By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese households will get no respite from rising living costs with a five-fold increase ...

Any measures to ease inflation in Japan must be speedy and shouldn’t impede the government’s ability to fund social services, ...

A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation hit 3.3% in May, data showed on Wednesday, keeping alive expectations ...

Business sentiment among Japan's big manufacturers unexpectedly improved in the three months to June, a central bank survey ...

Japan's core inflation hit a more than two-year high in May, exceeding the central bank's 2% target for well over three years ...

Ishiba has opposed lowering the sales tax ahead of an Upper House election where voters will vote on the performance of his ...

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital slowed sharply in June due to temporary cuts to utility bills but ...

Sources say that Japan's tax collectors brought in a record amount of revenue for the fifth consecutive year. Contributing ...

Japan faces abnormally high rice prices, as US president says 'I have great respect for Japan, they won’t take our RICE, and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's tax revenues likely hit a record for a fifth straight year in the fiscal year that ended in March ...

Japan has long been regarded as largely immune from the problems of debt-driven fiscal policy and monetary inflation. After ...