Prolonged high prices for food and other goods have pushed down consumer sentiment and real wages, while predictions for ...

When Japanese ice pop maker Akagi Nyugyo raised its prices a meagre 10 yen in 2016, its sombre-faced management appeared in a ...

The Bank of Japan will hold rates at 0.5 per cent at Thursday’s rate decision meeting as it awaits further clarity on tariff impact and inflation data in the second half of the year A trade deal with ...

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

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 stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in ...

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

The EU, a group of countries with shared economic interests, exports about $2 trillion worth of goods to the U.S. The 27 ...

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

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who faced a major defeat in a key election for the smaller of Japan’s ...

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 ...