As Donald Trump juggles two big battles — one foreign, one domestic — the Bank of Japan finds itself even further in ...

The Tokyo consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food costs, rose 3.1% in June from a year earlier, ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda has said he won’t push for higher interest rates unless the economy is strong enough to take it, fueling speculation that the next increase won’t come soon.

Governor Kazuo Ueda signaled that a prolonged decline in real wages won’t necessarily keep the Bank of Japan from shifting toward normalization as long as its inflation target comes into sight.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda met Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to explain monetary policy ahead of the central bank’s next decision later this month as speculation continues to simmer over ...

Kazuo Ueda in 2017. If Parliament approves his nomination, he will be the first academic in the postwar period to lead the Bank of Japan. Credit ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the central bank may need to take policy action if U.S. tariffs hurt the Japanese economy, the Sankei newspaper reported on Wednesday, signalling the ...

Japan's government is likely to appoint Kazuo Ueda, an academic and a former member of the Bank of Japan's policy board, as the next central bank governor, two government officials told Reuters on ...

TOKYO—Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Wednesday the yen’s weakness was one of the factors behind its decision to raise interest rates to 0.25%. Although the yen’s depreciation didn’t ...