Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sought to show he isn’t pressuring the Bank of Japan over interest rate policy, saying that he ...

WASHINGTON--The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that the Bank of Japan should stay data-dependent and continue ...

Japan's central bank has scope to raise interest rates further but must move cautiously and slowly to avoid hurting the ...

In Asia, Japan +2%. Hong Kong -1.5%. China closed. India -2.1%. In Europe, at midday, London +0.3%. Paris -0.7%. Frankfurt -0 ...

Japanese shares rallied Thursday as the yen extended losses after the country's new prime minister dampened interest rate ...

Asian shares are mostly lower after U.S. stocks edged toward recent record levels. The U.S. dollar gained against the ...

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s unexpected warning against raising interest rates is pushing back expectations ...

A leading dove on the Bank of Japan’s policy board stressed the need to keep financial conditions easy until inflationary ...

The central bank’s board member Asahi Noguchi sees a need to maintain an accommodative monetary policy stance, echoing ...

Elsewhere in Asia, China's mainland markets are closed for a holiday, but Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 2.5%, having soared 6.2% ...