SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Tuesday the country's underlying inflation was still "somewhat below" the central bank's 2% target. Speaking at a seminar in ...

Japan's government urges 'appropriate' monetary policy from the BOJ after rates hit 1%, the highest since 1995. Here's what ...

Japan's inflation grew 3.6% year on year in March, marking three straight years that the headline inflation figure is above the Bank of Japan's 2% target. The data release comes as Japan is locked in ...

Japan’s core CPI rose 1.4% in May for the fourth straight month below the Bank of Japan’s target, even as rising energy costs and producer prices keep inflation risks alive after the central bank’s ...

TOKYO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Some Bank of Japan board members, at a policy meeting in July, called for resuming interest rate hikes in the future, even as the board decided unanimously to keep borrowing ...

Japan’s consumer inflation cooled in July, but remained well above the central bank’s target of 2%, reinforcing expectations of a coming interest-rate increase. Consumer prices, excluding volatile ...

TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan laid the groundwork this week for resuming interest rate hikes by spelling out explicitly for the first time the risks that persistent food price rises fan ...