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

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday the country's underlying inflation was still "somewhat below" the central bank's 2 per cent target.Speaking at a seminar in Portugal hosted by the ...

The central bank’s key interest rate is below the level at which it neither stimulates nor restricts growth, while underlying ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has opposed lowering the sales tax ahead of an upper house election where voters will ...

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

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

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

TOKYO] Business sentiment among Japan’s big manufacturers unexpectedly improved in the three months to June, a central bank survey showed on Tuesday, a sign companies are still awaiting clarity on the ...

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

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 ...