Japan recorded a current account deficit in January for the first time in two years as a weak yen inflated the cost of ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Friday, lifted by the buying of export-related issues on a weaker yen and recently battered chip issues while concerns over U.S. tariff policies linger.

The Bank of Japan could raise interest rates twice more this year if inflation stays around current levels, which would help prevent the yen from testing fresh lows, Japan's former top currency ...

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Yuichi Yamazaki/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In the past, Japan welcomed a weak yen in large part because its economy was highly dependent on exports. But over the past two decades ...

The BOJ may face pressure to tighten in order to resist a disorderly depreciation of the yen. This is especially true as the US Federal Reserve may slow monetary policy easing because of inflationary ...

Japanese companies have agreed to raise wages by more than 5 per cent for a second year in a row this year, the country’s ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he told leaders of Japan and China they cannot continue to reduce the value of ...

“But the biggest factor was a weak yen for both exports and imports.” The value of July’s export shipments was boosted by a weak yen, which the Finance Ministry said traded at an average of ...