Bank of Japan expected to end negative rates
THE Bank of Japan is widely expected to scrap its maverick negative interest rate policy on Tuesday and hike borrowing costs for...
Who are the BOJ’s doves and hawks?
THE Bank of Japan is on the verge of ending eight years of negative interest rate policy, as historical wage hikes heighten...
Tokyo: Stocks close sharply higher amid potential BOJ rate hike
TOKYO shares closed sharply higher Monday (Mar 18), with investors’ eyes on a possible upcoming interest rate hike from the Bank of...
BOJ rate hike on Tuesday is now widely expected after wages jump
BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda and his board have one more day to decide if it is time for the...
Singapore's Patience Capital Group to reopen fund for luxury Japan ski resort as weak yen beckons
PATIENCE Capital Group (PCG), the Singapore-based investor behind a US$1.42 billion luxury ski project in northern Japan, is in talks to reopen...
BOJ to end negative rate policy next week, says Nikkei
THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to end its negative interest rate policy on Tuesday (Mar 19) on substantial wage hikes...
Japan’s largest union group announces biggest wage hikes in 33 years
JAPAN’S biggest companies agreed to hike wages by 5.28 per cent for 2024, the highest in 33 years, the country’s largest union...
Japan on cusp of ending its negative interest rates experiment
THE Bank of Japan is close to ending eight years of negative interest rate policy, with expected historical wage hikes heightening the...
BlackRock, Man Group reveal big Japan bets before BOJ decision
SNAP up more Japanese stocks, ratchet up shorts on government debt and keep buying the yen: these are some of the most...
BOJ views wage talks as key to timing of stimulus exit, Ueda says
BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Kazuo Ueda said the ongoing annual spring wage negotiations between companies and unions are critical in deciding...