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A Japanese Labour Ministry panel on Monday proposed a 6% increase in the national average minimum wage for this fiscal year, ...
The Bank of Japan may be behind the curve in dealing with the risk of high inflation, one private sector member of the ...
Japan's economy is projected to grow a real 0.7 percent in the current fiscal year from April, revised down from an earlier ...
On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Topix index touched a record high on Thursday, tracking strong overnight gains on Wall Street, while ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's real wages fell in June for the sixth consecutive month as inflation continued to outpace pay growth ...
Carlos Casanova says inflation and the domestic political uncertainty in Japan may affect the timing of Bank of Japan's ...
The revised estimates, presented at Japan’s top economic council meeting, show the government now expects inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 0.7% for the fiscal year ending ...
As widely expected, the Bank of Japan unanimously kept its policy rate at 0.5%. Governor Kazuo Ueda emphasised the data-dependent nature of the policy decision, but a notable upward revision to the ...
A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be of concern for policymakers.
TOKYO: Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in July, data showed on ...
Metaplanet, a Tokyo-based firm, boosts its Bitcoin holdings to $1.8B, leveraging BTC for inflation protection and value ...