Japan’s long-maturity government bonds kicked off 2026 on a downbeat note, as fiscal and inflation worries continued to weigh on the market.

“We will keep raising rates in line with improvement in the economy and inflation,” Ueda said on Monday in remarks at a New ...

Core inflation, which strips out prices of fresh food, remained unchanged from 3% in October, and came in line with ...

It comes as new PM Sanae Takaichi is keen for inflation to fall but also needs low government borrowing costs.

The Bank of Japan aims to move its real rate closer to zero, but the timing and scale of future adjustments will depend on ...

The Japanese economy remained generally strong in 2025 despite the Trump tariff shock. Growth reached the level of its ...

Japan's core inflation beat expectations and came in at 3% in February, government data showed on Friday, bolstering the case for further interest rate hikes. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, ...

Major central banks have hiked their policy rates in the face of surging inflation since the Covid-19 pandemic — but the Bank of Japan has been an outlier. It has stayed put despite headline and core ...

According to the Summary of Opinions from the December meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) believes that incrementally ...

Japan's government on Friday proposed record spending for next fiscal year while curbing debt issuance, underscoring Prime ...

Japan is set to raise the tax-free income threshold and expand deductions for middle-income earners under a deal between Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's minority government and a key opposition party.