On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital slowed in July but stayed well above the central ...

So-called break-even inflation rates, which reflect the bond market’s expectations of how fast prices will rise, are at ...

Japan's core inflation slowed in June but stayed above the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, highlighting ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he will stay in office to tackle challenges such as rising ...

The Japan-U.S. trade deal provides only a brief relief, as tariffs remain at higher levels than before, threatening to hinder ...

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as food inflation showed signs of ...

It has stayed put despite headline and core inflation running above its target of 2% since April 2022, and despite headline inflation's two-year high of 4% in January. So-called "core-core ...

A separate index that strips away the effects of both fresh food and fuel costs, closely watched by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) as a broader price trend indicator, rose 3.1 per cent in April from a year ...

Japan’s inability to lift inflation is “one of the biggest unsolved challenges in the profession,” said Mark Gertler, a professor of economics at New York University who has studied the issue.

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. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7 ...