World shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate.

The Bank of Japan increased interest rates on Friday to their highest in 17 years and signalled more hikes to come, sending ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25% Friday, noting that inflation is holding at a ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will size up the need to raise interest rates on Friday amid heightened expectations of a ...

The yen strengthened and Japanese government bond yields rose to fresh multi-year highs on Friday after the Bank of Japan ...

A weaker yen is typically good for Japanese exporters but could push inflation higher because the country imports much of its ...

The Japanese yen is slightly lower on Thursday. In the European session, USD/JPY is trading at 156.25, down 0.16% on the day.

Stronger wages have contributed to the decision by Japan's central bank to raise rates to about 0.5%. The BOJ reiterated that ...

The BOJ hiked short-term lending rates by a quarter point to 0.5%, which had been already priced into money markets after ...

The Bank of Japan has raised short-term interest rates by a quarter point, the highest in 17 years, signalling efforts to ...

Strong inflation and PMI data bolster the case for a hawkish BoJ rate hike. Could narrowing US-Japan yield gaps send USD/JPY ...

The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates on Friday to their highest level in 17 years and signaled more were in the pipeline ...