The Bank of Japan is now pointing the finger at chronic labour shortages—rather than sluggish demand—as the culprit behind its economic woes, hinting that interest rates could rise faster than a sushi ...

Japan's real gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to have risen an annualised 1.0% in October-December, according to a ...

Average household monthly income in the same month was 1,179,259 yen, rising 7.2% in nominal terms and up 2.9% in real terms year on year. The Nikkei 225 slipped 0.44% after the r ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates again this year and see borrowing costs reach levels deemed neutral to ...

Japan has “completely” ended deflation and it’s absolutely natural for the central bank to proceed with rate hikes to ...