TOKYO -- The ruling party election likely to choose Japan's next prime minister is shaping up to be a three-way race among ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to keep its short-term interest rate target between 0.15% and 0.25% on Friday, following ...

The visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to South Korea earlier this month created a few ripples. No major ...

Markets appear happy, for now, that the Fed’s half-point rate cut will help avert a U.S. recession, and so a global one.

The central bank on Friday kept the uncollateralized overnight call rate steady at 0.25% following a two-day meeting of its ...

JAPAN’S key inflation gauge accelerated in August for a fourth consecutive month, hours before the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is ...

Japan may still be grappling with the far-reaching consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, but the politicians vying ...

A bumper week of central bank meetings that included the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday and the Bank of England on ...

Japan has a female candidate among the frontrunners to become prime minister in a vote this month, raising the possibility ...

Japan's ruling party leadership race, which will determine who becomes next prime minister, could complicate the central bank ...

Japan's new prime minister will be formally elected by parliament on October 1 following next week's leadership contest, a ...

A Takaichi victory could therefore push down bond yields and weaken the yen - an unwelcome prospect for policymakers eager to ...