Households are being forced to scrimp and bargain hunt as their purchasing power drops. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda scrapped the world’s last negative interest rate and its massive stimulus program a year ago, encouraged by record gains in annual wage deals. Those pay ...

Be sure to check the facts The increase to the pension has been misreported in some online articles. An MSN article which ...

One year on from Japan’s historic rate hike, profits at its biggest banks are soaring to records, while price rises are forcing consumers to cut back and higher borrowing costs are fueling a political ...

One year on from Japan’s historic rate hike, profits at its biggest banks are soaring to records, while price rises are forcing consumers to cut back and higher borrowing costs are fueling a ...

At the same time, it accelerates inflation, because Japan relies on imports for much of its food and fuel. Households are being forced to scrimp and bargain hunt as their purchasing power drops. The ...

TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged this week as concerns over global ...