The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis and revised up its ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their highest since the 2008 global financial crisis, underscoring its confidence that rising wages will keep inflation stable around its 2% target ...

The bank's promise to seek more rate hikes sent Japanese government bond yields higher. The policy-sensitive two-year JGB yield briefly reached 0.725%, the highest level since October 2008, while the ...

Japan's central bank has raised its key interest rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, noting that inflation is holding at a ...

The move comes in line with expectations from CNBC's survey, where an overwhelming majority of economists predicted a hike.

Japan's core consumer price index—which includes gasoline prices but does not include fresh food—rose 3% annually in December ...

Four men, including a former director and the current deputy director of Tokyo's Sunshine Aquarium, were referred to prosecutors Jan. 23 for ...

The Bank of Japan hiked interest rates on Friday to their highest level in 17 years and signalled more were in the pipeline despite fears of turmoil under US President Donald Trump.

Global stock markets rallied this week amid Trump’s actions following his inauguration on Monday. European markets repeatedly ...

"The BOJ put the price outlook above 2% for both fiscal 2025 and 2026, revised up from the previous forecasts of 1.9% for both years. This indicates that the BOJ would continue raising interest rates ...

The move comes in line with expectations from CNBC’s survey from Jan 15-20, which saw an overwhelming majority of economists predict a hike.

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