Japan's second-largest banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group hit a record 1.18 trillion yen ($8.1 billion) profit for ...

With an unusually gloomy outlook for both the economy and inflation target, the central bank has just made it more difficult ...

The Bank of Japan predicted growth of just 0.5 percent, cutting its previous forecast in half, and decided against another ...

Japan's second-largest banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group posted a 75 per cent slump in fourth-quarter net profit ...

The Japanese central bank’s governor and other officials have voiced concerns about rising uncertainty over the impact of U.S ...

Since ending its negative-rate policy last year, Japan's central bank has lifted its policy rate -- the uncollateralized overnight call rate -- to around 0.5%. Until March or so, a hike past that long ...

TOKYO] The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady and sharply cut its growth forecasts on Thursday (May 1), suggesting ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday criticized calls to issue deficit-covering government bonds to fund economic ...

Asian shares have advanced, with many markets in the region closed for holidays, after U.S. stocks stormed back from steep ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the central bank of Japan ... He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Science and Mathematics and received a PhD in economics from the Massachusetts ...

Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg News TOKYO—The Bank of Japan halved its growth forecast for the Japanese economy as U.S. tariffs begin to bite, highlighting how President Trump’s efforts to ...