Under the new global levies imposed by Trump, the U.S. tariff rate on all imports jumped to 22% - a rate last seen around 1910 - from just 2.5% in 2024, said Olu Sonola, head of U.S. economic research ...

After three decades of near-zero inflation, signs are growing that Japan’s economy can reach a new equilibrium with inflation sustained at the Bank of Japan’s 2 percent headline inflation target and ...

The Japanese Yen rallies across the board amid Trump’s tariff-inspired global flight to safety.

President Trump's reciprocal tariffs on Japan (24%) and South Korea (25%) were largely in line with market expectations. Both ...

Japan is showing signs of sustainably achieving the central bank's 2% inflation target with robust consumption and capital ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese government bond (JGB) yields tanked on Thursday, as bets for the Bank of Japan's early interest ...

Bond yields have risen in recent years as the Bank of Japan raised rates gradually on the back of an economic recovery and a return of modest inflation. In March, the BOJ kept its policy rate ...

A measure of Japanese bank shares plunged more than 7%, the most since August, as worries about the impact of ...

The latest round of U.S. trade tariffs unveiled on Wednesday will sap yet more vigour from a world economy barely recovered ...

Japan’s stocks plunged after President Donald Trump slapped a 24% tariff on the nation as part of tariffs levied on trading ...

Japanese government bond purchases by individuals rose 32% to 4.49 trillion yen ($30 billion) in fiscal 2024, as people sought to take advantage of the Bank of Japan's policy shift to raising rates.