Japan's inflation-adjusted wages fell for the second straight month in September, government data showed on Thursday, ...

Inflation-adjusted wages in Japan fell for the second straight month in September as higher living costs outpaced better earnings.

Japan's rising minimum wage is likely to push up inflation mainly through higher services prices, the central bank said on ...

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan held its policy interest rate steady as widely expected, while reaffirming that it’s on track to ...

Japanese manufacturers were less confident about business conditions in November than in October, a Reuters monthly poll ...

Japan’s economy, though not growing by leaps and bounds, has inched back from the disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The ...

Japan’s scandal-ridden ruling party lost its ... Its tenure has been hit hard by a string of high-level scandals combined with soaring inflation, a longtime weakened yen and growing regional ...

Easing inflation in Japan and political uncertainty clouds the outlook for further interest rate hikes from the Bank of Japan. BOJ board member Seiji Adachi also recently emphasized that the ...

The funding scandal involved millions of dollars in undocumented political funds, and lawmakers allegedly lining their own ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's rising minimum wage is likely to push up inflation mainly through higher services prices, the central bank said on Friday, signalling confidence over prospects that ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan said on Friday the country's rising minimum wage is likely to push up inflation mainly through higher services prices. Japan's average minimum wage is set to ...