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A speech by the board member is likely to further fuel market speculation that more rate hikes are in the pipeline.

The Bank of Japan should raise its policy interest rate, currently at 0.5 percent, to at least around 1 percent in the latter ...

In a speech to business leaders, Naoki Tamura said that the central bank should raise rates to 1% or higher in the fiscal ...

The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates to at least 1% by the second half of the fiscal year beginning in April, hawkish ...

After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature ...

What happens when a good person is failed by the system? He tries to overcome it by doing more good. That may not happen much in real life, but that's the ...

Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea announces its newest culinary addition, KOMO, where masterful Japanese cuisine comes alive in a setting that captures Maui’s legendary glow. The intimate 50-seat ...

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6.