Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3% to 40,074.87 after the central bank raised its benchmark rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, ...

World shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate.

World shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate. Oil prices ...

The BoJ reaffirmed its cautious approach, stating that any future policy adjustments will depend on inflation trends, wage ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.’s profit rose more than analysts estimated in the fiscal third quarter, as the Bank of Japan’s interest-rate hikes put it on track to deliver record annual ...

Kazuo Ueda appears to have made a new year’s resolution to avoid shocks — and the self-inflicted wounds that come with them. After blindsiding investors in July, the Bank of Japan governor needed ...

the Bank of Japan governor needed Friday’s interest-rate hike to be boring. By that yardstick, he’s notched a win. The quarter-point increase, which took the main rate to 0.5%, was probably ...

U.S. stocks are hanging near their all-time high on Friday as they head for the close of a second straight winning week. The ...

The JJ/WBGSP uses the following process to review eligible scholarship applications from Japan nationals, with the aim of identifying ... taking into account four main factors and the degree of ...

Allison Thompson, the president and chief executive officer of the Economic Development Alliance for Jefferson County, has been elected board chair for 2025 of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

On the economic data front, investors will focus on U.S. Wholesale Inventories data, which is set to be released in a couple of hours. Economists expect the preliminary December figure to be +0.2% m/m ...

By Marc Jones and Lawrence Delevingne LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) -World markets were suddenly looking calmer on Wednesday as the ...