Japanese bank shares have become highly popular with investors betting on rising Bank of Japan interest rates as uncertainty over the central bank's plans make the stocks a safer bet than government bonds and the yen.
University professor Junko Koeda is set to become the newest member of the Bank of Japan’s policy board, a move that could further the central bank’s push toward policy normalization.
Japan's economy grew an annualized real 2.8 percent in the October-December period of 2024, marking the third straight quarter of exp
There’s keen interest in the market on whether Japan’s regional banks will pour back into benchmark 10-year notes.
Hawkish comments from the Bank of Japan and sticky inflation are lifting bond yields to multi-year highs and pushing forward rate hike expectations, shaking long-held views that rates would not rise much in the historically deflation-prone economy.
Tokyo stocks ended moderately higher Thursday, snapping a two-day losing streak, as technology issues were boosted by an upbeat earni
Mizuho Bank officials said Thursday that the total amount of cash stolen by a former employee from clients' safe deposit boxes was ¥66 million ($440,733).
Japan's Nikkei share average will rise 4.6% by end-June based on the view that Japanese firms will revise up their outlook once uncertainties over U.S. tariff policy are cleared, according to equity strategists in a Reuters poll.