Bank of Japan

A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan's main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their...

The Bank of Japan says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened...

Japanese government bond prices declined and the 10-year yield surged to its highest level in three months on May 13, defying the Bank of Japan’s prediction that its...

The dollar rose above 100 yen for the first time in more than four years on May 10 as currency traders persist in selling the Japanese currency in reaction to Tokyo's...

Japan reports its consumer price index fell 0.9 percent in March from a year earlier, resisting an onslaught of monetary easing and stimulus spending meant to free the economy...

Japan’s efforts to end two decades of stagnation are welcome changes that could spark a recovery, but rising national debt threatens its long-term growth and financial...

WASHINGTON--World finance leaders issued a somber assessment of the global economy on April 20, saying the recovery remains uneven with growth and jobs in short supply.

WASHINGTON--Finance leaders of the G20 economies on April 19 edged away from a long-running drive toward government austerity in rich nations, rejecting the idea of setting...

SEOUL--South Korea's government announced a $15.3 billion stimulus plan on April 16 to boost slowing growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy.

DUBLIN--Financial leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies will consider this week in Washington a proposal to cut their public debt over the longer term to well below 90...

After delivering what he describes as a monetary policy of a different dimension, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda is now reminding the prime minister that he has his own ...

Feeling bolder after a 50 percent jump in Tokyo share prices inflated his stock portfolio in recent months, Akira Otomo surprised his wife with a new kimono and matching...

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has drawn admiration--and the nickname "Helicopter Haruhiko"--for the scale of his new monetary easing measures.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to find out that bending central bankers to his will was the easy part of jolting Japan's economy out of its two decade slump.

Ignoring failed similar attempts to stimulate the nation’s economy, the Bank of Japan is betting on a new round of massive quantitative monetary easing measures this time...