Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 2008 ahead of an upper house election.

Japanese households' inflation expectations held steady in the three months to June, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Monday, ...

Markets are fretting that the outcome of the Upper House election on July 20 could strip the ruling coalition of its majority ...

By Kevin Buckland and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese government bond investors are bracing for a potential power shift ...

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Masahiro Kihara signaled he is confident the Japanese lender can meet its ...

A poor election result for the ruling coalition will trigger a sell-off in super-long JGBs by so-called real money investors, ...

TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) finished selling millions of US dollars of stocks it bought from besieged banks during a ...

The Bank of Japan finished selling off its holdings of stocks bought from 2002 to 2010 in a rare programme to avert ...

Japan's ruling LDP party received its lowest score in an opinion poll since returning to power in 2012 in a survey by public ...

The BOJ’s holdings of the shares purchased from banks hit zero as of July 10, falling from ¥2.5 billion ($17.4 million) 10 ...

Japan’s central bank may face political pressure to keep interest rates low for longer than it wants, as opposition parties favoring tax cuts and loose monetary policy are expected to gain influence ...

The central bank will probably weigh increasing its key price forecast from 2.2% for this fiscal year after food inflation ...