Ueda’s remarks echo Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino’s comments on Tuesday and lift bets for an interest rate hike next week, ...

After ending the world's last negative interest-rate policy framework in March last year, the bank raised the policy rate to 0.25% in July. It has kept the rate at that level since. The bank is ...

The yen strengthened to a nearly one-month high of 155.21 per U.S. dollar, preventing a bigger rally for the Nikkei and weighing on automakers in particular, as a stronger home currency reduces the ...

SINGAPORE/NEW YORK: Asian shares tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday and the dollar was soft as easing core U.S. inflation kept potential rate cuts by the Federal Reserve on the table, while the ...