The following is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 was published on May 13, 2025.

The government on Wednesday set a five-year goal of achieving annual inflation-adjusted wage growth of 1 percent across Japan ...

MUFG’s domestic success and growing onshore presence have strengthened the firm’s ambition to become an Asia powerhouse in FX ...

The BOJ will announce the new study, which will be part of its quarterly Tankan business sentiment survey, later this fiscal year and begin it in 2027 at the earliest, the sources told Kyodo News. To ...

Last week brought clarity with two major elections, an interest rate decision, CPI news, and the latest U.S. employment figures. Both Canada and Australia saw re-elections, as Prime Ministers Mark ...

BoJ shifts from hawkish to cautious, weighing on Yen and supporting further USD/JPY upside potential. Household spending and wage growth data could influence BoJ rate decisions and Yen direction ...

After the BOJ's decision on Thursday to keep interest rates steady at 0.5%, Ueda said the timing for underlying inflation to converge toward the central bank's 2% target has been "pushed back ...

"The introduction of wide-ranging tariffs is expected ... trading partners and imports including steel and automobiles. The BOJ said Thursday it now expects Japan's gross domestic product to ...

"The introduction of wide-ranging tariffs is expected to impact ... hefty levies on multiple trading partners and imports including steel and automobiles. The BoJ said Thursday it now expects Japan's ...

The stalled US-Japan trade talks and ongoing US-China tensions remain a drag on Japan’s economic outlook, making it more difficult for the BoJ to move towards policy normalization, IG analyst said in ...

The Nikkei share average extended gains to rise as much as 1% after the policy announcement. "The BOJ's downward revisions to the GDP outlooks for FY2025 and FY2026 were larger than we had ...