Japanese government bonds edged up slightly on Friday, clawing back ground after a brutal week that saw yields on long-term ...

Japan's core inflation accelerated at its fastest annual pace in more than two years in April on steady rises in food costs, ...

By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -Long-dated Japanese government bonds saw little relief on Wednesday after a poor auction result sent yields to record levels and as more debt sales loomed in the weeks ...

A record surge in the price of rice drove Japan's consumer inflation higher in April. The country's staple crop nearly doubled in price compared to the same month a year earlier.

The latest uptick in inflation was driven mostly by a food price surge of 7% in a sign many companies hiked prices at the April start of Japan's new fiscal year. The price of rice spiked 98.6% ...

"Major financial events often happen first in Japan, for example the late-1990s tech bubble bursting first in Japan," Albert ...

Japan’s consumer inflation picked up last month, bolstered in part by surging rice prices, supporting the central bank’s stance on a gradual rate hike path before US tariff measures clouded the ...

Inflation spiked at a two-year high in April as rice prices almost doubled in Japan. Picture: iStock The rocketing cost of a key part of Japanese people’s diet is growing into a crisis for the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Private-sector members of a key Japanese government ... out for the risks of food inflation dampening private consumption and of a potential surge in interest rates hurting ...

(Bloomberg) — Japan’s key inflation gauge accelerated to the fastest clip in more than two years, with soaring rice prices exacerbating Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s troubles after a cabinet shakeup ...

The latest uptick in inflation was driven mostly by a food price surge of 7.0% in a sign many companies hiked prices at the April start of Japan's new fiscal year. The price of rice spiked 98.6% ...