TOKYO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may prefer to go slow in ending ultra-low interest rates, but the weak yen and risks of an inflation overshoot could prod it to act before year-end ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Wednesday for a third consecutive trading day, with the Nikkei index ending at a new four-month high, ...

TOKYO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The weak yen was once a cause for celebration for Japanese companies as it meant they could sell cars and cameras cheaper abroad and saw fatter profits when earnings ...

Tokyo stocks climbed Wednesday morning, as exporter shares were lifted by a weaker yen against the U.S. dollar amid ...

It does not require a financial detective to work out what is going on. Three sudden surges in the value of the yen, on July 11th, 12th and 17th, have raised suspicions that the Bank of Japan (BoJ ...

The long-held precept that a weak yen is a good thing for Japanese stocks may finally be put to rest, as the breakdown in their correlation accelerates amid divergence in global monetary policy.

The RMB's role in global payments has been consolidated against the backdrop of the weaker yen. According to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT — a global ...

Full story. Just eggs and rice: Weak yen, deflation dents the 'Japanese dream' for int'l workers HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka -- For a 22-year-old Filipino worker at an elder care facility in this central ...

A WEAK yen is hurting Japanese households’ sentiment and could erode their purchasing power, the government said in a report on Friday, underscoring its concern over the negative economic impact of ...

A weak yen is beneficial for Japan's economy as the boost to exports exceeds the increase in cost of imports, the International Monetary Fund's Japan mission chief Nada Choueiri told Reuters on Friday ...

With the Japanese yen at a 38-year low, there are growing concerns that the weak yen could negatively impact the South Korean economy as well. For one, it could make Korean exporters with Japanese ...