boosting the case for Japan's central bank to pause the ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Annual core inflation in Japan's capital hit 1.3% in May, data showed on Friday, ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 26 (Reuters) - Japan's core inflation as measured by a new central bank gauge accelerated in April ...

The Bank of Japan maintained ultra-low interest rates on Friday and its pledge to keep supporting the economy until inflation sustainably hits its 2% target, suggesting it was in no rush to phase out ...

The Bank of Japan will probably increase its benchmark rate next month at a meeting that will determine whether authorities can keep from falling behind the curve in fighting inflation, according to a ...

The Bank of Japan on Friday made its yield curve control policy more flexible and watered down its commitment to defend a cap ...

HSBC has revised its Bank of Japan forecast to include two rate hikes this year, now expecting a 25-basis-point increase in June rather than July and adding a second hike in December, which would ...

Mizuho CEO Masahiro Kihara calls for bold BOJ rate hike to revive Japan's bond market, as Mizuho posts record profits driven ...

Bank of Japan's new trend gauge shows core inflation hit 2.8% in April, nearly double official CPI, raising expectations for ...

TOKYO] Tokyo’s key inflation gauge unexpectedly cooled to the slowest pace in four years, complicating the messaging for Bank ...

Core inflation — which strips out prices of fresh food — was lower than the 1.7% expected by economists polled by Reuters and ...

TOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Japan is "very close" to durably achieving the ⁠central ⁠bank's 2% inflation target, hawkish board member ⁠Naoki Tamura said on Friday, signaling the chance of an interest ...