By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale inflation remained elevated in August, data showed on Friday, ...

Japan’s inflation outlook is becoming increasingly sensitive to import costs, yen movements and supply shocks, raising ...

The Japanese central bank’s tone and guidance will be scrutinized for hints on whether it will accelerate tightening further ...

Japan’s consumer inflation picked up last month as the effects of higher oil prices caused by the Middle East conflict broadened.

Iran war and turbulent global bond markets add to pressure as rate decisions loom this week in major western economies ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s trade deficit totaled 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion) last month as surging oil prices due to the ...

Japan saw inflation spike due to rising import costs and currency shocks, suggesting such price reactions needed to factor ...

This is the first rise in core inflation since March, and was in line with the1.6% growth expected by economists polled by Reuters.

As the Bank of Japan weighs another rate increase on Friday, a divide over how Japan should confront inflation is widening.

Japan's headline inflation eased for a fourth successive month in February as price pressures softened, helped by stabilizing food costs and government subsidies that cushioned the impact of rising ...

TOKYO, July 16 (Reuters) - Japanese households' inflation expectations crept up and the ratio of those expecting prices to rise a year from now hit a record high, a ‌quarterly central bank survey ...

The ongoing economic expansion in Japan has lasted 74 months through July based on recent preliminary government statistics, highly likely surpassing the "Izanami" boom from February 2002 to February ...