Hopes for a rate increase rose rapidly after Tokyo reached a trade deal with the U.S. in July, but those expectations faded ...

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Japan’s core inflation rate just fell to 2.7% in August, the lowest since November 2024, according to Reuters. This drop ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to keep its policy rate at around 0.5 percent at its two-day meeting from Thursday, as it ...

Long-maturity Japanese sovereign bonds stand out as being particularly vulnerable to selling when trading gets underway, ...

The Nikkei's latest surge reflects a combination of global monetary shifts and spillover from the AI boom converging with ...

Japan's key stock indexes ended at fresh all-time highs on Wednesday, boosted by rises in technology shares amid hopes for ...

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The Bank of Japan predicted growth of just 0.5 percent, cutting its previous forecast in half, and decided against another hike in interest rates. By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from ...

Jefferies has approved Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group increasing its stake in the US investment bank to 20 per cent, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Japanese group ratchets up ...

Japan's veteran lawmaker and fiscal dove Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday she would run in the ruling party's leadership ...

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to an intraday record high on Thursday, underpinned bytechnology shares, as optimism ...