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

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

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

Japan's core inflation hit a more than two-year high in May and exceeded the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, keeping it under pressure to resume interest rate hikes despite ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Bank of Japan faces scrutiny ahead of its policy meeting, with potential interest rate hikes anticipated if inflation ...

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

Japan's job availability ratio in May decreased 0.02 point from the previous month to 1.24, falling for the first time in ...

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 ...