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

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

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

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

The Tokyo consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 3.1% in June from a year earlier, ...

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

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

Japan’s core consumer inflation in its capital slowed more than expected in June, driven by government relief on utility bills, but remained firmly above the central bank’s 2 per cent target, ...

TOKYO] Some Bank of Japan (BBOJ) policymakers called for keeping interest rates steady for the time being due to uncertainty ...

Consumer inflation in the Tokyo metropolitan area eased in June but remained firmly above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target, ...

Some Bank of Japan policymakers called for keeping interest rates steady for the time being due to uncertainty over the ...