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Japan’s Inflation Surge Is Now A Political Crisis

On any list of central bankers dying to get off this crazy thing called 2025, Japan’s Kazuo Ueda deserves a spot at the very ...

Core Inflation in Japan's Capital Stays Above BOJ Target in July

TOKYO (Reuters) -Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in July, data ...

Japanese PM stays on to tackle high inflation, US tariffs despite a key election loss

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who faced a major defeat in a key election for the smaller of Japan’s ...

Japan Trade Deal Means Less Inflation. Bonds Are Pricing It In.

So-called break-even inflation rates, which reflect the bond market’s expectations of how fast prices will rise, are at ...

Worried about inflation while waiting for the tariff impact, BOJ will only hike rate next year

Howe Chung Wan from Principal Asset Management says the steep yield curve in Japan's government bonds shows the market's ...

The rise of Japan's far right was supercharged by Trump - and tourists

With their "Japanese First" slogan, riffing off US President Donald Trump's "America First", they have truly ruffled the ...

Japan Inflation Eases, But BOJ Still Faces Policy Challenges

A slight easing in consumer inflation is welcome news for the Japanese central bank, but stubbornly high food prices will be ...

Japan's core inflation cools in June as expected, coming down from 29-month high as rice prices ease

The increase in rice prices slowed marginally to a 100.2% increase year over year, down from 101.7% in May.

Japan households' inflation expectations steady, on track to hit BOJ goal

Japanese households' inflation expectations held steady in the three months to June, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Monday, ...