Japan’s new 'Sanaenomics' measures, named after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, are likely to boost growth and stabilise ...

Any measures to ease inflation in Japan must be speedy and shouldn’t impede the government’s ability to fund social services, Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday, in a comment ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is preparing an economic stimulus package that is likely to exceed last year's $92 billion to help households tackle inflation, government ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to increase spending as Japan’s central bank is considering raising interest rates.

Bets on rising consumer prices in Japan are keeping a lid on bond yields when adjusted for inflation, in turn reducing their ...

Rice prices in Japan more than doubled in May, spiking 101.7% year over year and marking their largest increase in over half a century. The huge spike follows a 98.4% increase in April, and a rise of ...

Consumer prices excluding fresh food in the capital advanced 2.8% in November from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on Friday.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's core inflation slowed in June but stayed above the central bank's 2% target for well over three years, highlighting lingering price pressures that back market expectations for ...

Japan's core inflation cooled to 3.3% in June, coming down from a 29-month high of 3.7% as rice inflation showed signs of easing. The figure — which strips out costs for fresh food — was in line with ...

According to the most recent report on consumer prices, published at the Statistics Bureau of Japan, consumer prices rose 3.4 percent year-over-year in May. Japan’s CPI inflation has surged since ...

Real gross domestic product shrank 2.3% on an annualized basis in the third quarter, compared with preliminary estimates of a ...