Japan's likely next prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said on Saturday the government and central bank must work closely to ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan's capital held steady in September and stayed well above the central ...

Japanese workers faced another decline in real wages in August, marking the eighth straight month of falling income as ...

Japan's real wages fell 1.4 percent in August from a year earlier, marking the eighth consecutive month of decline, as ...

A leading indicator of Japan's service-sector inflation perked up in August, data showed on Thursday, backing up the central ...

Outlays by households adjusted for inflation gained 2.3% from a year ago in August, led by spending on transport and ...

Traders have piled in on the "Takaichi trade" — a bet on stronger stocks, rising bond yields, and a weaker yen.

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, ...

Takaichi has been a vocal advocate of "Abenomics", a hefty mix of government spending and monetary stimulus deployed by her ...

Over 90% of scholarship recipients are facing financial strain, with nearly 20% describing their situation as dire, a recent ...

Koizumi is also friendly with the center-right Japan Innovation Party, also known as Ishin, which holds a significant number ...

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 ...