Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, known as MUFG, is Japan’s largest banking group ... and while Japanese banks’ yen liquidity is very strong, they depend on access to US dollar funding for ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ... is taking hold in Japan and that the central bank will keep gradually raising rates. Shares were briefly 3.0% higher at 1,963.5 yen earlier on Monday in Tokyo ...

The Japanese yen is slightly lower on Thursday. In the European session, USD/JPY is trading at 156.25, down 0.16% on the day. All eyes are on the Bank of Japan, which meets early on Friday.

TOKYO, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The yen strengthened and Japanese government bond yields rose to fresh multi-year highs on Friday after the Bank of Japan hiked interest rates as expected and raised its ...

Japan's central bank raised interest rates to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its inflation forecasts.

The U.S. dollar fell to 155.41 Japanese yen from about 156 yen earlier in the day. A rate rise in July last year sent stock prices tumbling. The bank is also watching for market reactions to the ...

The bank’s pledge to seek more rate hikes sent Japanese government bond yields higher and boosted the yen. In recent trading: The policy-sensitive two-year yield briefly reached 0.725% ...

THE Bank of Japan (BOJ), after clearly signalling last week’s interest ... a January hike would have been a huge surprise,” said Naomi Muguruma, chief bond strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley ...

The Bank of Japan increased interest rates on Friday to their highest in 17 years and signalled more hikes to come, sending the yen higher against the dollar. The well-flagged 25-basis-point rise ...

Financial Group Inc., Japan's largest bank by market value, closed at a record high, fueled by optimism for increased lending ...