Japan's government on Friday brushed aside rare and explicit comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who said the ...

Calls for higher rates, a stronger yen and a decisive end to Abenomics are building in Japan as inflation remains high and as ...

The Bank of Japan will likely be raising interest rates as it is behind the curve in dealing with the risk of inflation, U.S.

They’re behind the curve,” Bessent told Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, noting that that was his opinion, and that he discussed ...

Pressure is mounting within the Bank of Japan to ditch a vaguely defined gauge of inflation as worries about second-round ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized the Bank of Japan’s cautious approach to raising interest rates, saying it was ...

The slowdown was attributed to lower energy prices but inflation on goods items remained strong, said Junya Takemoto, senior ...

The Bank of Japan laid the groundwork this week for resuming interest rate hikes by spelling out explicitly for the first time the risks that persistent food price rises fan broad-based inflation.

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

The Bank of Japan's summary from its July meeting reveals that policymakers are becoming more open to raising interest rates, ...

The central bank held its overnight call rate target steady at 0.5%, where it has remained since its last hike in January.