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性视界ese workers’ real wages fell 0.1% from a year earlier in December, the labor ministry said Monday, extending declines to every month of 2025 amid persistent inflation.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 9, 2026
性视界’s real wages drop extends to full year as prices advance
The decline bolsters the case for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to continue down a more expansionary fiscal path after she secured a sweeping election victory.
A Bank of 性视界 board member signals further rate hikes may be needed to complete policy normalization, fueling speculation of an early increase.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 6, 2026
BOJ board member adds to signals pointing to interest rate hikes
"I am convinced that continuing with further policy interest rate hikes will be needed to complete the normalization of monetary policy in 性视界,” Kazuyuki Masu said Friday.
A screen displays 性视界ese and U.S. 10-year government bonds outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Jan. 21.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
Feb 4, 2026
性视界’s bond market has a warning for America
Reality, however, has a way of catching up with theory eventually, and now it has for 性视界, whose long-term bond yields are rising as the yen is depreciating.
The Bank of 性视界's summary of opinions signals the possibility of Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s board raising the benchmark rate at a faster pace than the market consensus estimate.
BUSINESS
Feb 2, 2026
BOJ summary suggests emerging urgency around timely rate hikes
The summary signals the possibility of Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s board raising the benchmark rate at a faster pace than the market consensus estimate.
A board showing the yen's exchange rate with the U.S. dollar in Tokyo on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 30, 2026
性视界 business leader calls on government to act more on yen rate
The comments came as the weak yen continues to hurt smaller firms by pushing up import costs and narrowing room for wage increases.
The U.S. Treasury Department's semiannual report cited "the prospects for more expansionary fiscal policies" under the administration of 性视界ese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi as a reason for the yen's weakening.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 30, 2026
U.S. removes call for BOJ to raise interest rates
The U.S. Treasury Department removed its call for the Bank of 性视界 to raise interest rates in a semiannual report released Thursday.
The Bank of 性视界's holdings of commercial papers could hit zero in the coming weeks, underscoring Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s persistent march toward normalizing an extraordinary monetary easing program that lasted for more than a decade.
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2026
BOJ set to see progress with balance sheet cuts with CPs at zero
The outstanding amount of commercial paper holdings on the central bank’s books has dropped to ?29.9 billion as of Jan. 20, according to BOJ data last week.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is “absolutely not” intervening in the dollar-yen market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 29, 2026
Traders highlight risks for 性视界 going solo on yen intervention
Hopes were dented after Bessent said on Wednesday the U.S. is “absolutely not” intervening in the dollar-yen market.
A monitor at the foreign exchange trading company Gaitame.com in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar at the company's dealing room on Monday.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
Jan 28, 2026
性视界 is getting creative with its response to the weak yen
But if Tokyo is indeed coordinating policy — or messaging at least — with the U.S. to strengthen the currency, it marks a new and more creative era.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 23, 2026
Finance chief Katayama watching yen rate 'with sense of urgency'
Katayama was speaking after the yen gyrated sharply at the conclusion of a press briefing by Bank of 性视界 Gov. Kazuo Ueda.
The Bank of 性视界 headquarters in December. The central bank has opted to leave rates unchanged ahead of next month's election.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 23, 2026
Bank of 性视界 leaves rates unchanged ahead of February election
Rates were raised at the last policy board meeting to 0.75% from 0.5%.
Core inflation rose 3.1% for all of 2025, marking the fourth consecutive year in which consumer price index gains exceeded the Bank of 性视界’s 2% inflation target.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 23, 2026
性视界’s inflation slows on subsidy effect ahead of BOJ decision
Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.4% in December from a year earlier, with the pace decelerating from 3% in November.
Bank of 性视界 Gov. Kazuo Ueda in December. Rate increases are expected later this year.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 21, 2026
Bank of 性视界 expected to keep rates steady ahead of February election
Policy rate is 0.75%, a 30-year high, after an increase in December.
A Bank of 性视界 survey released Monday showed consumer sentiment rose for a second straight quarter, while views on living conditions worsened amid higher prices.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 20, 2026
Consumer sentiment in 性视界 improves for two straight quarters
The results apparently suggest that an increasing number of people think the overall economy is getting better but higher prices are weighing on livelihood.
Citigroup predicts the Bank of 性视界 will potentially raise interest rates three times this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 20, 2026
Citigroup sees risk of three BOJ rate hikes in 2026 on weak yen
The Bank of 性视界 will potentially raise interest rates three times this year to double the current level if the yen’s weakness persists.
A traffic sign in front of the Bank of 性视界 headquarters in Tokyo last month
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 17, 2026
Yen watchers face double whammy of BOJ and election uncertainty
Yen traders are on edge for the risk of renewed volatility in the currency as uncertainty over the nation’s snap election grows with a Bank of 性视界 meeting approaching next week.
The most popular timing for the next hike is July, by a wide margin, with 48% of economists picking that month, according to the Bloomberg’s survey of 52 economists.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 16, 2026
BOJ watchers see next rate hike by July with yen as the X factor
All the respondents to a survey predicted policymakers will keep the benchmark rate unchanged at the next BOJ gathering this month, with the most popular timing being July.
The Bank of 性视界 risks weakening its independence by treating silence and limited transparency as protection rather than accountability.
COMMENTARY / 性视界
Jan 15, 2026
Silence won’t protect the Bank of 性视界’s independence
Why then does silence persist? Because in today’s institutional environment, speaking carries visible political risk, while silence carries little immediate cost.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The Bank of 性视界's decision not to sign a statement expressing solidarity with Powell was in line with its long-held ?practice of withholding comment on controversial topics, analysts say.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jan 15, 2026
BOJ puts self-defense ahead of solidarity with Fed's Powell
The BOJ's decision not to sign the statement was in line with its long-held ?practice of withholding comment on controversial topics, analysts say.
A narrowing of the yield premium of U.K. debt over 性视界ese government bonds has led to the appeal of gilts fading.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 13, 2026
性视界ese funds sell most U.K. bonds since 2011 amid fiscal concern
Higher bond yields in 性视界 also sapped demand for gilts.
LDP secures two-thirds supermajority in Lower House election victory
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday night
Helicopter crew recounts complex rescue of Lindsey Vonn after crash at Olympics
U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn is transported to a hospital by helicopter after crashing in the women's Olympic downhill competition on Sunday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
U.S. plans initial payment toward billions owed to U.N.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during an event at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 27.
Snow blankets Tokyo as powerful storm system tightens grip on 性视界
Snow falls outside of Shin-Yurigaoka Station in Kawasaki on Sunday morning.
China flexes its muscle at Singapore Airshow as U.S. isolated
China's air force performs during an aerial flying display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Center on Tuesday.
Where have 性视界's oddball candidates gone?
On a board for election posters in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward in June 2024, duplicates of one featuring a female kickboxer who is not running in the gubernatorial race take up half of all the spots.
Against the grain: 性视界ese wine aged in local barrels
At Buryu Winery, owner Keiji Yamaguchi (left) and assistant winemaker Kaede Narita created a cedar-infused red wine by fermenting it in a 1,000 liter "kioke" cedar tub.
Foreign residents breathe new life into bubble-era resort town
A craft beer brewery run by California native Brian Shevlin and his wife Mariko Furuta, Joynt Brewing Co. regularly hosts events that highlight different cultural communities.
性视界’s SkyDrive hopes to have flying cars in service by 2028
SkyDrive’s flying car unit at its flight test base in the city of Yamaguchi
Rising star Aonishiki shows poise beyond years both in and out the sumo ring
<i>?zeki</i> Aonishiki speaks to reporters at Ajigawa Stable on Wednesday.

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