The Bank of Japan should raise interest rates at least to 1% to roll back an "abnormally" huge stimulus that is causing ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group , Japan's second-largest lender by assets, raised its annual net profit forecast on Thursday ...

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Brisk capital outflows from a slow-growing Japanese economy are deepening depreciation pressure on the yen. Many yen watchers ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump often says he prefers a weaker dollar, but economists and investors think his proposed ...

The Japanese government is making arrangements to compile a supplementary budget of about 13.5 trillion yen ($87 billion) to fund a stimulus package to help low-income households and offset rising ...

We note that the LCR does not fully distinguish among currencies, and while Japanese banks’ yen liquidity is very strong, they depend on access to US dollar funding for their large amount of US dollar ...

Yen weakened slightly against most other G-10 and Asian currencies in the morning session.

Japan's three megabanks raised their annual profit forecasts to all-time highs on Thursday, fuelled by robust lending demand ...

His remarks highlight how concern over the demerits of a weak yen will remain a key topic of debate among politicians.

The immediate consequences of Trump’s election will be more meaningful for the Bank of Japan. Policy board members have long indicated that excessive yen weakness would prompt an earlier rate rise.

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