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, ...

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 inflation's two-year high of 4% in January. So-called " ...

According to the most recent report on consumer prices, published at the Statistics Bureau of Japan, consumer prices rose 3.4 ...

Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital slowed sharply in June due to temporary cuts to utility bills but stayed well ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation hit 3.3% in May, data showed on Wednesday, keeping ...

As Donald Trump juggles two big battles — one foreign, one domestic — the Bank of Japan finds itself even further in ...

TOKYO: Japan's core inflation rate accelerated to 3.7 per cent in May, official data showed on Friday (Jun 20), posing a ...

Headline inflation in Japan remained unchanged in May at 3.5 per cent and remains well above the BoJ’s 2 per cent target. The ...

The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was higher compared to expectations from economists polled by Reuters.

Individual investors in Japan are boosting their purchases of government bonds at the fastest pace in 18 years as a rise in yields enhances the asset’s appeal for households weathering the impact of ...