The Bank of Japan should set policy to anchor long-term inflation expectations around 2%, former deputy governor Masazumi ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday the nation's underlying inflation is accelerating gradually and steadily ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda used his first public appearance in the new year to underscore his intention to keep ...

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Thursday that the central bank is getting closer to achieving its 2% inflation target, ...

Bank of Japan policymakers are increasingly signaling that further interest rate hikes may be necessary, even after the ...

Core consumer prices in Tokyo, Japans capital, rose 2.3% in December compared with the same period a year earlier, reinforcing expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may continue raising interest ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital slowed in July but stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in July, data showed on Friday, adding to renewed market expectations for ...

The Bank of Japan said on Thursday the country's regional economies were recovering gradually and many firms saw the need to continue raising wages, signalling its optimism over the outlook that ...

A key gauge of inflation in Japan is reaching the central bank's target, says a member of its policy board, signaling that the next Bank of Japan interest-rate hike may be coming soon. Underlying ...

Japan's inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years that the headline inflation figure is above the Bank of Japan's 2% target. The figure was lower than the 3.7% seen in ...

The Bank of Japan chief's vague commentary on the timing of the next interest rate hike last week riled up the yen bears once ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.9% year-on-year in September, data showed on Friday, staying above the central bank's 2% target and keeping alive expectations of a near-term ...