A Japanese Labour Ministry panel on Monday proposed a 6% increase in the national average minimum wage for this fiscal year, ...

It could win support from the agriculture sector, ease frustration over soaring living costs.  Read more at straitstimes.com.

The CEO of Japan's largest bank said the Bank of Japan could raise its policy rate as early as September, given the outlook ...

Are tariffs increasing inflation? The June Consumer Price Index report showed an inflation rate of 2.7% over the last 12 ...

The recommendation by the panel, which advises the labor minister, would raise the average minimum wage to ¥1,118 per hour.

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

Metaplanet, a Tokyo-based firm, boosts its Bitcoin holdings to $1.8B, leveraging BTC for inflation protection and value ...

Japan's service sector activity rose at the fastest pace in five months in July, thanks to brisk domestic demand that offset ...

"Our official company view sees March next year as a possible timing of the rate hike. But personally, I think September or October is quite possible,” Hironori Kamezawa, CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ ...

TOKYO] Some Bank of Japan policymakers saw scope to resume interest rate increases once trade friction caused by US tariffs ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members shared their views on the monetary policy outlook on Tuesday, per the BoJ Minutes of ...

In Japan the minutes of the BoJ meeting reveal that the bank maintains its commitment to hike raes further ...