Concerns are mounting that Japan's longer-term interest rates may rise further, as lawmakers' campaign pledges to tackle ...

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 ...

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

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

The head of the European Central Bank said inflation has become more unpredictable due to shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Japan’s core inflation hit 3.7% in May, the fastest annual pace in more than two years and keeping pressure on the central ...

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

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 ...

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